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A population based cohort study of patients with multiple colon and endometrial cancer: correlation of microsatellite instability (MSI) status, age at diagnosis and cancer risk.
International journal of cancer - 15 Feb 2001
Cederquist K, Golovleva I, Emanuelsson M, Stenling R, Grönberg H
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer, HNPCC, is an autosomal dominant condition predisposing to cancers of primarily the colorectum and the endometrium. The aim of our study was to identify persons at a high risk of hereditary colorectal cancer and to estimate their risk of colon and other HNPCC-associated tumours. Family histories of cancer were obtained on 89 persons with double primary (DP) cancers of...
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