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An early stage small bowel adenocarcinoma with microsatellite instability phenotype in a case of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer.
International journal of colorectal disease - 1 May 2003
Furukawa Taiji, Konishi Fumio, Shitoh Kazuhisa, Tsukamoto Toshihiko, Nagai Hideo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is an autosomal dominantly inherited disease characterized by onset at a relatively early age, excess of synchronous and metachronous tumors, and a variety of extracolorectal malignancies. Small bowel carcinoma is included in the tumor spectrum of HNPCC, but the frequency of occurrence of this tumor in HNPCC patients is comparatively rare. CASE...
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