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A subset of familial colorectal neoplasia kindreds linked to chromosome 9q22.2-31.2.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 28 Oct 2003
Wiesner Georgia L, Daley Denise, Lewis Susan, Ticknor Christine, Platzer Petra, Lutterbaugh James, MacMillen Melissa, Baliner Boris, Willis Joseph, Elston Robert C, Markowitz Sanford D
Abstract excerpt
Colorectal cancer is the second most leading cause of cancer death among adult Americans. Two autosomal dominant hereditary forms of the disease, familial adenomatous polyposis and hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer, together account for perhaps 5% of all cases. However, in approximately 20% of additional colon cancer cases, the affected individuals report a family history of colon cancer in a first-degree...
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