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Apparent Mendelian inheritance of breast and colorectal cancer: chance, genetic heterogeneity or a new gene?
Familial cancer - 1 Jan 2001
Lipton L, Thomas H J, Eeles R A, Houlston R S, Longmuir M, Davison R, Hodgson S V, Murday V A, Norbury C G, Taylor C, Tomlinson I P
Abstract excerpt
It is not uncommon for cancer geneticists to be referred families with apparently Mendelian co-inheritance of breast and bowel cancer. Such families present a particular problem as regards the intensity of their screening for these diseases and the utility of genetic testing. Many 'breast-colon'...
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