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Definition of candidate low risk APC alleles in a Swedish population.
International journal of cancer - 1 Jul 2004
Zhou Xiao-Lei, Eriksson Ulrika, Werelius Barbro, Kressner Ulf, Sun Xiao-Feng, Lindblom Annika
Abstract excerpt
Many families experience an apparently inherited increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) similar to the known syndromes familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) and hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC). Besides these high-risk syndromes, approximately 10% of all CRC cases come from families with 2 affected 1st-degree relatives, and even 1st-degree relatives to a single case of CRC are at increased...
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