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Tobacco use and increased colorectal cancer risk in patients with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (Lynch syndrome).
Archives of internal medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Watson Patrice, Ashwathnarayan Ramesh, Lynch Henry T, Roy Hemant K
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BACKGROUND: The marked variability in age at onset of colorectal cancer (CRC) in patients with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) makes management decisions difficult. Environmental factors governing the phenotypic variability of cancer-associated syndromes such as HNPCC have not been elucidated. METHODS: We determined whether tobacco use would alter CRC risk in carriers of HNPCC-associated...
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