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[Hereditary colorectal cancer].
Ugeskrift for laeger - 31 Oct 2005
Bernstein Inge T, Bülow Steffen
Abstract excerpt
HNPCC and FAP are inherited diseases with a lifetime risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) of 80-100% in gene carriers. Disease-causing mutations have been identified in the APC gene at FAP and in MMR genes at HNPCC. In FAP-patients, screening has reduced the prevalence of CRC by 55%, and the survival...
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