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Survival of patients with ovarian cancer due to a mismatch repair defect.
Familial cancer - 1 Jan 2005
Crijnen Th E M, Janssen-Heijnen M L G, Gelderblom H, Morreau J, Nooij M A, Kenter G G, Vasen H F A
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PURPOSE: Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC, Lynch syndrome) is characterized by the development of cancer of the colorectum, endometrium and other cancers. Cancer of the ovaries (OC) has frequently been reported in HNPCC. Colorectal cancer associated with HNPCC has a better surviv...
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