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Cancer risks for mismatch repair gene mutation carriers: a population-based early onset case-family study.
Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association - 1 Apr 2006
Jenkins Mark A, Baglietto Laura, Dowty James G, Van Vliet Christine M, Smith Letitia, Mead Leeanne J, Macrae Finlay A, St John D James B, Jass Jeremy R, Giles Graham G, Hopper John L, Southey Melissa C
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Cancer risks for mismatch repair gene mutation carriers have been derived almost exclusively using families ascertained owing to their strong cancer family history. These may be overestimates, due to analytic problems, and not generalizable. We estimated average cancer risks fo...
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