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Diagnostic approach and management of Lynch syndrome (hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal carcinoma): a guide for clinicians.
CA: a cancer journal for clinicians - 1 Jan 2000
Hendriks Yvonne M C, de Jong Andrea E, Morreau Hans, Tops Carli M J, Vasen Hans F, Wijnen Juul Th, Breuning Martijn H, Bröcker-Vriends Annette H J T
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ABSTRACT diagnostic workup of familial colorectal cancer is an elaborate and time consuming process in which the family and several medical specialists closely collaborate. However, establishing a diagnosis can be very rewarding. If a mutation is detected in the family, a satisfactory explanation can be provided for an accumulation of tumors at young age, and often of untimely death. Appropriate presymptomatic...
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