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Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer: the rise and fall of a confusing term.

World journal of gastroenterology - 21 Aug 2006

Jass Jeremy R

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The term Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer (HNPCC) is a poor descriptor of the syndrome described by Lynch. Over the last decade, the term has been applied to heterogeneous groups of families meeting limited clinical criteria, for example the Amsterdam criteria. It is now apparent that n...

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PMID: 16937488
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i31.4943
PMCID: PMC4087395

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