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Familial colorectal cancer syndrome X.
Seminars in oncology - 1 Oct 2007
Lipkin Steven M, Afrasiabi Kambiz
Abstract excerpt
In recent decades there have been significant advances in our understanding of the genes that underlie hereditary susceptibility to colorectal cancer (CRC). In 2007 it is well established that mutations in DNA repair genes (MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, MYH) and Wnt pathway signal transduction inhibitors (APC) underlie a significant percentage of hereditary CRC susceptibility. However, it also is clear that the known CRC...
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