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Clinical implications of the colorectal cancer risk associated with MUTYH mutation.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 20 Aug 2009
Lubbe Steven J, Di Bernardo Maria Chiara, Chandler Ian P, Houlston Richard S
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PURPOSE: Biallelic mutations in the base excision DNA repair gene MUTYH predispose to colorectal cancer (CRC). Evidence that monoallelic mutations also confer an elevated CRC risk is controversial. Precise quantification of the CRC risk and the phenotype associated with MUTYH mutations is relevan...
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