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CHEK2 mutations and HNPCC-related colorectal cancer.
International journal of cancer - 15 Jun 2010
Suchy Janina, Cybulski Cezary, Wokołorczyk Dominika, Oszurek Oleg, Górski Bohdan, Debniak Tadeusz, Jakubowska Anna, Gronwald Jacek, Huzarski Tomasz, Byrski Tomasz, Dziuba Ireneusz, Gogacz Marek, Wiśniowski Rafał, Wandzel Piotr, Banaszkiewicz Zbigniew, Kurzawski Grzegorz, Kładny Józef, Narod Steven A, Lubiński Jan
Abstract excerpt
Recently, the 1100delC variant of cell cycle checkpoint kinase 2 (CHEK2) has been reported to confer a colorectal cancer risk in hereditary non-polyposis-colorectal cancer (HNPCC) and HNPCC-related families in the Netherlands. To investigate whether CHEK2 mutations confer increased cancer risk in HNPCC and HNPCC-related families in Poland, we genotyped 463 probands from HNPCC and HNPCC-related families, and 5,496...
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