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Smoking and colorectal cancer in Lynch syndrome: results from the Colon Cancer Family Registry and the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 15 Feb 2010
Pande Mala, Lynch Patrick M, Hopper John L, Jenkins Mark A, Gallinger Steve, Haile Robert W, LeMarchand Loic, Lindor Noralane M, Campbell Peter T, Newcomb Polly A, Potter John D, Baron John A, Frazier Marsha L, Amos Christopher I
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PURPOSE: Lynch syndrome family members with inherited germline mutations in DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes have a high risk of colorectal cancer (CRC), and cases typically have tumors that exhibit a high level of microsatellite instability (MSI). There is some evidence that smoking is a risk fac...
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