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[Differential diagnostics of hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes. The role of pathology].
Der Pathologe - 1 Oct 2010
Rüschoff J, Heinmöller E, Hartmann A, Büttner R, Rau T
Abstract excerpt
One third of colorectal carcinomas (CRC) show familial clustering of which about 5% have a monogenetic trait. Distinction between disease with and without polyposis, tumor histology and tumor spectrum in a given patient are all of diagnostic relevance. Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) underlies approximately 1% of CRC characterized by rapidly forming (>100) adenomas. In contrast to these about 2%-3% of CRC...
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