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Ovarian steroid cell tumor with biallelic adenomatous polyposis coli inactivation in a patient with familial adenomatous polyposis.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Mar 2012
Hu Patrick J, Knoepp Stewart M, Wu Rong, Cho Kathleen R
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Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is an autosomal dominant cancer predisposition syndrome that accounts for approximately 0.5-1% of all colorectal cancer cases. It is caused by germline mutations in the gene encoding the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) tumor suppressor. Somatic APC inactivation due to mutation or loss of heterozygosity (LOH) promotes the development of adenomatous polyps by stabilizing the...
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