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Uroepithelial and kidney carcinoma in Lynch syndrome.
Familial cancer - 1 Sept 2012
Aarnio Markku, Säily Matti, Juhola Matti, Gylling Annette, Peltomäki Päivi, Järvinen Heikki J, Mecklin Jukka-Pekka
Abstract excerpt
Increased risk for urological tumors has been observed in mutation carriers with Lynch syndrome (LS). In this study, we evaluated the clinical features of uroepithelial (bladder and ureter) and kidney cancers in 974 Finnish mutation carriers. Altogether 30 patients had a total of 34 urological tumors: 12 ureter, 12 bladder, and 10 kidney cancers. Urological tumor was the only tumor in 9 (30 %) patients, and...
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