Causes of death of mutation carriers in Finnish Lynch syndrome families.

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Lynch syndrome (LS) is an autosomal dominant cancer syndrome including increased life-long risk for colorectal (CRC) and endometrial (EC) cancer, but also for cancers of other types. The risk for CRC is up to 70-80 % and for EC up to 50-60 %. Due to screening and early diagnosing the mortality related to CRC and EC seems to be low. In spite of many studies on surveillance of mutation carriers, there is no...

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