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Genetic modifiers of cancer risk in Lynch syndrome: a review.
Familial cancer - 1 Jun 2013
Talseth-Palmer Bente A, Wijnen Juul T, Grice Desma M, Scott Rodney J
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The report by Aldred Scott Warthin in 1913 of a cancer family history and expanded on by Henry T. Lynch demonstrated one of the most enduring traits observed in patients with Lynch syndrome. The recognition of a variety of malignancies occurring at differing ages within a single family suggested the role of genetic variance on disease expression in an autosomal dominantly inherited genetic condition. With the...
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