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Adrenocortical carcinoma is a lynch syndrome-associated cancer.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 20 Aug 2013
Raymond Victoria M, Everett Jessica N, Furtado Larissa V, Gustafson Shanna L, Jungbluth Chelsy R, Gruber Stephen B, Hammer Gary D, Stoffel Elena M, Greenson Joel K, Giordano Thomas J, Else Tobias
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PURPOSE: Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is an endocrine malignancy with a poor prognosis. The association of adult-onset ACC with inherited cancer predisposition syndromes is poorly understood. Our study sought to define the prevalence of Lynch syndrome (LS) among patients with ACC. PATIENTS AND METHODS: One hundred fourteen patients with ACC were evaluated in a specialized endocrine oncology clinic and were...
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