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Hereditary Colorectal Cancer: Genetics and Screening.
The Surgical clinics of North America - 1 Oct 2015
Brosens Lodewijk A A, Offerhaus G Johan A, Giardiello Francis M
Abstract excerpt
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer and the third leading cause of cancer death in men and women in the United States. About 30% of patients with CRC report a family history of CRC. However, only 5% of CRCs arise in the setting of a well-established mendelian inherited disorder. In addition, serrated polyposis is a clinically defined syndrome with multiple serrated polyps in the colorectum and...
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