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Clinical guideline seom: hereditary colorectal cancer.
Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico - 1 Dec 2015
Guillén-Ponce C, Serrano R, Sánchez-Heras A B, Teulé A, Chirivella I, Martín T, Martínez E, Morales R, Robles L
Abstract excerpt
Genetic mutations have been identified as the cause of inherited cancer risk in some colon cancer; these mutations are estimated to account for only 5-6 % of colorectal cancer (CRC) cases overall. Up to 25-30 % of patients have a family history of CRC that suggests a hereditary component, common exposures among family members, or a combination of both. Cancers in people with a hereditary predisposition typically...
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