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Causes of Cancer Death Among First-Degree Relatives in Japanese Families with Lynch Syndrome.
Anticancer research - 1 Apr 2016
Tanakaya Kohji, Yamaguchi Tatsuro, Ishikawa Hideki, Hinoi Takao, Furukawa Yoichi, Hirata Keiji, Saida Yoshihisa, Shimokawa Mototsugu, Arai Masami, Matsubara Nagahide, Tomita Naohiro, Tamura Kazuo, Sugano Kokichi, Ishioka Chikashi, Yoshida Teruhiko, Ishida Hideyuki, Watanabe Toshiaki, Sugihara Kenichi
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To elucidate the causes of cancer death in Japanese families with Lynch syndrome (LS). METHODS: The distributions of cancer deaths in 485 individuals from 67 families with LS (35, 30, and two families with MutL homologue 1 (MLH1), MSH2, and MSH6 gene mutations, respectively), obtained from the Registry of the Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum were analyzed. RESULTS: Among 98 cancer deaths...
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