Lynch syndrome and sextuple primary malignancies.

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Lynch syndrome or hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer is the most common of hereditary colorectal cancer and accounts for 1-3%. Lynch and Chapelle estimated that it accounts 5-8% for all colorectal cancers. It is an autosomal dominant syndrome characterized by predisposition of various cancers (colorectal, stomach, endometrial, ovarian, renal, small bowel, and hepatobiliary tract) at earlier age than in...

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