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Towards gene- and gender-based risk estimates in Lynch syndrome; age-specific incidences for 13 extra-colorectal cancer types
24 Oct 2017
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BACKGROUND: In Lynch syndrome, inherited mismatch repair (MMR) defects predispose to colorectal cancer and to a wide spectrum of extra-colorectal tumours. Utilising a cohort study design, we aimed to determine the risk of extra-colorectal cancer and to identify yet unrecognised tumour types. METHODS: Data from 1624 Lynch syndrome mutation carriers in the Danish hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer register...
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