Lynch Syndrome–Associated Colorectal Cancer

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The Lynch syndrome is the most common inherited syndrome associated with colorectal cancer and is also associated with extracolonic cancers. Confirmation of the diagnosis requires the detection of a germline mutation in a gene that causes deficient mismatch repair.

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