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Molecular pathology of Lynch syndrome.
The Journal of pathology - 1 Apr 2020
Cerretelli Guia, Ager Ann, Arends Mark J, Frayling Ian M
Abstract excerpt
Lynch syndrome (LS) is characterised by predisposition to colorectal, endometrial, and other cancers and is caused by inherited pathogenic variants affecting the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, and PMS2. It is probably the most common predisposition to cancer, having an estimated prevalence of between 1/100 and 1/180. Resources such as the International Society for Gastrointestinal Hereditary...
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