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Forty-eight-year-old female MUTYH carrier presenting with five concurrent primary cancers.
Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) - 1 Feb 2022
Arroyave Aaron, Nodit Laurentia, Clegg Devin, Russ Andrew
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BACKGROUND: MUTYH-associated polyposis is a rare disorder resulting from mutations involved in DNA mismatch repair. This results in an increased susceptibility to colonic adenomatosis and other cancers. Studies have examined the resulting frequency of extracolonic manifestations; however, these typically occur alone, concurrently, or temporally separate from an already diagnosed colorectal cancer in individuals...
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