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New insights on familial colorectal cancer type X syndrome.
Scientific reports - 18 Feb 2022
Garcia Felipe Antonio de Oliveira, de Andrade Edilene Santos, de Campos Reis Galvão Henrique, da Silva Sábato Cristina, Campacci Natália, de Paula Andre Escremin, Evangelista Adriane Feijó, Santana Iara Viana Vidigal, Melendez Matias Eliseo, Reis Rui Manuel, Palmero Edenir Inez
Abstract excerpt
Familial colorectal cancer type X (FCCTX) is a heterogeneous colorectal cancer predisposition syndrome that, although displays a cancer pattern similar to Lynch syndrome, is mismatch repair proficient and does not exhibit microsatellite instability. Besides, its genetic etiology remains to be elucidated. In this study we performed germline exome sequencing of 39 cancer-affected patients from 34 families at risk...
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