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Risk factors for endometrial cancer according to familial susceptibility.
International journal of cancer - 3 Jul 1998
Fornasarig M, Campagnutta E, Talamini R, Franceschi S, Boz G, Scarabelli C, Andreaus C M, Scozzari G, Valentini M
Abstract excerpt
Endometrial cancer (EC) shares some environmental or genetic risk factors with colorectal cancer (CRC). It represents a risk factor for CRC. Furthermore, EC is the most frequent extracolonic neoplasm in HNPCC (hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer) and, in this syndrome, it has the same inheritance pattern as CRC. Neoplastic family history and clinical features were evaluated in women with EC in a health care...
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