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Are relatives of patients with multiple HNPCC spectrum tumours at increased risk of cancer?
Gut - 1 Nov 1998
Brown S R, Finan P J, Bishop D T
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Relatives of patients with early onset colorectal cancer, a feature of hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC), are at increased risk of colorectal cancer. AIMS: To investigate risk in relatives of patients with multiple primary cancers, another feature of HNPCC. METHODS: Details were obtained on patients from one region who had developed colorectal cancer and a separate primary from the...
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