Article
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: D...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Colorectal Neoplasms
- Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasms, Multiple Primary
- Neoplasms, Second Primary
