Diagnosis and management of hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes: Lynch syndrome as a model
- 4 August 2009
- journal article
- review article
- Published by CMA Impact Inc. in CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Vol. 181 (5), 273-280
- https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.071574
Abstract
This article deals exclusively with the hereditary forms of colorectal cancer. Clinical examples of hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes abound; of these, familial adenomatous polyposis and Lynch syndrome are the most common and well known ([Figure 1][1]). [1][2] In this review, we use LynchThis publication has 41 references indexed in Scilit:
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