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SUBMITTER: Yu VP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2696413 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yu Veronica P C C VP Novelli Marco M Payne Stewart J SJ Fisher Sam S Barnetson Rebecca A RA Frayling Ian M IM Barrett Ann A Goudie David D Ardern-Jones Audrey A Eeles Ros R Shanley Susan S
Hereditary cancer in clinical practice 20090603 1
Lynch Syndrome/HNPCC is a syndrome of cancer predisposition linked to inherited mutations of genes participating in post-replicative DNA mismatch repair (MMR). The spectrum of cancer associated with Lynch Syndrome includes tumours of the colorectum, endometrium, ovary, upper gastrointestinal tract and the urothelium although other cancers are rarely described. We describe a family of Lynch Syndrome with an hMLH1 mutation, that harbours an unusual tumour spectrum and its diagnostic and management ...[more]