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Cancer Medicine, 2023 Background Persons with hereditary cancer syndromes (carriers) have a higher risk of developing cancer early. They are confronted with decisions regarding prophylactic surgeries, communication within their families, and childbearing.
Anna Maria Kastner +4 more
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Muir-Torre Syndrome: The Importance of a Detailed Family History
Case Reports in Ophthalmology, 2019 Muir-Torre syndrome, a variant of Lynch syndrome or hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer, is an autosomal dominant disease characterized by skin neoplasms (sebaceous or keratoacanthomas) and visceral malignancies.
Christopher K.H. Burris +7 more
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Journal of Coloproctology, 2020 Introduction: Colorectal carcinoma is the third most prevalent neoplasm in the world, and the second cause of death by cancer. The most part of these neoplasms are sporadic by somatic mutations, but around 15% are hereditary, such as Lynch syndrome or ...
Maria Beatriz de Matos +2 more
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Do hereditary syndrome-related gynecologic cancers have any specific features? [PDF]
, 2015 Hereditary syndromes are responsible for 10 % of gynaecologic cancers, among which hereditary breastovarian cancer and hereditary non-polyposis colon cancer syndromes, known as HBOC and Lynch syndromes respectively, present the highest relative risk.
Cunha, Teresa Margarida, Neto, Nelson
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 BackgroundLynch syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder associated with a high incidence of various cancer types. Multiple variants of mismatch repair genes have been reported for Lynch syndrome. However, the diagnosis in patients with atypical cancer
Lu Li +7 more
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Mouse models of colorectal cancer. [PDF]
, 2011 Colorectal cancer is one of the most common malignancies in the world. Many mouse models have been developed to evaluate features of colorectal cancer in humans. These can be grouped into genetically-engineered, chemically-induced, and inoculated models.
Koeffler, H Phillip +2 more
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European Medical Journal, 2019 Primary cardiac tumours are exceedingly unusual and aggressive; they often develop in younger patients and present with advanced disease. The rarity and heterogeneity of primary cardiac tumours challenge the standardisation of therapeutic guidelines. Undifferentiated primary cardiac spindle cell sarcomas, a distinct subset of primary cardiac sarcomas ...
Emily Bryer, Lee Hartner
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Does sex of the patient play a role in survival for MSI colorectal cancer? [PDF]
, 2018 Microsatellite instability (MSI) is a feature of colorectal tumors that develops as a result of inactivation of the DNA mismatch repair system. It is found in about 15% of all colorectal cancers and is an important prognostic molecular marker when ...
Alecu, Lucian +11 more
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Investigating the Link between Lynch Syndrome and Breast Cancer
European Journal of Breast Health, 2020 Objective:Lynch syndrome is an inherited genetic disorder associated with a predisposition to early-onset colorectal and endometrial cancers, but breast cancer risk in these patients is debated. The aim of this study is to evaluate breast cancer rates in
Megan Sheehan +7 more
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A rare case of colonic adenocarcinoma in a pediatric patient. [PDF]
JPGN RepAbstract Lynch syndrome (LS) is an autosomal dominant condition caused by a loss of function in the deoxyribonucleic acid mismatch repair system. This case report presents a 17‐year‐old male with abdominal pain, weight loss, and anemia who was diagnosed with LS‐associated adenocarcinoma of the colon in the setting of a mutS homolog 6 genetic mutation ...
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