Previous survival studies suggested a better prognosis of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) patients compared with the sporadic counterpart. In the present study we evaluated the clinical outcome of HNPCC patients with respect to that of patients with colorectal cancer recorded in a
Risk of gynecologic cancers in Danish hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer families
β Scribed by ASTRID ELISABETH BRUUN BOILESEN; MARIE LUISE BISGAARD; INGE BERNSTEIN
- Book ID
- 111733526
- Publisher
- Informa plc
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 114 KB
- Volume
- 87
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-6349
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