## BACKGROUND. Small bowel carcinoma is uncommon. However, hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal carcinoma (HNPCC) patients are at increased risk of small bowel carcinoma. The purpose of this study was to characterize small bowel tumors in HNPCC patients. ## METHODS. A questionnaire was mailed to
Treatment and follow-up strategies in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal carcinoma
✍ Scribed by Jukka-Pekka Mecklin; Heikki Järvinen
- Book ID
- 112678504
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 306 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0012-3706
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