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- Title
Metachronous colorectal cancer risk for mismatch repair gene mutation carriers: the advantage of more extensive colon surgery.
- Authors
Parry, Susan; Win, Aung Ko; Parry, Bryan; Macrae, Finlay A; Gurrin, Lyle C; Church, James M; Baron, John A; Giles, Graham G; Leggett, Barbara A; Winship, Ingrid; Lipton, Lara; Young, Graeme P; Young, Joanne P; Lodge, Caroline J; Southey, Melissa C; Newcomb, Polly A; Le Marchand, Loïc; Haile, Robert W; Lindor, Noralane M; Gallinger, Steven; Hopper, John L; Jenkins, Mark A
- Abstract
Surgical management of colon cancer for patients with Lynch syndrome who carry a mismatch repair (MMR) gene mutation is controversial. The decision to remove more or less of the colon involves the consideration of a relatively high risk of metachronous colorectal cancer (CRC) with the impact of more extensive surgery.
- Publication
Gut, 2011, Vol 60, Issue 7, p950
- ISSN
1468-3288
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/gut.2010.228056