RT Book, Section
A1 Stoffel, Elena M.
A1 Syngal, Sapna
A2 Greenberger, Norton J.
A2 Blumberg, Richard S.
A2 Burakoff, Robert
SR Print(0)
ID 55958307
T1 Chapter 23. Hereditary Gastrointestinal Cancer Syndromes
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Endoscopy, 2e
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-176848-1
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55958307
RD 2024/04/18
AB Approximately  3–5%  of  colorectal  cancers  are  caused  by  inherited  gene  mutations  associated  with  hereditary  nonpolyposis  colorectal  cancer  (Lynch  syndrome)  or  familial  adenomatous  polyposis.Genetic  testing  is  clinically  available  for  several  hereditary  gastrointestinal  cancer  syndromes  and  can  be  used  to  guide  cancer  screening  recommendations.