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hereditary colon cancer syndrome
Includes:
- familial nonpolyposis colon cancer +
- some intestinal polyposis syndromes
Genetics:
- implicated genes:
- APC, MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2, EPCAM, CHEK2, MUTYH
Laboratory:
- hereditary colon cancer syndrome genomic sequencing
- hereditary colon cancer syndrome gene duplication & deletion analysis
Related
adenocarcinoma of the colon &/or rectum
Specific
adenomatous polyposis coli (APC); familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)
Cronkhite-Canada syndrome
familial nonpolyposis colon cancer; hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC); Lynch syndrome; cancer family syndrome
Turcot-Despres syndrome (mismatch repair cancer syndrome, MMRCS, brain tumor-polyposis syndrome 1)
General
hereditary neoplastic syndrome; cancer susceptibility syndrome