The reliability of immunohistochemistry as a prescreening method for the diagnosis of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) – Results of an international collaborative study
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Springer Nature in Familial Cancer
- Vol. 1 (2) , 87-93
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1013840907881
Abstract
Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer syndrome (HNPCC) is an autosomal dominant condition accounting for 2–5% of all colorectal carcinomas as well as a small subset of endometrial, upper urinary...Keywords
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