Site-specific colonic carcinoma in identical twins
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Vol. 56 (651) , 69-70
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.56.651.69
Abstract
Summary: The development of identically sited carcinomas of the colon in monozygotic twins is described. Presentation occurred with 2 years of each other. They are discussed in the context of the cancer-family syndrome.Keywords
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