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Terme préférentiel

Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Définition

  • A group of autosomal-dominant inherited diseases in which COLON CANCER arises in discrete adenomas. Unlike FAMILIAL POLYPOSIS COLI with hundreds of polyps, hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal neoplasms occur much later, in the fourth and fifth decades. HNPCC has been associated with germline mutations in mismatch repair (MMR) genes. It has been subdivided into Lynch syndrome I or site-specific colonic cancer, and LYNCH SYNDROME II which includes extracolonic cancer. HNPCC with no history of associated cancers.

Concepts spécifiques

Synonyme(s)

  • Familial Nonpolyposis Colon Cancer
  • Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Neoplasms

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-J72D4TKD-M

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RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Date de création 24/06/1986, dernière modification le 05/03/2021