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Family history an important indicator of future risk of colorectal cancer
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Family history an important indicator of future risk of colorectal cancer
Wednesday 15 July 2020, 01:45 AM

Immunohistochemical staining for mismatch repair proteins in colorectal cancer – tumour cells show deficient expression of MSH2 and MSH6
Age and family history are the strongest risk factors for developing colorectal cancer. This article discusses the important role that GPs have in identifying patients with inherited bowel cancer syndromes and referring for timely assessment
Maxene Kiesanowski and Julie Arnold
Key points, Taking a detailed family history is important for identifying patterns of inherited cancer risk, including information about the types of cancers and , Pract Green w Pale Yellow
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