Total colectomy for multiple metachronous colon cancers in a patient with Lynch syndrome

Lynch syndrome (LS) is a disorder caused by mismatch repair gene mutations, which have been recognized to be associated with an increased frequency of colorectal and extracolorectal tumors. However, it remains controversial as to whether total or segmental colectomy should be performed to treat colo...

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Published in:Surg Case Rep
Main Authors: Kochi, Masatoshi, Shimomura, Manabu, Hinoi, Takao, Niitsu, Hiroaki, Yano, Takuya, Mukai, Shoichiro, Sawada, Hiroyuki, Miguchi, Masashi, Saito, Yasufumi, Adachi, Tomohiro, Ishizaki, Yasuyo, Egi, Hiroyuki, Ohdan, Hideki
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4564456/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26380806
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40792-015-0081-x
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