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Aim The high reported risk of metachronous colon cancer (MCC) in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) has led some authors to recommend total colectomy (TC) as the preferred operation for primary colon cancer, but this remains controversial. No previous study has compared survival after TC with segmental colectomy (SC) in HNPCC. The aim of this study was to determine the risk of developing...
Lynch Syndrome (LS) is a cancer susceptibility syndrome caused mostly by mutations in the mismatch repair genes, hMLH1, hMSH2 and hMSH6. Mutation carriers are at risk of colorectal and endometrial cancer and, less frequently, cancer of the ovaries, stomach, small bowel, hepatobiliary tract, ureter, renal pelvis and brain. The influence of environmental factors on extracolonic cancer risk in LS patients...
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