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Human Disease
Lynch syndrome
- Term ID
- DOID:3883
- Synonyms
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- Hereditary Defective Mismatch Repair syndrome
- Hereditary non-polyposis colon cancer
- Hereditary non-polyposis colon cancer syndrome
- Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer
- Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer syndrome
- Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer
- Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer syndrome
- hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer
- Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer syndrome
- hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal neoplasm
- HNPCC
- Definition
- A syndrome that is characterized by an increased risk for colon cancer and cancers of the endometrium, ovary, stomach, small intestine, hepatobiliary tract, urinary tract, brain, and skin and has_material_basis_in mutation of mismatch repair genes that increases the risk of many types of cancers. (2)
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