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Competing-Risk Nomogram for Predicting Cancer-Specific Survival in Multiple Primary Colorectal Cancer Patients after Surgery
Published on: September 27, 2024
Cancer: Lynch syndrome--how should colorectal cancer be managed?
Hans F A Vasen1, Wouter H de Vos tot Nederveen Cappel
1Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, Leiden, The Netherlands. hfavasen@stoet.nl
Abstract:
An international consortium (the Colon Cancer Family Registry) has recently published interesting data on the risk of developing metachronous colorectal cancer (CRC) after treatment of primary CRC in patients with Lynch syndrome. The findings are clinically important as they might justify more extensive surgery to treat primary CRC in these patients.
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