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Hereditary Colorectal Cancer

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Recognition of families with high penetrance of young-onset colorectal cancer has existed for over a century [1–3]. However, concerted efforts to define these high-penetrance diseases occurred much later [4, 5]. Once the molecular basis of hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes was elucidated, the clinical and research efforts toward identification, clinical care, and management of individuals at hereditary risk for colorectal cancer experienced an exponential growth within the last two decades.

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  1. Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 301402, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Thuy M. Vu

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  1. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas, Holcombe Blvd. 1515, Houston, 77030, Texas, USA

    Miguel A. Rodriguez-Bigas

  2. Associate Professor of Surgery, Brazilian Registry of Inherited, Colorec, University of São Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Raul Cutait

  3. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Gastroenterology, The University of Texas, Houston, 77030, Texas, USA

    Patrick M. Lynch

  4. Cancer Research UK London Research Insti, Molecular and Population Genetics Labora, London, United Kingdom

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  5. Medical Center, Gastroenterology, Leiden University, Leiden, 2333 AA, Netherlands

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Vu, T.M. (2010). Across Culture and Health Systems: America. In: Rodriguez-Bigas, M., Cutait, R., Lynch, P., Tomlinson, I., Vasen, H. (eds) Hereditary Colorectal Cancer. M.D. Anderson Solid Tumor Oncology Series, vol 5. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6603-2_32

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