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Is there a role for prophylactic subtotal colectomy among hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer germline mutation carriers?

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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  1. Department of Preventive Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine, 2500 California Plaza, 68178, Omaha, Nebraska

    Henry T. Lynch M.D.

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Lynch, H.T. Is there a role for prophylactic subtotal colectomy among hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer germline mutation carriers?. Dis Colon Rectum 39, 109–110 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02048279

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