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Early onset of colorectal cancer in a 13-year-old girl with Lynch syndrome
Do Hee Ahn, Jung Hee Rho, Hann Tchah, In-Sang Jeon
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2016;59(1):40-42.   Published online January 22, 2016

Lynch syndrome is the most common inherited colon cancer syndrome. Patients with Lynch syndrome develop a range of cancers including colorectal cancer (CRC) and carry a mutation on one of the mismatched repair (MMR) genes. Although CRC usually occurs after the fourth decade in patients with Lynch syndrome harboring a heterozygous MMR gene mutation, it can occur in children with...