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Life expectancy of colon cancer==similar to parent if familial?
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Yes and no: If you a have a true familial form (generally this means multiple 1 st degree relatives have it. Usually happens at an earlier age) then yes the course of disease is similiar. If by familial you mean 1 relative had it, then no it is variable and progress differently.
Answered 7/31/2017
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