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My dad was diagnosis with rectal cancer. after rvw of familial history of cancer dr is strongly suspicious of and testing for hnpcc. how long for results?

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It depends: If you are near a big metropolitan center, it should ot exceed few days.

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Answered 5/24/2015

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