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Lynch syndrome, related to rectal cancer, how likely is it that if someone has this they will get cancer? how many people approximately are fine?
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Lynch syndrome: Lynch syndrome is also known as hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer. Individuals with HNPCC have about an 80% lifetime risk for colon cancer. It is a genetically inherited cancer syndrome that has a greater than 50 % chance of being passed from a parent to an affected child.
Answered 3/28/2015
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