Colon cancer
From SNPedia
Colon cancer (or colorectal cancer) is often curable if found in early stages; the disease is more common in developed countries. NIH, Wikipedia
Risk is affected by diet, as well as many genetic variants and specific inherited conditions such as familial adenomatous polyposis, or Lynch syndrome. NCI: Genetics of Colorectal Cancer
Genetic Syndromes with increased risk:
- familial adenomatous polyposis
- juvenile polyposis syndrome
- Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
- Li-Fraumeni syndrome
- Lynch syndrome
Related articles:
- [PMID 17000706]
- [PMID 17219423] hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC)
- [1] colon cancer susceptibility in African Americans
See also: Lynch syndrome, rs2273535.
