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Adenomatous Polyp
New adenomatous polyp study findings recently were reported by researchers at Hamamatsu University, Medical Department
December 16th, 2008
According to a study from Hamamatsu, Japan, "The incidence of several extracolonic tumors, such as duodenal carcinoma, is higher in familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) patients than in the general population, but there is little information about lung carcinoma in FAP. A 43-year-old woman presented with a lung tumor 17 years after total colectomy for FAP." "Pathohistological analysis of the lung tumor demonstrated mixed adenocarcinoma consisting of a papillary adenocarcinoma component and a bronchioloalveolar carcinoma component. Sequencing analysis indicated a germline APC mutation from TCA to TGA (stop) at codon 1110, but no pathogenic germline MYH mutations. The...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-12-16)
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