Definition of HNPCC. Meaning of HNPCC. Synonyms of HNPCC

- Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is a hereditary predisposition to colon cancer. HNPCC includes (and was once synonymous with) Lynch syndrome...
- autosomal dominant cancer syndrome: 663  that is thought to be a subtype of HNPCC (Lynch syndrome). Individuals are prone to develop cancers of the colon...
- cancer and ovarian cancer, and hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC or Lynch syndrome), which is present in about 3% of people with colorectal...
- while biallelic mutations are observed in CMMR-D. People expressing the HNPCC (which itself is considered autosomal dominant) trait are considered carriers...
- macrocephaly without Lisch nodules, neurofibromas or CNS tumors), and, homozygous HNPCC mutations (cafe-au-lait spots, axillary freckling, and cutaneous neurofibromas...
- colorectal cancer (HNPCC). At least 114 disease-causing mutations in this gene have been discovered. Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC), sometimes...
- Lynch syndrome, also known as hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC). The Amsterdam criteria arose as a result of a meeting of the International...
- human cancers. In specific, the hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancers (HNPCC or Lynch syndrome) are attributed to damaging germline variants in the genes...
- nonpolyposis colorectal cancer not fulfilling the Amsterdam criteria for HNPCC. hMSH6 mutations have also been linked to endometrial cancer and the development...
- The most common of these is hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC, or Lynch syndrome) which is present in about 3% of people with colorectal...