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SINGLE CAUSE OF HEREDITARY COLORECTAL AND ENDOMETRIAL CANCERS ONE NUMBER LYNCH SYNDROME: NEW CANCER CASES EVERY YEAR 1 in 370 people carry the INHERITED MISMATCH REPAIR DEFECT it causes 3.5 The MISMATCH REPAIR DEFICIENCY DISORDER is inherited with 50% PROBABILITY* 70% risk of developing CANCER Individuals with LYNCH SYNDROME have a is the MILLION *In afflicted families

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  • SINGLE CAUSE OF HEREDITARY COLORECTAL AND

    ENDOMETRIAL CANCERS

    ONENUMBER

    LYNCH SYNDROME:

    NEW CANCER CASES EVERY YEAR

    1 in 370 people carry the INHERITED MISMATCH REPAIR DEFECT

    it causes

    3.5

    The MISMATCH REPAIR DEFICIENCY DISORDER

    is inherited with 50% PROBABILITY*

    70% risk of developingCANCER

    Individuals with LYNCH

    SYNDROME have a

    is the

    M I L L I O N

    *In aicted families