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...colorectal cancer cases in the U.S. every year - have a greater than two-in-three risk of developing cancer, compared with a one-in-24 chance in the general population. People with AFAP can begin develop colon polyps by their late teens (about 50% develop polyps in teenhood; others, later in life), and people with particularly severe cases are often advised to undergo a colectomy. Though colon cancer typically shows up in people over 50, in the Fry family, it has been observed as early...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Patient Zero for a Colon Cancer Gene | 1/21/2008 | See Source »

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