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Forty-eight-year-old female MUTYH carrier presenting with five concurrent primary cancers.

Aaron ArroyaveLaurentia NoditDevin J CleggAndrew Russ
Published in: Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) (2021)
The patient had a positive response to her treatment and surgical procedures with ongoing adjuvant therapy. She will continue to undergo further genetic testing, and testing for her children is being considered. This case demonstrates a unique presentation associated with a monoallelic MYH mutation that is not described in the current literature and warrants further investigation.
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