Any person with one or two copies of the discovered genetic mutations would have the risk of colorectal cancer increased by 10 percent to 40 percent.
The study has been conducted over the past four years through the Genetics and Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer Consortium, an international partnership involving the work of nearly 40,000 researchers.
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