- ►annals.org [PDF] GM Eisen, DS Weinberg - Annals of internal medicine, 2005 - Am Coll Physicians Many patients and providers are aware that colorectal cancer (CRC) “runs in
families.” A patient with 1 first-degree relative with CRC has approximately
twice the personal risk for CRC as a similar person without this family ... Cited by 19 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
SE Patchett, EM Alstead, BP Saunders, SV … - Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, 1997 - Springer Patients from a hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) kindred (Lynch
Type 1 and Type 2) have an increased risk of developing large-bowel cancer.
Tumors occur at a young age and are characteristically fight-sided. Colonic ... Cited by 11 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
B Wolf, S Gruber, S Henglmueller, S Kappel, … - International Journal of Cancer, 2006 - interscience.wiley.com The clinical diagnosis of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is
based on the Amsterdam II criteria (ACII). The purpose of using the Bethesda
guidelines (BG) is to select tumours for microsatellite analysis. Recently, ... Cited by 9 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
CJ Kahi, DK Rex - Gastrointestinal endoscopy clinics of North America, 2005 - Elsevier Although colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in
the United States, it is preventable. Screening modalities include fecal occult
blood testing, flexible sigmoidoscopy, double-contrast barium enema, and ... Cited by 13 - Related articles - All 10 versions
JA Douglas, SB Gruber, KA Meister, J Bonner … - Jama, 2005 - Am Med Assoc Context In 1895, Aldred Scott Warthin, MD, PhD, initiated one of the most
thoroughly documented and longest cancer family histories ever recorded. The
unusually high incidence and segregation of cancers of the colon, rectum, ... Cited by 24 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
FG Campos, A Habr-Gama, DR Kiss, FC Atuí, … - Current Surgery, 2006 - Elsevier Although it exhibits variable clinical expressivity, the diagnosis is based on
characteristic mucocutaneous alterations such as multiple facial trichilemmomas,
oral mucosal papillomatosis, and acral and palmoplantar keratoses. These ... Cited by 3 - Related articles - All 12 versions
Y Young, JP Terdiman - Gastrointestinal endoscopy clinics of North America, 2005 - Elsevier Heredity plays an important causative role in a large percentage of colorectal
cancers. Clinical recognition of the hereditary polyposis syndromes, hereditary
nonpolyposis colorectal cancer, and common familial colorectal cancer is ... Cited by 3 - Related articles - All 18 versions
- ►ascopubs.org [PDF] ME Ray, TS Lawrence - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2006 - jco.ascopubs.org Mark Redston and Monica M. Bertagnolli Brigham and Women's Hospital and
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United States, after lung cancer and breast cancer.1 A well-defined hereditary
predisposition accounts for probably 3 to 4 percent of cases of colorectal ... Cited by 28 - Related articles - All 6 versions
