© 2001 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 93, No. 20, 1573-1574,
October 17, 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press
CORRESPONDENCE |
RESPONSE: Testing for Colon Neoplasia Susceptibility Variants at the Human COX2 Locus
Affiliations of authors: G. L. Wiesner, Departments of Genetics and Medicine, Center for Human Genetics, and Ireland Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH; P. Platzer, S. D. Markowitz, Department of Medicine and Ireland Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cleveland; S. G. Buxbaum, R. C. Elston, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Ireland Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University; S. Lewis, M. MacMillen, Department of Genetics and the Center for Human Genetics, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland; J. Willis, Department of Pathology and Ireland Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland; A. Chakravarti, McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Correspondence to: Sanford D. Markowitz, M.D., Ph.D., 11001 Cedar Rd., Rm. 200, Cleveland, OH 44106 (e-mail: sxm10@po.cwru.edu).
We thank Drs. Ulrich and Potter for their thoughtful comments and appreciate the opportunity to clarify any potential misconceptions regarding our recent study (1).
Drs. Ulrich and Potter express the concern that the population we studied includes individuals at low risk (small adenomas) but also is a group
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