© 2001 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 93, No. 9, 717,
May 2, 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press
CORRESPONDENCE |
RESPONSE: Re: Characterization of Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer Families From a Population-Based Series of Cases
Affiliation of authors: Epidemiology Division, Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine.
Correspondence to: Hoda Anton-Culver, Ph.D., Epidemiology Division, Department of Medicine, 224 Irvine Hall, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 926977550 (e-mail: hantoncu@uci.edu).
We are pleased that the data presented by Evans et al. support our concern about the adequacy of the Amsterdam criteria in the characterization of the HNPCC syndrome. Evans et al. refer to their study of 1329 consecutive colorectal cancer case patients, in which they found that 10% of the case patients had a positive family history
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