Review article: genetic testing and counselling for hereditary colorectal cancer.

Autor:	Trimbath JD; Department of Medicine, The John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA., Giardiello FM
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics [Aliment Pharmacol Ther] 2002 Nov; Vol. 16 (11), pp. 1843-57.
DOI:	10.1046/j.1365-2036.2002.01357.x
Abstrakt:	Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death, after lung cancer, in the USA. The great majority (80%) of patients with colorectal cancer have sporadic disease with no evidence of having inherited the disorder. In the remaining 20%, a potentially definable genetic component exists. With the discovery of gene mutations related to hereditary colorectal cancer, risk assessment based on genetic test results is now feasible. The following review focuses on the two well-described colorectal cancer genetic syndromes-familial adenomatous polyposis and hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer, the process of genetic counselling, currently available genetic tests, and indications for their use.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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