After hMSH2 and hMLH1--what next? Analysis of three-generational, population-based, early-onset colorectal cancer families

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Jenkins MA, Baglietto L, Dite GS, Jolley DJ, Southey MC, Whitty J, Mead LJ, St John DJ, Macrae FA, Bishop DT, Venter DJ, Giles GG, Hopper JL (2002) After hMSH2 and hMLH1--what next? Analysis of three-generational, population-based, early-onset colorectal cancer families. International journal of cancer. Journal international du cancer 102:166-171

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The aim of our study was to examine the role of genetic factors on early-onset colorectal cancer after excluding the impact of germline mutations in the two major mismatch repair genes. A total of 131 incident probands, under 45 years at diagnosis of a first primary colorectal cancer selected from the Victorian Cancer Registry, and their first-and second-degree relatives, were interviewed. Germline DNA from all 12 probands with a family history meeting the modified Amsterdam Criteria for Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer (HNPCC) and a random sample of 31 of the remaining probands was screened for mutations in hMSH2 and hMLH1 via manual sequencing. Germline mutations were identified in 6 of the 131 probands (5%), all from the "HNPCC" families. Of the remaining 125 probands, 51 (41%) reported at least one first-or second-degree relative with colorectal cancer with an excess of colorectal cancer in first-degree relatives (SMR = 2.7, 95% CI = 1.7-4.1, p < 0.001).="" the="" lifetime="" risk="" to="" age="" 70="" for="" first-degree="" relatives="" was="" 8.0%="" (5.0-12.8%),="" compared="" to="" the="" victorian="" population="" risk="" of="" 3.2%="" (p="0.01)." the="" best="" fitting="" major="" gene="" model="" was="" a="" recessively-inherited="" risk="" of="" 98%="" to="" age="" 70="" (95%="" ci="24-100%)" carried="" by="" 0.17%="" of="" the="" population="" and="" would="" explain="" 15%="" of="" all="" colorectal="" cancer="" in="" cases="" with="" a="" diagnosis="" before="" age="" 45.="" early-onset="" colorectal="" cancer="" is="" strongly="" familial="" even="" after="" excluding="" families="" found="" to="" be="" segregating="" a="" mutation="" in="" either="" of="" the="" 2="" major="" mismatch="" repair="" genes.="" there="" is="" evidence="" for="" a="" role="" of="" yet="" to="" be="" identified="" genes="" associated="" with="" a="" high="" recessively-inherited="" risk="" of="" colorectal="">

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