Brief Article
Copyright ©2014 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Jan 7, 2014; 20(1): 204-213
Published online Jan 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i1.204
Table 1 Patients with familial colorectal or Lynch-associated cancers included in the study
Patients with CRC (fulfilling Amsterdam II and/or Bethesda criteria)Patients with family history of CRC and personal history of colorectal polyposis or of cancer in the Lynch syndrome tumor spectrumPatients with Lynch syndrome (with identified MMR mutation or variant of unknown significance)
Total number of patients120581132
MSI5013132
MSS37160
Unknown33290
Revised Bethesda criteria9717132
MSI384132
MSS3130
Unknown28100
Amsterdam II criteria4115ND
MSI144
MSS143
Unknown138
First-degree relatives with CRC2313ND
MSI123
MSS63
Unknown57
Polyps (> 10 polyps)000
Polyps ( ≤ 10 polyps) at age < 50 +/- first-degree relatives with polyps, MUTYH-negative041ND
MSI9
MSS13
Unknown19