GENETIC TESTING for HEREDITARY CANCER SYNDROMES Resource Guide
Patient Risk Assessment Bracanalysis Colaris Melaris Colaris AP The Testing Process Billing and Insurance Outreach Materials Clinical References and Resources


Colaris AP Clinical References

American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts and Figures 2001. New York, NY: American Cancer Society. Publication 01-300M-No. 5008.61.

American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts and Figures 2002. Available at: http://www.cancer.org/downloads/STT/CancerFacts&Figures2002TM.pdf. Accessed December 5, 2002.

American Gastroenterological Association. American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: hereditary colorectal cancer and genetic testing. Gastroenterology. 2001;121:195-197.

American Society of Clinical Oncology. Statement of the American Society of Clinical Oncology: genetic testing for cancer susceptibility. J Clin Oncol. 1996;14:1730-1736.

Brensinger JD, Laken SJ, Luce MC, et al. Variable phenotype of familial adenomatous polyposis in pedigrees with 3' mutation in the APC gene. Gut. 1998;43:548-552.

Bulow S, Faurschou Nielson T, Bulow C, et al. The incidence rate of familial adenomatous polyposis: results from the Danish Polyposis Register. Int J Colrectal Dis. 1996:11:88-91.

Burt RW. Colon cancer screening. Gastroenterology. 2000;119:837-853.

Burt RW, Leppert MF, Slattery ML, et al. Genetic testing and phenotype in a large kindred with attentuated familial polyposis. Gastroenterology. 2004;127:444-451.

Calvert PM, Frucht H. The genetics of colorectal cancer. Ann Intern Med. 2002;137:603-612.

Ellenhorn JDI, Coia LR, Alberts SR, Hoff PM. Colorectal and anal cancers. In: Pazdur R, Coia LR, Hoskins WJ, Wagman LD, eds. Cancer Management: A Multidisciplinary Approach — Medical, Surgical, & Radiation Oncology. 6th ed. Melville, NY: PRR Inc; 2002:295-324.

Evans DG, Guy SP, Thakker N, et al. Non-penetrance and late appearance of polyps in families with familial adenomatous polyposis. Gut. 1993;34:1389-1393.

Giardiello FM, Brensinger JD, Petersen GM. AGA technical review on hereditary colorectal cancer and genetic testing. Gastroenterology. 2001;121:198-213.

Gismondi V, Meta M, Bonelli L, et al. Prevalence of the Y165C, G382D and 1395delGGA germline mutations of the MYH gene in Italian patients with adenomatous polyposis coli and colorectal adenomas. Int J Cancer. 2004;109:680-684.

Hernegger GS, Moore HG, Guillem JG. Attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis: an evolving and poorly understood entity. Dis Colon Rectum. 2002;45:127-136.

Kadmon M, Tandara A, Herfarth C. Duodenal adenomatosis in familial adenomatous polyposis coli: a review of the literature and results from the Heidelberg Polyposis Register. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2001;16:63-75.

Lindor NM, Greene MH. The concise handbook of family cancer syndromes. Mayo Familial Cancer Program. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1998;90:1039-1071.

Lynch HT, Thorson AG, McComb RD, et al. Familial adenomatous polyposis and extracolonic cancer. Dig Dis Sci. 2001;46:2325-2332.

Lynch HT, Smyrk T, McGinn T, et al. Attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis (AFAP): a phenotypically and geneotypically distinctive variant of FAP. Cancer. 1995;76:2427-2433.

Nugent KP, Spigelman AD, Phillips RK. Risk of extracolonic cancer in familial adenomatous polyposis. Br J Surg. 1996;83:1121-1122.

Rozen P, Samuel Z, Shomrat R, Legum C. Notable intrafamilial phenotypic variability in a kindred with familial Adenomatous polyposis and an APC mutation in exon 9. Gut. 1999;45:829-833.

Sieber OM, Lipton L, Crabtree M, et al. Multiple colorectal adenomas, classic adenomatous polyposis, and germ-line mutations in MYH. N Engl J Med. 2003;348:791-799.

Solomon C, Burt RW. Familial adenomatous polyposis. Available at:
http://www.geneclinics.org/servlet/access?id=8888890&db=genetests&fcn=y&showglossarylinks=yes
&key=DEeSpVmqzmpca&filename=/profiles/fap/index.html. Accessed December 5, 2002.


Soravia C, Berk T, Madlensky L, et al. Genotype-phenotype correlations in attenuated adenomatous polyposis coli. Am J Hum Genet. 1998;62:1290-1301.

Spirio L, Olschwang S, Groden J, et al. Alleles of the APC gene: an attenuated form of familial polyposis. Cell. 1993;75:951-957.

Wang L, Baudhuin LM, Boardman LA, et al. MYH mutations in patients with attenuated and classical polyposis and young onset colorectal cancer without polyps. Gastroenterology. 2004;127:9-16.

» More



© 2004-06, Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.

BRACAnalysis Clinical References
COLARIS Clinical References
MELARIS Clinical References
COLARIS AP Clinical References
Helpful Web Sites
Advocacy Groups