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. 2006 Apr 24;55(12):1781–1788. doi: 10.1136/gut.2005.090159

Table 2 Cancer diagnosis in first‐degree relatives.

Characteristics Number Age (years)
Patients with FD relative with HNPCC‐associated cancer 111
Mean age (SD, range) at diagnosis of first cancer of index patient 47 (11, 13–77)
Number of affected parents* 88 parents
(2× both parents)†
 CRC 49
 EC 12
 STC 12
 GIC 4
 PC 2
 RPC, UC, BLC 10
 BTC 3
 OC 3
Siblings with CRC 28 (including 1 half‐sibling)
Siblings with HNPCC‐associated cancer other than CRC 14 (including 1 half‐sibling)
Children with CRC 3
Children with HNPCC‐associated cancer other than CRC 1
Patients without an FD relative with HNPCC‐associated cancer 170
Mean age (SD, range) at diagnosis of first cancer of index patient 45 (10, 19–75)

BLC, bladder cancer; BTC, biliary tract cancer; CRC, colorectal cancer; EC, endometrial cancer; FD, first‐degree; GIC, gastrointestinal cancer; HNPCC, hereditary non‐polyposis colorectal cancer; OC, ovarian cancer; PC, pancreatic cancer; RPC, renal pelvic cancer; STC, stomach cancer; UC, ureteric cancer.

*Some parents had multiple HNPCC‐associated tumours.

†Five patients had a parent with CRC and parent with an HNPCC‐associated cancer.