Table 2.
The revised bethesda guidelines [11].
| 1) CRC diagnosed in a patient younger than 50 years |
| 2) Presence of synchronous, metachronous colorectal or other HNPCC-associated tumours1 regardless of age |
| 3) CRC with MSI-H2 histology diagnosed in a patient younger than 60 years |
| 4) CRC diagnosed in at least one first-degree relative with a HNPCC-related cancer with one of the cancers being diagnosed before the age of 50 years. |
| 5) CRC in at least two first- or second-degree relatives with HNPCC-related tumours regardless of age |
1 Tumours in colon, rectum, endometrium, ventricle, ovaries, pancreas, ureter, renal pelvis, biliary tract, brain, jejunum and duodenum and sebaceous gland adenomas and keratoacanthomas in Muir-Torre syndrome. 2 MSI-H: microsatellite instability high grade.