Familial Cancer

Sporadic Versus Hereditary forms of Colorectal Cancer with the DNA Microsatellite Instability Phenotype: to ‘lump’ or ‘Split’?

Jeremy R. Jass

Prognosis in DNA Mismatch Repair Deficient Colorectal Cancer: are all MSI Tumours Equivalent?

A. J. Clark, R. Barnetson, S. M. Farrington, M. G. Dunlop

HNPCC and Sporadic MSI-H Colorectal Cancer: A Review of the Morphological Similarities and Differences

Jeremy R. Jass

Promoter Hypermethylation Frequency and BRAF Mutations Distinguish Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colon Cancer from Sporadic MSI-H Colon Cancer

A. McGivern, C.V.A. Wynter, V.L.J. Whitehall, T. Kambara, K.J. Spring, M.D. Walsh, M.A. Barker, S. Arnold, L.A. Simms, B.A. Leggett, J. Young, J.R. Jass

Evaluation of Psychosocial Effects of Pre-Symptomatic Testing for Breast/Ovarian and Colon Cancer Pre-Disposing Genes: A 12-Month Follow-Up

Brita Arver, Aina Haegermark, Ulla Platten, Annika Lindblom, Yvonne Brandberg

Correlations between Phenotype and Microsatellite Instability in HNPCC: Implications for Genetic Testing

Raffaele Palmirotta, Sabino Matera, Maria Cristina Curia, Gitana Aceto, Bassam el Zhobi, Fabio Verginelli, Fiorella Guadagni, Vincenzo Casale, Vittoria Stigliano, Luca Messerini, Renato Mariani-Costantini, Pasquale Battista, Alessandro Cama

A Homozygous MSH6 Mutation in a Child with Café-au-Lait Spots, Oligodendroglioma and Rectal Cancer

Fred H. Menko, Gertjan L. Kaspers, Gerrit A. Meijer, Kathleen Claes, Johanna M. van Hagen, Johan J. P. Gille

Genotyping Possible Polymorphic Variants of Human Mismatch Repair Genes in Healthy Korean Individuals and Sporadic Colorectal Cancer Patients

Jin C. Kim, Seon A. Roh, Kum H. Koo, In H. Ka, Hee C. Kim, Chang S. Yu, Kang H. Lee, Jung S. Kim, Han I. Lee, Walter F. Bodmer

Impact of a Cancer Registry-Based Genealogy Service to Support Clinical Genetics Services

David H. Brewster, Alison Fordyce, Roger J. Black

Abstracts Presented at the XVIIth Symposium ‘New Developments in Hereditary Cancer’, 5–6 February 2004, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Abstracts of the ESO Inside Track Conference on Familial Cancer, CNIO, Madrid, Spain, 6–7 May 2004