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  • Title: Dominant inheritance of adenomatous colonic polyps and colorectal cancer.
    Author: Burt RW, Bishop DT, Cannon LA, Dowdle MA, Lee RG, Skolnick MH.
    Journal: N Engl J Med; 1985 Jun 13; 312(24):1540-4. PubMed ID: 4000184.
    Abstract:
    Except in the rare polyposis syndromes, the contribution of heritable factors to the genesis of colorectal cancer and adenomatous polyps is not well understood. We examined the inheritance of susceptibility to colonic polyps and cancer in a large Utah pedigree with multiple cases of common colorectal cancer but no recognizable inheritance pattern among them. Inheritance was clarified, however, by systematic screening for colonic polyps in pedigree members and spouse controls, using flexible proctosigmoidoscopy. One or more adenomatous polyps were found in 21 per cent of family members (41 of 191) but in only 9 per cent of controls (12 of 132) (P less than 0.005). Pedigree analysis was performed with likelihood methods that compared random occurrence of cancer and polyps with autosomal recessive and autosomal dominant patterns of inheritance. The analysis suggested that the observed excess of discrete adenomatous polyps and colorectal cancers was the result of an inherited autosomal dominant gene for susceptibility, rather than an inherited recessive gene for susceptibility or a chance occurrence. This type of inheritance of colorectal polyps and cancer may be more common than previously recognized.
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