Patient and tumor characteristics may raise clinicians' awareness of familial colorectal cancer: A Norwegian population-based study

Abstract

CRC patients with right-sided colonic cancers, synchronous cancers and previous CRC and/or LS-related tumors were more likely to have familial CRC, and young age at diagnosis was not associated with familial CRC in these data. A detailed family history of colorectal cancer is essential in the identification of patients and families with familial CRC.

Editorial

“…In Norwegian patients with colorectal cancers, reported by Tranø et al [10], it was found that familial colorectal cancer was associated with rightsided colonic cancers, synchronous cancers, previous colorectal cancer, and/or LS-related tumors, while age or tumor characteristics did not seem to be influencing factors. Thus, a detailed family history of colorectal cancer is essential.…”