Hereditary colorectal cancer registries in Canada: report from the Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada consensus meeting; Montreal, Quebec; October 28, 2011

H Rothenmund; H Singh; B Candas; B N Chodirker; K Serfas; M Aronson; S Holter; A Volenik; J Green; E Dicks; M O Woods; D Gilchrist; R Gryfe; Z Cohen; W D Foulkes

doi:10.3747/co.20.1566

Hereditary colorectal cancer registries in Canada: report from the Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada consensus meeting; Montreal, Quebec; October 28, 2011

Curr Oncol. 2013 Oct;20(5):273-8. doi: 10.3747/co.20.1566.

Authors

H Rothenmund¹, H Singh, B Candas, B N Chodirker, K Serfas, M Aronson, S Holter, A Volenik, J Green, E Dicks, M O Woods, D Gilchrist, R Gryfe, Z Cohen, W D Foulkes

Affiliation

¹ Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Registry, Cancer Prevention Centre, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC.

Abstract

At a consensus meeting held in Montreal, October 28, 2011, a multidisciplinary group of Canadian experts in the fields of genetics, gastroenterology, surgery, oncology, pathology, and health care services participated in presentation and discussion sessions for the purpose of developing consensus statements pertaining to the development and maintenance of hereditary colorectal cancer registries in Canada. Five statements were approved by all participants.

Keywords: Canada; Colorectal cancer; Lynch syndrome; MUTYH-associated polyposis; cancer registry; colorectal cancer screening; familial adenomatous polyposis; hereditary cancer.