The Molecular Predisposition to Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colon Cancer (HNPCC)
The Molecular Predisposition to Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colon Cancer (HNPCC)
The goal of this study is to understand factors which may influence risk for colorectal and
 other cancers in families. These factors include genetic variability, in combination with
 diet and lifestyle. In order to achieve these goals, we need to contact as many eligible
 participants as possible.
If you agree to take part in this study, you will have a single sample (8-10 teaspoons) of
 blood collected, depending upon current health status. The blood will be drawn at MD
 Anderson. If you cannot come to the clinic, a blood drawing kit will be sent to the your
 home, which will include instructions and a postage-paid return express mail envelope.
 Phlebotomy charges connected to this study will be paid by the study. The blood sample will
 be sent to a research laboratory at MD Anderson for analyses. If you are unwilling or unable
 to give a blood sample, you can give a saliva sample instead. In this case, a kit will be
 mailed to you with instructions for obtaining the saliva sample. A prepaid envelope will be
 included for its return. Participants who previously participated in Protocol PA11-0567 and
 provided a blood sample do not need to provide another blood sample. The previously stored
 blood sample collected by Protocol PA11-0567 may be used.

 You will be asked to answer a series of questions. These questions will ask about foods eaten
 either one year ago or one year before the first diagnosis of cancer. There will also be
 questions about cooking methods as well as overall health, and vitamin and medication use.
 Some of the questions are personal, but all answers will be kept strictly private.

 The questionnaire will be sent to your home via U.S. or express mail. It may take several
 hours to complete the survey, but there is no time limit on its completion. There are no
 right or wrong answers to the questions. A postage-paid return envelope will be provided for
 the return of the questionnaire.

 Solid tumor material and colonoscopy specimens of normal tissue will be collected from
 participants requiring either colonoscopy or surgery for routine clinical reasons. The tumor
 fragments will be collected from specimens. Tissue required for a clinical pathology
 diagnosis will not be used for research purposes.

 This is an investigational study. About 2,000 patients and family members will take part in
 this study. All will be enrolled at MD Anderson.
Inclusion Criteria:

 1. All patients with a new referral for a diagnosis of colorectal cancer (adenocarcinoma)
 and/or HNPCC-related cancers at the UTMDACC will be considered potentially eligible
 for this study regardless of prior treatment.

 2. Families maintained at the UTMDACC Hereditary Colon Cancer Registry that have a known
 germline mutation in a mismatch repair gene or contain two or more first degree
 relatives diagnosed with CRC and/or any HNPCC-related cancers, one of whom must be
 less than or equal to 50 years at diagnosis.

 3. First-degree and more distant relatives of individuals diagnosed with CRC and/or any
 HNPCC-related cancers from either of the groups in 1 and 2 (above).

 4. Any patient diagnosed with CRC and/or any HNPCC-related cancers less than or equal to
 45 years of age.

 5. Greater than or equal to age 18 at time of study.

 6. Able to provide informed consent to participate in this study indicating that they are
 aware of the investigational nature, in keeping with the policies of this hospital.

 7. Non-HNPCC quartets, defined as parents and two offspring who do not carry a mismatch
 repair gene mutation. These non-HNPCC quartets should have no personal history of
 cancer, nor cancer in any first degree relatives of the quartet members, nor history
 of trinucleotide repeat syndromes. Non-HNPCC parents in a quartet should be less than
 34 years old at the time the offspring were born.

 8. Lynch Syndrome patients identified and recruited through Protocol PA11-0567 who opt
 into Optional Procedure B, which consents the patient to participate in this study.

 Exclusion Criteria:

 1. Diagnosis of current major psychiatric disorder, per DSM-III-R (or DSM IV).

 2. Age less than 18 years at time of enrollment.