Figure 1.

Relative and approximate contributions of familial causes to the incidence of colorectal cancer. FAP - Familial adenomatous polyposis, JP - Familial juvenile polyposis, PJ - Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, HNPCC - Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (Lynch Syndrome). Note the very small contribution of FAP to the etiology of cancer.

Half et al. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2009 4:22   doi:10.1186/1750-1172-4-22
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