This booklet was prepared by the following members of The Johns Hopkins
Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Registry in 1995: Judith A. Bacon, B.S., Susan Viles
Booker, B.A., Jill D. Brensinger, M.S., Paul Celano, M.D., Donna Cox, M.Ed., Susan
Cross-Skinner, R.N., M.S.N., Francis M. Giardiello, M.D., Pearl Campbell, B.S., Stanley R. Hamilton, M.D., Anne J. Krush, M.S., Gloria M. Petersen, Ph.D., Kathy Potter,
R.N., Elias I. Traboulsi, M.D., and John Yardley, M.D.
The gastrointestinal tract illustration on page 3 was reprinted with permission of Bonnie Sue Rolstad, R.N.,B.A.,E.T., from the booklet "Ileoanal Reservoir: A Patient Resource."
We would like to thank Linda M. Welch for secretarial assistance, Theresa Berk, MS., for assistance in compiling the glossary, and Joanna Strayer Amberger, B.A. for technical assistance on the pedigree illustration, page 5.
We would also like to thank the Clayton Fund, The Johns Hopkins Oncology Center's Community Programs and the Cancer Research Foundation of America for their support in the development of this booklet.
To order copies of this booklet, please contact the Coordinator, The Johns Hopkins Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Registry, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 550 North
Broadway, Suite 108, Baltimore, MD 21205-2011, phone (410) 955-3875, fax (410) 614-9544.
© 1995 The Johns Hopkins University
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