Research efforts in hereditary intestinal polyposes and cancer of the gastrointestinal tract

Editor 1Coordinator of Polyposis Project, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore. Maryland Editor's Note: In a series of papers to appear in multiple issues,Current Status plans to publish a comprehensive overview of heritable neoplastic diseases affecting the colorectum. Manuscripts have been prepared by investigators actively engaged in work related to their subject, and these papers cover both clinical and research interests. Credit for their compilation is due entirely to the enthusiastic efforts of Mrs. Anne Krush, Coordinator of the Polyposis Project, The Moore Clinic, Division of Medical Genetics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore Maryland. WGS