We report the cytogenetic study of 9 colorectal tumors arising in patients with hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC). According to the cytogenetic classification of colorectal tumors previously proposed by us, 2 cases were of the trisomic type, 2 were of the monosomic type, and 5 had a normal karyotype. This represents a significant excess of tumors with normal karyotype in HNPCC tumors (56%) compared to sporadic cases (10/184 = 5%).
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