Racial differences in a high-risk colorectal cancer referral population: a single-center experience

Available clinical characteristics including number of individuals, number of families (probands with family members who followed-up in our clinic), personal or family history of CRC, age at cancer onset, and number of individuals who underwent genetic testing for APC or mismatch repair genes were collected. Table 1 Clinical characteristics of individuals referred for personal and/or family history of CRC by race CRC, colorectal cancer; AA, African American; Genetic testing category includes mismatch repair genes and APC; PREMM1,2 score obtained using publicly available calculator Conclusion Despite many similarities between our high-risk CRC populations, there exists a difference in the number of family members of African American probands seen in our clinic and the number of African Americans who had genetic testing when compared to Caucasians.