The<unk>  are a set of diagnostic criteria used by doctors to help identify families which are likely to have Lynch syndrome, also known as hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC). The<unk>  arose as a result of a meeting of the International Collaborative Group on Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colon Cancer in<unk> , in 1990. Following this, some of the genetic mechanisms underlying Lynch syndrome were elucidated during the 1990s and the significance of tumours outside the colon, such as those of the endometrium, small intestine and ureter, became clearer. These changes in the knowledge of the syndrome lead to a revision of the<unk>  and were published in Gastroenterology journal in 1999.
Amsterdam criteria
Beers criteria
Poser criteria
Spiegelberg criteria
Ranson criteria
Kocher criteria
Centor criteria
Herscovici classification