Abstract
The extension symposium of the 11th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Familial Tumors（JSFT） was held in Fukushima City on June 25, 2005. The theme of the symposium was‘ Considering cancer heredity’, and six speakers gave the participants a series of lectures about hereditary colorectal cancer, familial breast cancer, and multiple endocrine neoplasia as well as patient support systems for these diseases. Using this opportunity, I, as co-chairperson, summarized the symposium and described my personal view about the future direction of the JSTF.
