Objective To investigate the features of extracolonic carcinoma spectrum in Northeast Chinese with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer. Methods The extracolonic carcinoma spectrum’s characteristics of 85 families registered in strict conformity with the HNPCC Amsterdam criteriaⅡwere analyzed retrospectively. Results In the 85 HNPCC families， the tumorous patients were 509 cases，the primary tumors were 589 cases， among the total consisted of 219 cases of colon cancer， 91 cases of rectal cancer，and 279 cases of extracolonic cancer， the most common extracolonic carcinoma was lung cancer. Conclusions Extracolonic carcinoma is an important part of cancer spectrum in HNPCC family， and the common extracolonic carcinoma in Northeast of Chinese are lung cancer， gastric cancer， endometrial cancer， liver cancer， and esophagus carcinoma.
