Methods. The expression of beta-catenin, p53, bcl-2, cyclin-D1, caspase-3, CD10, and Ki-67 proteins was studied by immunohistochemistry in samples of colonic nonneoplastic mucosa (n = 71), adenomas (n = 152), and adenocarcinomas (n = 19) from each of the16 FAP patients. The gene discussed is CASP3; the disease is adenoma.