Reviewer's report 
 Humoral immune response to MUC5AC in patients with colorectal polyps and colorectal Title: 
carcinoma 
 3  6 November 2005 Version: Date: 
 Samuel B Ho Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
The authors have made the requested changes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can 
be reached) 
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Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of a term, which the 
author can be trusted to correct) 
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
The abstract and discussion sections need grammar and writing corrections. For example, in the 
abstract: "were also negatively effect on patient survival" needs correction. 
 Accept after minor essential revisions What next?: 
 An article whose findings are important to those with closely related research Level of interest: 
interests 
 Needs some language corrections before being published Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
'I declare that I have no competing interests 
Reviewer's report 
 Humoral immune response to MUC5AC in patients with colorectal polyps and colorectal Title: 
carcinoma 
 3  6 November 2005 Version: Date: 
 Samuel B Ho Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
The authors have made the requested changes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can 
be reached) 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of a term, which the 
author can be trusted to correct) 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
The abstract and discussion sections need grammar and writing corrections. For example, in the 
abstract: "were also negatively effect on patient survival" needs correction. 
 Accept after minor essential revisions What next?: 
 An article whose findings are important to those with closely related research Level of interest: 
interests 
 Needs some language corrections before being published Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
'I declare that I have no competing interests 
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report 
 Humoral immune response to MUC5AC in patients with colorectal polyps and colorectal Title: 
carcinoma 
 3  6 November 2005 Version: Date: 
 Samuel B Ho Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
The authors have made the requested changes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can 
be reached) 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of a term, which the 
author can be trusted to correct) 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
The abstract and discussion sections need grammar and writing corrections. For example, in the 
abstract: "were also negatively effect on patient survival" needs correction. 
 Accept after minor essential revisions What next?: 
 An article whose findings are important to those with closely related research Level of interest: 
interests 
 Needs some language corrections before being published Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
'I declare that I have no competing interests 
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