Is there anticipation in the age at onset of cancer in families with Li-Fraumeni syndrome?

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Anticipation in the age at onset of cancer in successive generations was described in several familial cancer syndromes. Based on multiple statistical analyses of a database of families with germline TP53 mutations, and using several different approaches and measures to eliminate possible biases, we show that anticipation may be a feature of the Li-Fraumeni syndrome. Definitive proof of anticipation in pedigrees...

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