Do parents and grandparents of patients with achondroplasia have a higher cancer risk?

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Several studies, performed according to hypotheses based on teratogenesis and carcinogenesis have tried to answer the question: Do parents of children with congenital anomalies have a higher cancer risk? If the general answer is no, however, a higher risk for cancer was reported in the parents of children with cleft lip/palate (Zhu et al. [2002: Br J Cancer 87:524-528]). In achondroplasia, the neo-mutations are...

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