Article
Cancer incidence in relatives of British Fanconi Anaemia patients.
BMC cancer - 11 Sept 2008
Tischkowitz Marc, Easton Douglas F, Ball Jan, Hodgson Shirley V, Mathew Christopher G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Fanconi anemia (FA) is an autosomal recessive DNA repair disorder with affected individuals having a high risk of developing acute myeloid leukaemia and certain solid tumours. Thirteen complementation groups have been identified and the genes for all of these are known (FANCA, B, C, D1/BRCA2, D2, E, F, G, I, J/BRIP1, L, M and N/PALB2). Previous studies of cancer incidence in relatives of Fanconi...
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