Article
[Genetic predisposition in children cancers in 2011].
Bulletin du cancer - 1 May 2011
Gauthier-Villars Marion, Stoppa-Lyonnet Dominique
Abstract excerpt
Cancer predisposition syndromes affecting children are rare. One can estimate that only 10% of all childhood cancers are related to predisposition. The identification of these syndromes remains important for the care of an affected child and relatives. If most of the known cancer predisposition syndromes are linked to a dominant inheritance associated with a high risk of cancer, new syndromes associated with...
Topics
- Child
- Family Health
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary
