Article
Genetic testing by cancer site: urinary tract.
Cancer journal (Sudbury, Mass.) - 1 Jan 2000
Chan-Smutko Gayun
Abstract excerpt
The roles of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and urothelial cancers of the upper urinary tract are often overlooked as indicators for genetic risk assessment. The key features of 5 hereditary cancer susceptibility conditions involving an increased risk for RCC are discussed. von Hippel-Lindau disease, hereditary papillary RCC, and hereditary leiomyomatosis and RCC each predispose to a specific histological type of...
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