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Cancer risk and genotype-phenotype correlations in PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome.
Familial cancer - 1 Mar 2014
Nieuwenhuis Marry H, Kets C Marleen, Murphy-Ryan Maureen, Yntema Helger G, Evans D Gareth, Colas Chrystelle, Møller Pal, Hes Frederik J, Hodgson Shirley V, Olderode-Berends Maran J W, Aretz Stefan, Heinimann Karl, Gómez García Encarna B, Douglas Fiona, Spigelman Allan, Timshel Susanne, Lindor Noralane M, Vasen Hans F A
Abstract excerpt
Patients with germline PTEN mutations are at high risk of developing benign and malignant tumours. We aimed to evaluate the cumulative risk of several types of cancer and of dysplastic cerebellar gangliocytoma (Lhermitte-Duclos disease, LDD). In addition, genotype-phenotype correlations in PTEN h...
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