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A clinical and genetic analysis of multiple primary cancer referrals to genetics services.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 May 2015
Whitworth James, Hoffman Jon, Chapman Cyril, Ong Kai Ren, Lalloo Fiona, Evans D Gareth, Maher Eamonn R
Abstract excerpt
Multiple primary malignant tumours (MPMT) are frequently taken as an indicator of potential inherited cancer susceptibility and occur at appreciable frequency both among unselected cancer patients and, particularly, among referrals to cancer genetics services. However, there is a paucity of information on the clinical genetic evaluation of cohorts of MPMT patients representing a variety of tumour types. We...
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