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Inherited TP53 Mutations and the Li-Fraumeni Syndrome.
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine - 3 Apr 2017
Guha Tanya, Malkin David
Abstract excerpt
Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a complex hereditary cancer predisposition disorder associated with early-onset cancers in diverse tissues of origin. Germline TP53 mutations are identified in 75% of patients with classic LFS. The lifetime likelihood of a TP53 mutation carrier developing cancer approaches 75% in males and almost 100% in females. Several genetic modifiers have been implicated to account for the...
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