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Adult-Onset Cancer Predisposition Syndromes in Children and Adolescents-To Test or not to Test?
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 May 2024
Kratz Christian P, Lupo Philip J, Zelley Kristin, Schienda Jaclyn, Nichols Kim E, Stewart Douglas R, Malkin David, Brodeur Garrett M, Maxwell Kara, Plon Sharon E, Walsh Michael F
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With the increasing use of comprehensive germline genetic testing of children and adolescents with cancer, it has become evident that pathogenic variants (PV) in adult-onset cancer predisposition genes (aoCPG) underlying adult-onset cancer predisposition syndromes, such as Lynch syndrome or hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, are enriched and reported in 1% to 2% of children and adolescents with cancer....
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