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Review
. 2017 Apr;173(4):1017-1037.
doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.38142. Epub 2017 Feb 7.

Childhood cancer predisposition syndromes-A concise review and recommendations by the Cancer Predisposition Working Group of the Society for Pediatric Oncology and Hematology

Tim Ripperger  1 Stefan S Bielack  2 Arndt Borkhardt  3 Ines B Brecht  4   5 Birgit Burkhardt  6 Gabriele Calaminus  6 Klaus-Michael Debatin  7 Hedwig Deubzer  8 Uta Dirksen  6 Cornelia Eckert  8 Angelika Eggert  8 Miriam Erlacher  9 Gudrun Fleischhack  10 Michael C Frühwald  11 Astrid Gnekow  11 Gudrun Goehring  1 Norbert Graf  12 Helmut Hanenberg  3   13 Julia Hauer  3 Barbara Hero  14 Simone Hettmer  9 Katja von Hoff  15 Martin Horstmann  15 Juliane Hoyer  16 Thomas Illig  1   17 Peter Kaatsch  18 Roland Kappler  19 Kornelius Kerl  6 Thomas Klingebiel  20 Udo Kontny  21 Uwe Kordes  15 Dieter Körholz  22 Ewa Koscielniak  2 Christof M Kramm  23 Michaela Kuhlen  3 Andreas E Kulozik  24 Britta Lamottke  25 Ivo Leuschner  26 Dietmar R Lohmann  27   28 Andrea Meinhardt  22 Markus Metzler  5 Lüder H Meyer  7 Olga Moser  21 Michaela Nathrath  29   30   31 Charlotte M Niemeyer  9 Rainer Nustede  32 Kristian W Pajtler  24   33 Claudia Paret  34 Mareike Rasche  10 Dirk Reinhardt  10 Olaf Rieß  35 Alexandra Russo  34 Stefan Rutkowski  15 Brigitte Schlegelberger  1 Dominik Schneider  36 Reinhard Schneppenheim  15 Martin Schrappe  37 Christopher Schroeder  35 Dietrich von Schweinitz  19 Thorsten Simon  14 Monika Sparber-Sauer  2 Claudia Spix  18 Martin Stanulla  25 Doris Steinemann  1 Brigitte Strahm  9 Petra Temming  10   28 Kathrin Thomay  1 Andre O von Bueren  38   39 Peter Vorwerk  40 Olaf Witt  24 Marcin Wlodarski  9 Willy Wössmann  22 Martin Zenker  41 Stefanie Zimmermann  20 Stefan M Pfister  24   33 Christian P Kratz  25
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Childhood cancer predisposition syndromes-A concise review and recommendations by the Cancer Predisposition Working Group of the Society for Pediatric Oncology and Hematology

Tim Ripperger et al. Am J Med Genet A. 2017 Apr.

Abstract

Heritable predisposition is an important cause of cancer in children and adolescents. Although a large number of cancer predisposition genes and their associated syndromes and malignancies have already been described, it appears likely that there are more pediatric cancer patients in whom heritable cancer predisposition syndromes have yet to be recognized. In a consensus meeting in the beginning of 2016, we convened experts in Human Genetics and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology to review the available data, to categorize the large amount of information, and to develop recommendations regarding when a cancer predisposition syndrome should be suspected in a young oncology patient. This review summarizes the current knowledge of cancer predisposition syndromes in pediatric oncology and provides essential information on clinical situations in which a childhood cancer predisposition syndrome should be suspected.

Keywords: genetic cancer predisposition; genetic predisposition testing; genetic screening; germline mutation; hereditary cancer syndrome.

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