Recommendations for cancer screening and surveillance in patients with Werner syndrome

Kazuto Aono^{1

2}, Yoshiro Maezawa^{1

2}, Hisaya Kato^{1

2}, Hiyori Kaneko^{1

2}, Yoshitaka Kubota³, Toshibumi Taniguchi⁴, Toshiyuki Oshitari⁵, Sei-Ichiro Motegi⁶, Hironori Nakagami⁷, Akira Taniguchi⁸, Kazuhisa Watanabe⁹, Minoru Takemoto¹⁰, Masaya Koshizaka^{1

11}, Koutaro Yokote^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Endocrinology, Hematology and Gerontology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
² Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
³ Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Chiba University, Faculty of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
⁴ Department of Infection Control, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
⁵ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
⁶ Department of Dermatology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan.
⁷ Department of Health Development and Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
⁸ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan.
⁹ Department of Community Healthcare and Geriatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, International University of Health and Welfare, Narita, Japan.
¹¹ Center for Preventive Medical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.

Kazuto Aono et al. Geriatr Gerontol Int. 2024 Oct.

. 2024 Oct;24(10):1085-1087.

doi: 10.1111/ggi.14967. Epub 2024 Aug 24.

¹ Department of Endocrinology, Hematology and Gerontology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
² Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
³ Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Chiba University, Faculty of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
⁴ Department of Infection Control, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
⁵ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
⁶ Department of Dermatology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan.
⁷ Department of Health Development and Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
⁸ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan.
⁹ Department of Community Healthcare and Geriatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, International University of Health and Welfare, Narita, Japan.
¹¹ Center for Preventive Medical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.

No abstract available

Keywords: WRN; Werner syndrome; cancer screening; cancer surveillance; non‐epithelial tumor.

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