Rhabdoid Tumor Predisposition Syndrome and Pleuropulmonary Blastoma Syndrome.
In recent years, hereditary cancer syndromes have developed greater interest in the scientific community. Two such syndromes, rhabdoid tumor syndrome and pleuropulmonary blastoma (DICER1) syndrome, have appeared increasingly in the literature. This review will discuss these two syndromes in terms of clinical parameters, associated tumors, and genetic associations.
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States.
Valerie A
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DICER1; SMARCB1; hereditary cancer syndrome; pleuropulmonary predisposition syndrome; rhabdoid tumor predisposition syndrome