Li-Fraumeni syndrome

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Li-Fraumeni syndrome is due to germline mutations in the gene TP53 (p53),[1] an important regulator of apoptosis and the cell cycle, i.e. cell division. It is implicated in a very large number of sporadic cancer.

Individuals with Li-Fraumeni syndrome are predisposed to cancer.

Associated cancers

This is not an exhaustive list:

See also

References

  1. Online 'Mendelian Inheritance in Man' (OMIM) 191170
  2. Kumar, Vinay; Abbas, Abul K.; Fausto, Nelson; Aster, Jon (2009). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease (8th ed.). Elsevier Saunders. pp. 1157. ISBN 978-1416031215.