Chapter 123

When to Suspect Hereditary Cancer Syndromes

Emily Dalton

Emily Dalton

Ambry Genetics, Aliso Viejo, CA, USA

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Kathy Schneider

Kathy Schneider

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA

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First published: 20 June 2014

Summary

This chapter presents a series of multiple choice questions related to hereditary cancer syndromes. It commences with a discourse on percentage of all cancer considered to be hereditary, and ends with a discourse on features that might suggest a hereditary cancer syndrome. The chapter also discusses a case study of a 45-year-old woman, who comes to clinic given her family history of colon cancer.

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