Encyclopaedia of tumour-associated familial disorders. Part I: from AIMAH to CHIME syndrome.

ABSTRACT: Cancer is associated with a wide range of hereditary disorders. Recognizing these disorders in cancer patients may be of great importance for the medical management of both patients and their relatives. Conversely, recognizing the fact that cancer may develop as a complication of a particular hereditary disorder which has already been diagnosed may be important for the same reason. The Familial Cancer Database (FaCD) is a web-based application http://www.facd.info which has been developed at our department with the intention to assist clinicians and genetic counsellors in making a genetic differential diagnosis in cancer patients, as well as in becoming aware of the tumour spectrum associated with hereditary disorders that have already been diagnosed in their patients. This encyclopaedia i

SUBMITTER: Sijmons RH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2735164 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature