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SUBMITTER: Riechelmann RP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9934963 | biostudies-literature | 2022
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Riechelmann Rachel P RP Soares Diogo C DC Dias Carla C Carraro Dirce M DM Torrezan Giovana T GT
Ecancermedicalscience 20221208
Studies have demonstrated that up to 17% of patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (pNETs) present pathogenic germline variants (PGVs) in several different genes, irrespective of family cancer history. Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is an autosomal dominant cancer predisposition syndrome related to PGVs in the <i>TP53</i> gene. A previous case of a pNET associated with LFS (c.1009C > T, p.R337C) has been reported. Here we report the first case of a patient with pNET and <i>TP53</i> p.R337H ...[more]