A study, in which our Vanderbilt colleagues Georgia Wiesner, MD, MS (geneticist) and Kelly Taylor, MS, LCGC (genetic counselor) participated, was recently published about the inherited T790M EGFR mutation. Mutations in this gene lead to a higher risk or lung cancer and were found to be more common in the Southeast United States where there …
Cancer Type: Lung Cancer
Permanent link to this article: https://inheritedcancer.net/icare-newsletter-fall-2023-germline-egfr-mutations-and-familial-lung-cancer/
ICARE Newsletter Spring 2022
Li-Fraumeni Syndrome and Cancer Risks
ICARE Newsletter Spring 2022
Li-Fraumeni Syndrome and Cancer Risks
A new study reported on differences in the TP53 mutations between patients who met vs those who did not meet Li-Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS) testing criteria. Several variants were identified multiple times in those who did and did not meet LFS clinical criteria: p.R175, p.G245, p.R248, p.R273, and p.R282. Other variants were exclusively found in those …
Permanent link to this article: https://inheritedcancer.net/icare-newsletter-spring-2022-li-fraumeni-syndrome-and-cancer-risks/
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