Review

Familial and genetic cancers in gynaecology

Published in: Southern African Journal of Gynaecological Oncology
Volume 2 , issue 2 , 2010 , pages: 49–53

DOI: 10.1080/20742835.2010.11441160

Author(s): G. Dreyer Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South Africa

Keywords: familial cancers , genetic cancers

Abstract

The diagnosis of inherited cancer-susceptibility syndromes can enable identification of individuals at increased risk for earlyonset cancer. The treatment and prognosis of patients diagnosed with malignancy due to a germ-line mutation may differ from the standard therapy.

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