Hereditary breast cancer: the era of new susceptibility genes

P Apostolou, F Fostira - BioMed research international, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among females. 5%–10% of breast cancer
cases are hereditary and are caused by pathogenic mutations in the considered reference …

High cancer risk in Peutz–Jeghers syndrome: a systematic review and surveillance recommendations

MGF Van Lier, A Wagner… - Official journal of the …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: Peutz–Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is an autosomal dominant inherited disorder
associated with increased cancer risk. Surveillance and patient management are, however …

Very high risk of cancer in familial Peutz–Jeghers syndrome

FM Giardiello, JD Brensinger, AC Tersmette… - Gastroenterology, 2000 - Elsevier
Background & Aims: The Peutz–Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is an autosomal dominant
polyposis disorder with increased risk of multiple cancers, but literature estimates of risk …

Frequency and spectrum of cancers in the Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

N Hearle, V Schumacher, FH Menko, S Olschwang… - Clinical Cancer …, 2006 - AACR
Background: Although an increased cancer risk in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is established,
data on the spectrum of tumors associated with the disease and the influence of germ-line …

Highly penetrant hereditary cancer syndromes

R Nagy, K Sweet, C Eng - Oncogene, 2004 - nature.com
The past two decades have brought many important advances in our understanding of the
hereditary susceptibility to cancer. Approximately 5–10% of all cancers are inherited, the …

SINAT5 promotes ubiquitin-related degradation of NAC1 to attenuate auxin signals

Q Xie, HS Guo, G Dallman, S Fang, AM Weissman… - Nature, 2002 - nature.com
The plant hormone indole-3 acetic acid (IAA or auxin) controls many aspects of plant
development, including the production of lateral roots,,. Ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis has a …

Screening for early pancreatic neoplasia in high-risk individuals: a prospective controlled study

MI Canto, M Goggins, RH Hruban, GM Petersen… - Clinical …, 2006 - Elsevier
Background & Aims: Individuals with a strong family history of pancreatic cancer and
persons with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) have an increased risk for pancreatic cancer …

Peutz-Jeghers syndrome and management recommendations

FM Giardiello, JD Trimbath - Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2006 - Elsevier
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is an autosomal dominant disease caused by germline
mutation of the serine threonine kinase 11 and characterized by hamartomatous polyps in …

The epidemiology and pathogenesis of neoplasia in the small intestine

D Schottenfeld, JL Beebe-Dimmer, FD Vigneau - Annals of epidemiology, 2009 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: The mucosa of the small intestine encompasses about 90% of the luminal
surface area of the digestive system, but only 2% of the total annual gastrointestinal cancer …

Screening for pancreatic neoplasia in high-risk individuals: an EUS-based approach

MI Canto, M Goggins, CJ Yeo, C Griffin… - Clinical …, 2004 - Elsevier
Background & Aims: Relatives of patients with pancreatic cancer and persons with certain
inherited syndromes are at increased risk for developing pancreatic cancer. We …