Soft-Tissue Sarcomas, Breast Cancer, and Other Neoplasms: A Familial Syndrome?.
LI, FREDERICK P. M.D.; FRAUMENI, JOSEPH F. JR. M.D., F.A.C.P.
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Annals of Internal Medicine.
71(4):747-752, October 1, 1969.
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: Four families were identified in which a pair of children had soft-tissue sarcomas: three sets of sibs and one set of cousins. One parent of each affected child developed cancer; carcinoma of the breast occurred in three mothers under 30 years of age. Other young adults in these families had a high frequency of cancer, with no evidence of underlying genetic disorders known to carry a high risk of neoplasia. The increased familial susceptibility to cancer was manifested not only by the large number of members affected but by a seeming excess of multiple primary neoplasms. These findings suggest a new "familial" syndrome of neoplastic diseases in which heredity or oncogenic agents, or both, may have a causal role.
(C) 1969 American College of Physicians