Urinary system tumours in a family

Valgardur Egilsson, Gudmundur Vikar Einarsson, Pall Thorhallsson, Sigurdur Ingvarsson

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2335-2336
Number of pages2
JournalEuropean Journal of Cancer
Volume29
Issue number16
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1993

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Funding Information: of the hereditary susceptibility is supported by the finding of multiple primaries in three of eight offspring of the affected mother,w hile branchB is free of the malignanciesT. he occurrence of malignanciesin the three other organs will be left undiscussedfo r the time being. We will, however,m ention 1 femalep atient in our clientele belonging to a breastc ancer family.T his womanh adb reastc ancera t thea geo f 61, renalc ell carcinoma( clear cell type) age 67 as well as transitionalc ell cancero f thel oweru reterd iscovereda t thes amea ge. High incidenceo f colorectacl ancera ndu rinaryt ractt umours, includingr enalc ell carcinomah asb eenr eportedin families[ 6]. Urothelialt umoursa realso recogniseda s part of the Lynch II cancerf amilys yndrome[ 7]. With this report we add evidencet o the growing body of informations uggestinga hereditaryf actor in the aetiologyo f urothelialt umours.C lusteringo f four membersf rom the same nuclearf amilyis unlikely to be causedb y environmentafla ctors alone.

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