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I need to know this, any help is good! Are there symptoms associated with Li-Fraumeni syndrome?
anything? Symptoms, signs, characteristics.
I am just about to go crazy. My aunt died from glioblastoma a year ago, my brother in law, a week ago, from the same type of cancer, my husband's first cousin from liver cancer a year ago...
Should i run genetic testing on my children?
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- watercress kebabLv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
Breaking down Li Fraumeni Syndrome; <syndrome> An inherited family trait carrying an increased risk of cancer during childhood and early adulthood.
Also:
Frederick Lee and Joseph Fraumeni were the first to recognise that the members of certain families are at increased risk of cancer (Li-Fraumeni syndrome).
The cancers associated with Li Fraumeni syndrome include sarcomas, adrenocortical carcinoma, leukaemia's, breast cancer, osteosarcoma, central nervous system tumours and others...
It is possible to have genetic testing on your children but will or could be expensive. It could also be inconclusive.
Source(s): 30 years in medicine and clinical nutrtion
