Open AccessFamilial Cancers of Head and Neck Region
Author(s) -
R. Venugopal,
Radhika M Bavle,
K Paremala,
M Sudhakara,
Soumya Makarla
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/25920.9967
Subject(s) - medicine , head and neck , head and neck cancer , cancer , basal cell , dermatology , oncology , surgery
Cancers that occur in families more often than would be expected by chance are termed as familial cancers. They occur due to an inherited genetic mutation and account for 5%-10% of all cancers. This review article presents some of the common Familial Cancer Syndromes (FCS) such as MEN 2B, hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumour syndrome, familial oral squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, paraganglioma, neurofibroma and other syndromes associated with head and neck region.