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Reshma Venugopal | Zendy; Radhika Manoj Bavle | Zendy; Paremala Konda | Zendy; M Sudhakara | Zendy; Soumya Makarla | Zendy

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Familial Cancers of Head and Neck Region

Author(s) -

Reshma Venugopal,

Radhika Manoj Bavle,

Paremala Konda,

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 , cancer , head and neck cancer , basal cell , dermatology , pathology , 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.

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