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Descriptor English:   Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary 
Descriptor Spanish:   Síndromes Neoplásicos Hereditarios 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Síndromes Neoplásicas Hereditárias 
Synonyms English:   Cancer Syndromes, Hereditary  
Tree Number:   C04.700
C16.320.700
Definition English:   The condition of a pattern of malignancies within a family, but not every individual's necessarily having the same neoplasm. Characteristically the tumor tends to occur at an earlier than average age, individuals may have more than one primary tumor, the tumors may be multicentric, usually more than 25 percent of the individuals in direct lineal descent from the proband are affected, and the cancer predisposition in these families behaves as an autosomal dominant trait with about 60 percent penetrance. 
Indexing Annotation English:   do not use /blood supply /chem /second /secret /ultrastruct; coord IM with specific hereditary organ/neopl term (IM) or specific hereditary histol type (IM)
History Note English:   87 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy US ultrasonography
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   19258 
Unique Identifier:   D009386 

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