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TRENDS IN CANCER
Volume 4, Issue 11, Pages 718-728Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.trecan.2018.09.002
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- German Research Consortium of Translational Cancer Research, DKTK
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Inherited diseases are not always expressed in the same way in every individual that carries the same variant in a disease-causing gene. This phenomenon is known as reduced or incomplete penetrance. Variable and incomplete penetrance may explain why inherited diseases are occasionally transmitted through unaffected parents, but also why clinically healthy individuals can carry potentially pathogenic variants without expressing features of the disease. Here, we will provide an overview of factors that play a fundamental role in the concept of penetrance and expressivity of cancer predisposing genes in children with malignancies. These findings are important to understand the complexity of inherited diseases and cancer development and to improve genetic counselling for the affected families.
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