Clinical Updates and Surveillance Recommendations for DNA Replication Repair Deficiency Syndromes in Children and Young Adults

A Das, SP MacFarland, J Meade… - Clinical Cancer …, 2024 - aacrjournals.org
Replication repair deficiency (RRD) is a pan-cancer mechanism characterized by
abnormalities in the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) system due to pathogenic variants in the …

ERN GENTURIS guidelines on constitutional mismatch repair deficiency diagnosis, genetic counselling, surveillance, quality of life, and clinical management

C Colas, L Guerrini-Rousseau, M Suerink… - European Journal of …, 2024 - nature.com
Constitutional mismatch repair deficiency (CMMRD), first described 25 years ago, confers an
extremely high and lifelong cancer risk, including haematologic, brain, and gastrointestinal …

Re-envisioning genetic predisposition to childhood and adolescent cancers

CP Kratz - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Although cancer is rare in children and adolescents, it remains a leading cause of death
within this age range, and genetic predisposition is the main known risk factor. Since the …

Report of the sixth meeting of the European Consortium 'Care for CMMRD' (C4CMMRD), Paris, France, November 16th 2022

L Guerrini-Rousseau, R Gallon, M Pineda, L Brugières… - Familial cancer, 2024 - Springer
Biallelic germline pathogenic variants in one of the four mismatch repair genes (MSH2,
MSH6, MLH1 and PMS2) cause a very rare, highly penetrant, childhood-onset cancer …

Precision immuno-oncology approach for four malignant tumors in siblings with constitutional mismatch repair deficiency syndrome

H Palova, A Das, P Pokorna, V Bajciova… - NPJ Precision …, 2024 - nature.com
Constitutional mismatch repair deficiency (CMMRD) is a rare syndrome characterized by an
increased incidence of cancer. It is caused by biallelic germline mutations in one of the four …

Frameshift mutation spectra overlap between constitutional mismatch repair deficiency tumors and Lynch syndrome tumors

Y Song, RN Baugher, TB Young, B Somerville… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - jci.org
To the Editor: Frameshift neoantigen-based cancer prevention vaccines (eg, Nous-209,
NCT05078866) are being tested in clinical trials for patients with Lynch syndrome (LS) …

Whole-Body MRI in Children: Concepts and Controversies—AJR Expert Panel Narrative Review

SG Bernal, SS Chan, YY Cho… - American Journal of …, 2025 - ajronline.org
The use of whole-body MRI (WBMRI) in children, from infancy to adolescence, has
expanded rapidly over the past decade, with increasing uptake and a broadening range of …

Reproductive decision-making in cancer susceptibility syndromes

H Carley, A Kulkarni - Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cancer susceptibility syndromes confer an increased lifetime risk of cancer and occur due to
germline likely-pathogenic or pathogenic variants in a cancer susceptibility gene. Clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Unraveling the Heterogeneity of Deficiency of Mismatch Repair Proteins in Endometrial Cancer: Predictive Biomarkers and Assessment Challenges

FM Carvalho, JP Carvalho - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Endometrial cancer is becoming more common globally, mainly due to
factors such as aging populations and obesity. Despite the early detection in most cases, a …

Genomic Newborn Screening for Pediatric Cancer Predisposition Syndromes: A Holistic Approach

BSG Linga, SGAA Mohammed, T Farrell, HA Rifai… - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Overall, this review offers a comprehensive and insightful exploration of
the significance, implementation, and challenges of genomic newborn screening for …