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SUBMITTER: Peixoto RD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5811989 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Peixoto R D RD Gomes L M LM Sousa T T TT Racy D J DJ Shigenaga M M Nagourney R A RA
Rare tumors 20180131
Although rare, adrenocortical carcinoma is among the most common tumors found in children with Li-Fraumeni syndrome and Li-Fraumeni-like syndrome, associated with germ-line mutations in the TP53 gene. In southern Brazil, one form of Li-Fraumeni syndrome, associated with childhood adrenocortical carcinoma, is caused by a mutation in the R337H TP53 tetramerisation domain and is attributed to a familial founder effect. Adrenocortical carcinoma is considered an aggressive neoplasm, usually of poor p ...[more]