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Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary
Tree Number(s)
C04.700
C16.320.700
Unique ID
D009386
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009386
Annotation
coordinate with specific hereditary organ/neoplasm term or specific hereditary histological type
Scope Note
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.
Entry Version
NEOPL SYNDROMES HEREDITARY
Entry Term(s)
Cancer Syndromes, Hereditary
Hereditary Cancer Syndromes
Hereditary Neoplastic Syndromes
NLM Classification #
QZ 210
Public MeSH Note
87
History Note
87
Date Established
1987/01/01
Date of Entry
1986/06/23
Revision Date
2018/06/29
Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary Preferred
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