p53 and Me

p53 and Me

Just before beginning medical school, a woman who’s survived a childhood rhabdomyosarcoma and is facing breast and lung cancers discovers she has Li–Fraumeni syndrome. Though her p53 mutation won’t alter her medical care much, the changes to her psyche are profound.

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 2018-05, Vol.378 (21), p.1962-1963
1. Verfasser: Elmore, Shekinah N.C
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Breast cancer
Cancer therapies
Children
Disclosure
Genetic counseling
Li-Fraumeni syndrome
Lung cancer
Medical prognosis
Mutation
p53 Protein
Rhabdomyosarcoma
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Zusammenfassung:Just before beginning medical school, a woman who’s survived a childhood rhabdomyosarcoma and is facing breast and lung cancers discovers she has Li–Fraumeni syndrome. Though her p53 mutation won’t alter her medical care much, the changes to her psyche are profound.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMp1803542