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Li-Fraumeni cancer syndrome

Li-Fraumeni cancer syndrome definition - medical

Li-Frau·meni cancer syndrome (lēˈfrou-māˈnē)

noun
A familial breast cancer syndrome that occurs in young women and that is associated with the occurrence of soft-tissue sarcomas in children and other cancers in close relatives.

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