The field of endocrine and cancer genetics has grown remarkably in the past few years. The discovery of genes responsible for inherited forms of cancer has already given us powerful tools for cancer risk assessment, pre-morbid prediction and genetic counseling. The discovery of the susceptibility gene for multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN 2) was fundamental in developing the field of clinical cancer genetics. It is hoped that further genetic and functional studies of hereditary cancers, including inherited endocrine neoplasia […]
