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Pediatric Cancer Predisposition and Surveillance: An Overview, and a Tribute to Alfred G. Knudson Jr.

The prevalence of childhood cancer attributable to genetic predisposition was generally considered very low. However, recent reports suggest that at least 10% of pediatric cancer patients harbor a germline mutation in a cancer predisposition gene. Although some of these children will have a family history suggestive of a cancer predisposition syndrome, many others will not. Evidence from recent pediatric studies suggests that surveillance and early detection of cancer in individuals carrying a germline cancer predisposing mutation may result in improved outcomes. However, there is a lack of consistency in the design of cancer surveillance regimens across centers both nationally and internationally. To standardize approaches, the Pediatric Cancer Working Group of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) convened a workshop, during which consensus screening recommendations for children with the most common cancer predisposition syndromes were developed. In general, we considered a 5% or greater chance of developing a childhood cancer to be a reasonable threshold to recommend screening. Conditions for which the cancer risk was between 1% to 5% were addressed individually. In a series of manuscripts accompanying this article, we provide recommendations for surveillance, focusing on when to initiate and/or discontinue specific screening measures, which modalities to use, and the frequency of screening. Points of controversy are also reviewed. We present the outcome of our deliberations on consensus screening recommendations for specific disorders in 18 position articles as Open Access publications, which are freely available on an AACR-managed website. Clin Cancer Res; 23(11); e1-e5. ©2017 AACR See all articles in the online-only CCR Pediatric Oncology Series.

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