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Nikova A, Ganchev D, Birbilis T. Possible Considerations for the Management of Turcot’s Syndrome? CURRENT CANCER THERAPY REVIEWS 2019. [DOI: 10.2174/1573394714666180731094420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Background:
Turcot’s syndrome (TS) is a rare disease with known incidence of about
1-2 cases per year. It is, however, linked to high mortality due to the brain cancer. And because of
this, we propose recommendations, aimed at preventing the mortality of the patients and to minimize
the risk of undiagnosed Turcot’s syndrome.
Methods:
The authors collected the worldwide published data on TS, from the year of its definition
till 2018, all of which was published on the search engines, such as Medline, Medknow, Cohraine
and Wiley.
Results:
We included 97 patients, 57 from which are females and 40 males with median age of 22
years. The most common type of cancer is medulloblastoma, followed by glioblastoma and astrocytoma.
We further divided the patients into two categories based on the first symptom of the disease
and we made an algorithm of approaching these patients.
Conclusion:
TS is a disease that affects mostly members of families with multiple genetic mutations
and types of cancers. And because of the unknown mechanisms of inheritance, it is useful to
establish guidelines for the approach of those patients, in order to minimize the high mortality
rate.
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- Alexandrina Nikova
- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Queen Giovanna, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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Koutsopoulos AV, Dambaki KI, Datseris G, Giannikaki E, Froudarakis M, Stathopoulos E. A novel combination of multiple primary carcinomas: urinary bladder transitional cell carcinoma, prostate adenocarcinoma and small cell lung carcinoma--report of a case and review of the literature. World J Surg Oncol 2005; 3:51. [PMID: 16045793 PMCID: PMC1226150 DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-3-51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2005] [Accepted: 07/26/2005] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background The incidence of multiple primary malignant neoplasms increases with age and they are encountered more frequently nowadays than before, the phenomenon is still considered to be rare. Case presentation We report a case of a man in whom urinary bladder transitional cell carcinoma, metachronous prostate adenocarcinoma and small cell lung carcinoma were diagnosed within an eighteen-month period. The only known predisposing factor was that he was heavy smoker (90–100 packets per year). The literature on the phenomenon of multiple primary malignancies in a single patient is reviewed and the data is summarized. Conclusion It is important for the clinicians to keep in mind the possibility of a metachronous (successive) or a synchronous (simultaneous) malignancy in a cancer patient. It is worthy mentioning this case because clustering of three primary malignancies (synchronous and metachronous) is of rare occurrence in a single patient, and, to our knowledge, this is the first report this combination of three carcinomas appearing in the same patient.
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- Department of Pathology, Heraklion University Hospital, Greece
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Murphy HR, Taylor W, Ellis A, Sturgess R. An unusual case of Turcot’s syndrome associated with ileal adenocarcinoma, intestinal non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and duodenal adenocarcinoma. Review of the classification and genetic basis of Turcot’s syndrome. Fam Cancer 2005; 4:139-43. [PMID: 15951965 DOI: 10.1007/s10689-004-2759-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2004] [Accepted: 08/29/2004] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A 38-year-old man with a history of colonic and small bowel polyposis and glioblastoma was investigated for dyspepsia. Upper GI endoscopy identified an abnormal area in the duodenum, confirmed by histology as high grade non-Hodgkin's B cell MALT lymphoma. Although cases of Turcot's syndrome (TS) (colonic polyposis and primary brain tumour occurring in the same patient) have been previously described, association with haematological malignancy is rare. This is the first report of intestinal lymphoma occurring in an adult with TS.
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- H R Murphy
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital-Alder Hey, Eaton Road, Liverpool, L12 2AP, UK.
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Matsui T, Hayashi N, Yao K, Yao T, Takenaka K, Hoashi T, Takemura S, Iwashita A, Tanaka A, Koga M. A father and son with Turcot's syndrome: evidence for autosomal dominant inheritance: report of two cases. Dis Colon Rectum 1998; 41:797-801. [PMID: 9645753 DOI: 10.1007/bf02236273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Typical Turcot's syndrome is characterized by the association of a brain glioma together with multiple colonic polyposis, in which the number of polypoid lesions is small and the association of colonic cancer occurs at a younger age than in familial adenomatous polyposis. We describe a family in which both the father and his son presented with typical Turcot's syndrome without parental consanguinity. This is the first report of a family that is considered to follow an autosomal dominant inheritance. After reviewing 25 documented cases in which the average age of death was 20.3 years old, it was learned that the major cause of death was brain tumor (76 percent) and the minor cause was colon cancer (16 percent). Patients were very young and, therefore, unlikely to have produced a child before their death. These facts seem to support the theory that Turcot's syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder.
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- T Matsui
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital, Chikushino, Japan
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Shalon L, Markowitz J, Bialer M, Kahn E, Weinblatt M, Giardiello FM, Luce MC, Daum F. Ovarian neoplasm and endometrioid carcinoma in a patient with Turcot syndrome. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 1997; 25:224-7. [PMID: 9252914 DOI: 10.1097/00005176-199708000-00018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- L Shalon
- Department of Pediatrics, North Shore University Hospital-Cornell Medical College, Manhasset, New York, USA
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Nagane M, Shibui S, Nishikawa R, Oyama H, Nakanishi Y, Nomura K. Triple primary malignant neoplasms including a malignant brain tumor: report of two cases and review of the literature. SURGICAL NEUROLOGY 1996; 45:219-29. [PMID: 8638217 DOI: 10.1016/0090-3019(95)00305-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Two rare cases of triple primary malignant neoplasms (PMN), including malignant brain tumors, which were glioblastoma multiformes, are described. METHODS The clinical characteristics and underlying genetic alterations in triple or more PMN, including malignant brain tumors are discussed with intensive review of the literature. RESULTS The first patient, a 77-year-old male, suffered metachronously from tubular adenocarcinoma of the stomach, transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder, and glioblastoma in the brain. This glioblastoma had loss of heterozygosity in exons 7-8 in p53 gene. The second patient, a 68-year-old male, developed papillary adenocarcinoma of the lung, adenocarcinoma of the rectum, and glioblastoma in the brain during a period of 7 years. In 42 such cases described in the literature, age distribution demonstrated two characteristic peaks, one in the third decade and the other over 50 years of age. The younger group consisted mainly of Turcot's syndrome, and of a case of Li-Fraumeni familial cancer syndrome. On the other hand, neither of these hereditary cancer syndromes were contained in the elder group. Regarding the site of PMN, colorectal cancers were associated most frequently with malignant brain tumors, followed by stomach cancers, and thyroid cancers. Malignant brain tumors, mostly glioblastoma multiforme, tend to occur as the last tumor of triple or more PMN. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that genetic background might play an important role in tumorigenesis of PMN in the younger group, whereas epigenetic factors would be more important in the older group. Characteristic organ association and factors influencing carcinogenesis, such as aging, environmental carcinogens, and underlying genetic alterations in these tumors are further discussed.
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- M Nagane
- Department of Neurosurgery, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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The survival curves of 694 human cell lines irradiated in exponentially growing phase in vitro were collected from the literature. Among them, 271 were derived from tumors, 423 were nontransformed fibroblasts and other normal cell strains from healthy people or people with some genetic disorders. Seventy-six different cell types are identified, and a specific radiosensitivity could be associated with each, using D and surviving fraction at 2 Gy. Technical factors such as culture medium, feeder cells, and scoring method were found to affect intrinsic radiosensitivity. In particular, the cell type is not a discriminating factor when cells are studied in agar. Results obtained with cells irradiated in agar must be used cautiously, depending on how the cells were prepared for the experiments. The use of feeder cells narrows the range of radiosensitivity of human cells. For cells irradiated as monolayer, it was possible to build a scale of radiosensitivity according to cell type, ranging, in terms of D from 0.6 Gy for the most sensitive cell lines to more than 4 Gy for the most resistant. Considering that, in most cases, we could estimate the variation of radiosensitivity within each cell type, our classification among cell types can be used by researchers to place their results in the context of the literature.
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- P J Deschavanne
- Laboratoire de Mutagńèse, Institut J Monod, CNRS, Université Paris VII, France
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Itoh H, Hirata K, Ohsato K. Turcot's syndrome and familial adenomatous polyposis associated with brain tumor: review of related literature. Int J Colorectal Dis 1993; 8:87-94. [PMID: 8409693 DOI: 10.1007/bf00299334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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We investigated clinical manifestations in 124 patients with a possible Turcot's syndrome whose data were taken from documented cases. The cases were subclassified mainly on the bases of the type of familial occurrence and listed in five Tables. We searched for differences in colonic manifestation, histologic type of glioma, mode of inheritance, frequency of parental consanguinity, skin lesions and other accompanying lesions among these five groups. The differences of these clinical findings suggested that glioma-polyposis syndrome should be classified as follows; (1) cases of Turcot's syndrome who had characteristic colonic and brain manifestations, (2) cases of FAP associated with glioma, (3) suspicious cases of glioma-polyposis, and (4) cases other than glioma-polyposis syndrome.
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- H Itoh
- Department of Surgery I, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
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al-Sheyyab M, Muir KR, Cameron AH, Raafat F, Pincott JR, Parkes SE, Mann JR. Malignant epithelial tumours in children: incidence and aetiology. MEDICAL AND PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY 1993; 21:421-8. [PMID: 8515722 DOI: 10.1002/mpo.2950210606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to establish the incidence of carcinomas in children, changes in incidence over a 30-year period, and to identify features of possible aetiological significance. A total of 173 cases were identified, but after review of the histopathology, 30 patients were excluded because they were considered to have benign epithelial tumours or malignant tumours of nonepithelial origin. Seven other cases were excluded because pathology material was not available. Overall, in 28% of cases, the diagnoses were changed by pathology review. Thus, 136 children in the West Midlands Region diagnosed 1957-1986 were included, with carcinoid tumours (44) and tumours of skin (22), nasopharynx (14), salivary gland (13), adrenal cortex (13), thyroid (9), large bowel (5), other (16). Excluding carcinoids, the age-standardised incidence rate was 2.4 x 10(6) per year. Male:female ratio was 0.7:1 and 66% were aged > 10 years. Incidence increased from 1.5 to 3.3 x 10(6) per year. Genetic factors predisposing to carcinoma included tyrosinosis, MEN II and III, congenital adrenal hyperplasia and basal cell naevus syndrome. There was a case of Li-Fraumeni syndrome and several other patients had relevant family histories. Probable "environmental" causes included antenatal exposure to stilboestrol or hydroxyprogesterone hexanoate, stilboestrol given for premature menarche, neonatal hepatitis and prior radiotherapy. The aetiology of carcinomas in children is multifactorial, both genetic and environmental factors being important. The incidence is increasing.
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- M al-Sheyyab
- Department of Oncology, Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Rutz HP, de Tribolet N, Calmes JM, Chapuis G. Long-time survival of a patient with glioblastoma and Turcot's syndrome. Case report. J Neurosurg 1991; 74:813-5. [PMID: 1849556 DOI: 10.3171/jns.1991.74.5.0813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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A rare case of Turcot's syndrome is reported in a long-time survivor of glioblastoma multiforme. The patient was treated for his tumor in 1976 with macroscopically complete surgical resection and radiotherapy consisting of 60 Gy to the tumor bed and 40 Gy to the whole brain. Five years later, in 1981, he developed adenocarcinoma of the colon Dukes Stage B which was successfully treated at another hospital by surgery alone. In 1990, he presented with multiple colon polyps and adenocarcinoma Dukes Stage A. For more than 15 years, the patient has been afflicted with cystic and conglobate acne. Possible mechanisms and treatment with 13-cis retinoic acid are discussed.
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- H P Rutz
- Department of Radiotherapy, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Aricó M, Parigi GB, Locatelli D, Bragheri R, Lombardi F, Zangrandi A. Turcot's syndrome with intestinal lymphoma in a child: an unusual case of triple tumor. MEDICAL AND PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY 1990; 18:252-5. [PMID: 2158616 DOI: 10.1002/mpo.2950180319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Turcot's syndrome, the association of brain tumor (usually glioblastoma, medullo-blastoma, or astrocytoma) and colonic polyps, is a very rare condition of which about 20 cases have been reported. It has been described only once previously with cancer in a third organ system. In this paper, we report a child affected with colonic polyposis and astrocytoma (i.e., Turcot's syndrome) associated with intestinal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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- M Aricó
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pavia, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Italy
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Turcot's syndrome represents the association between familial multiple polyposis coli and neural tumors. The syndrome is reviewed with reference to genetics, colonic and central nervous system manifestations. This evidence suggests that Turcot's syndrome represents one manifestation of the pleiotropic autosomal dominant gene responsible for familial polyposis coli and the associated extracolonic manifestations of Gardner's syndrome. A diagnosis of Turcot's syndrome should be restricted to those patients with familial polyposis coli associated with gliomas or medulloblastomas. A further case is presented that is believed to be the first report of such a case in the United Kingdom.
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- L Jarvis
- Department of Radiodiagnosis, Freedom Fields Hospital, Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom
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Castello MA, Operamolla P, Clerico A, Taucci M, Mazzoni G, Gallo P, Imperato C. Nonfamilial intestinal polyposis and brain tumor in a 5-year-old girl. Pediatr Hematol Oncol 1987; 4:247-60. [PMID: 2856363 DOI: 10.3109/08880018709141275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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A 5-year-old girl with glioblastoma multiforme and simultaneous adenocarcinoma in one of multiple colonic polyps is the youngest reported case of Turcot's syndrome. A literature survey and a classification based on family pedigree and pattern of inheritance are proposed.
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- M A Castello
- 1st Pediatric Department, Rome University, Italy
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Deschavanne PJ, Debieu D, Fertil B, Malaise EP. Re-evaluation of in vitro radiosensitivity of human fibroblasts of different genetic origins. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION BIOLOGY AND RELATED STUDIES IN PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, AND MEDICINE 1986; 50:279-93. [PMID: 3488286 DOI: 10.1080/09553008614550661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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A statistical analysis of the radiosensitivity of 204 different survival curves of nontransformed human fibroblast cell strains of different genetic origins was made using three criteria: the multi-target one-hit model (characterized by parameters n and D0), the surviving fraction for a 2 Gy dose (S2) and the mean inactivation dose (D). D is found to be the best parameter for characterization of anomalous radiosensitivity linked to a genetic disorder and for discrimination between groups of cell strains of differing radiosensitivity. Its use allows the description of a range of 'normal' radiosensitivity for control fibroblasts and the classification of the various genetic disorders as a function of their mean radiosensitivity expressed in terms of D. Nine groups of cell strains appear to exhibit radiosensitivity which differs significantly from that of the controls: seven groups are hypersensitive (ataxia-telangiectasia homozygotes and heterozygotes, Cockayne's syndrome, Gardner's syndrome, 5-oxoprolinuria homozygotes and heterozygotes, Fanconi's anaemia) and two groups are more radioresistant (fibroblasts from retinoblastoma patients and from individuals with chromosome 13 anomalies). Since the coupled parameter n and D0 failed to discriminate between the radiosensitivity of the different genetic groups, we recommend the use of D to make an intercomparison of intrinsic radiosensitivity of nontransformed human fibroblasts.
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Herrera-Ornelas L, Ochi H, Petrelli N, Mittelman A, Sandberg AA. Nonfamilial Turcot's syndrome associated with Turner's syndrome, multiple carcinomas of the tongue, and cancer of the colon. J Surg Oncol 1984; 27:251-4. [PMID: 6094923 DOI: 10.1002/jso.2930270412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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This report describes three patients with both multiple intestinal polyps and tumors of neural crest origin. This combination of findings may represent a new clinical syndrome. The embryologic relationships between tumors derived from endoderm and tumors derived from neurocrest are described. An inherent defect in tissue proliferation or repair is postulated to explain the abnormal growth in these two different cell lines.
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