Li-Frau·meni cancer syndrome (l  frou-m n)n. 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. |
Li-Fraumeni cancer syndrome
[lē′ frômen′ē]
Etymology: Frederick P. Li; Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr.; 20th century American epidemiologists
a type of familial breast carcinoma affecting young women and associated with soft-tissue sarcomas and other cancers in close relatives.
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