Fact-sheet: Turcot syndrome


Updated on 06/29/2020 at 10:59 AM

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Definition

A fairly rare clinical syndrome, presumed to confer genetic susceptibility to cancer, associating primary brain tumors (medulloblastoma, astrocytoma, glioblastoma) with familial colonic polyposis or colorectal cancers.

Turcot syndrome is caused by a mutation in the APC, MLH1, or PMS2 gene.