The Iceberg Map of germline mutations in childhood cancer: focus on primary immunodeficiencies

Purpose of review The risk of cancer is higher, and its outcome is worse in patients with primary immunodeficiency (PID) than in members of the general population. Thus, the inter-relationship of malignant diseases with PIDs requires more study. Recent findings Large genetic screens identified a vast number of germline mutations in childhood cancer patient samples. Although TP53 was the most frequent single gene identified as mutated, many PID disorders like DNA repair defects are among the inborn causes of childhood cancer. We provide a comprehensive analysis of compiled data from seven recent studies that focused on germline genetic landscapes and preexisting conditions in pediatric oncology. As potentially causal germline variants were identified in ≈8% of malignancies in childre...

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