Silvia
I discovered the syndrome in 2018 after breast cancer. My breast surgeon, after reviewing my medical history, suggested I see a geneticist,
Marina
My name is Marina, I am 43 years old and I discovered I have the syndrome in 2019 after my mother's passing
Barbara
I discovered the syndrome in January 2021, after my uncle underwent genetic testing in an attempt to find a better treatment for
Janaína
I lost my mother to cancer in 2018. She had two types: lung carcinoma and brain astrocytoma. They mentioned it
Fernanda
I discovered LFS in 2022 after treatment for advanced breast cancer! I needed to take the test because I
Reginalda
I discovered the syndrome through genetic testing after battling breast cancer and undergoing bilateral mastectomy. Today, I find myself navigating
Shirley
I discovered Li-Fraumeni syndrome one week before quadrant surgery for breast cancer. I found out about the cancer in April
Larry Ingrassia – A difficult and inspiring journey of discovery
Lawrence Ingrassia, author of A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery, talks about the two-decades long journey by
Silvia
I discovered the syndrome in 2018 after breast cancer. My breast surgeon, after reviewing my medical history, suggested
Marina
My name is Marina, I am 43 years old and I discovered I have the syndrome in 2019
Barbara
I discovered the syndrome in January 2021, after my uncle underwent genetic testing in an attempt to find
Maria Regina
I was diagnosed with Li-Fraumeni syndrome after a severe and very rare pancreatic cancer. I was referred to an oncogeneticist, and the test showed a
William
My late son, Raphael Lee, was first diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma on his left forearm in 2008 when he was 8 months old. He underwent
Camila
In December 2022, my mother was diagnosed with retroperitoneal leiomyosarcoma after experiencing severe abdominal pain. This led to the discovery of a hereditary cancer
A Fatal Inheritance – How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery
Larry Ingrassia’s, A Fatal Inheritance, is the most comprehensive biography of Li-Fraumeni syndrome for the lay reader to date. Though this book reads like a
New survey – vaccines for primary cancer prevention in adolescents & young adults
The Huntsman Cancer Institute in Utah is studying attitudes pertaining to vaccines for primary cancer prevention in adolescents and young adults with cancer predisposition syndromes.
Congratulations to NCI’s Dr. Payal Kincha, co-chair of LFSA – India!
Dr. Payal Khincha, M.B.B.S., M.S.H.S., the inaugural Lasker Clinical Research Scholar in DCEG's Clinical Genetics Branch (CGB), whose expertise in diagnosing and managing Li-Fraumeni Syndrome
