Video credit: CTV Toronto: Sick Kids Cancer genetics Program At age 3, now 14 year old Alaya was diagnosed with Leukemia. 10 years later, she
Since Li-Fraumeni Syndrome cancers can pop up just about anywhere in the body and at any age, screening can be a bit of a challenge.
Living LFS means extra scans. Preventative scans. Screening Scans. Treatment Scans. Follow-up scans. Annual Scans. Quarterly scans. This is after an undue amount of time
Mutants are sensitive to radiation. We avoid radiation when possible because ionizing radiation causes breaks in DNA that our mutant p53 is not good about
In 1969, Dr. Frederick Li was having a casual conversation with a couple of colleagues at the National Cancer Institute. He became intrigued by hearing
Recently in the private Li-Fraumeni Syndrome support group, there was a question about the difference between PET scans and MRI’s and which was better. The
MDAnderson recently announced the beginning of a clinic for patients with Li-Fraumeni Syndrome at their cancer center in Houston, Texas. The Program is called LEAD-
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The National Institutes of Health(NIH) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Located in Bethesda, Maryland, the NIH has
Scanxiety is a very real emotion for many people with cancer and is especially prevalent in LFS. Anxiety causes shortness of breath- or is it
