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Anomalies of constitutional karyotype, which have led to the discovery of oncogenes and tumor-suppressor genes in embryonal tumors such as retinoblastoma and Wilms tumor, have, until recently, rarely been reported until recently in neuroblastoma. We present four new cases of neuroblastoma associated with (a) a mosaicism for monosomy 22; (b) an 11q interstitial deletion; (c) a pericentric inversion of chromosome 9 at band 9p21; and (d) a Robertsonian translocation t(13;14). These anomalies and 47 others in the literature are worthy of interest, because some are recurrent, involving the same chromosome regions (1p36, 2p23, 3q, 11q23, and 15q), and some anomalies are situated on chromosome regions known to contain genes involved in neuroblastoma development (1p, 2p, 9p, 11q, 16q, and 17q). Chromosome regions 3q and 15q, observed several times, may also contain genes significant for neuroblastoma onset or development. Furthermore, the lack of neuroblastoma in patients with Down syndrome and Klinefelter or triple-X syndromes, together with a probable excess of neuroblastoma in patients with Turner syndrome, suggests that genes of importance for neuroblastoma may map to chromosomes X and 21. A search for genes implicated in neuroblastoma biology should use these data. © 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Author(s): Satge D, Moore SW, Stiller CA, Niggli FK, Pritchard-Jones K, Bown N, Benard J, Plantaz D
Publication type: Review
Publication status: Published
Journal: Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics
Year: 2003
Volume: 147
Issue: 2
Pages: 89-98
Print publication date: 01/12/2003
ISSN (print): 0165-4608
ISSN (electronic): 1873-4456
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0165-4608(03)00203-6
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4608(03)00203-6
PubMed id: 14623457
