Full-Body Scans May Help the Highly Cancer-Prone

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"We decided to study this in the adult LFS population because PET/CT scanning is used in the care of many of the type cancers that occur in LFS. Both LFS families and physicians have been frustrated by the lack of information for families with a rare and burdensome condition," study senior author Dr. Judy Garber, director of Dana-Farber's Cancer Risk and Prevention Clinic, said in a prepared statement.

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