Inheritance of Osteosarcoma & Paget's Disease Through Chromosome 18:

Inheritance of Osteosarcoma & Paget's Disease Through Chromosome 18: Examination of Osteosarcoma Tissue Samples From Two Family Members for Loss of Heterozygosity in the Chromosome 18 Region, Genetically Linked With Paget's Disease of Bone

Researchers have previously demonstrated loss of heterozygosity in a region on chromosome 18q, associated with osteogenic sarcomas in bone affected by Paget's disease. The loci used in this study are specifically described by those authors as showing loss of heterozygosity in 6 of 7 affected families.

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Inclusion Criteria:

• This is a familial study therefore the only inclusion/exclusion criteria would be that subjects must be a blood relative and over the age of 18.
• The subjects are proband and father along with unaffected blood relatives. Their peripheral blood will act as a control and provide information to delineate the inheritance from the father, as seen in the son.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not part of the family