Saethre-Chotzen syndrome, also known as acrocephalosyndactyly type 3 (ACS III) and Chotzen syndrome, is a very rare congenital syndrome characterised by craniosynostosis - a premature closure of one or more of the sutures between the bones of the skull.
The incidence of the syndrome, which involves malformations of the skull, face, hands, and feet, is estimated at between 1 in 25,000-50,000 live births.
Researchers at the Lundberg Laboratory for Cancer Research and the Plastic Surgery Clinic at the Sahlgrenska Academy in Sweden said that women with the syndrome should start having mammorgrams when they are young in order to detect breast cancer at an early stage.
ANI quotes Pelle Sahlin, chief physician at the Plastic Surgery Clinic, as saying, "We have already started to use this new knowledge in our work with patients and now recommend regular mammograms for young women with this syndrome."
"Several early cases of breast cancer have already been uncovered with mammography," he added.
The recent findings are considered very important because they can help provide new knowledge of hereditary cancer genes, as well as new information how such genes can cause breast cancer.
