[When is it necessary to refer a child with cancer to genetic counseling?]

In the past few years there is an emerging need for clinical genetics counseling in the case of malignant diseases as well. For these reasons a novel professional recommendation has been developed for oncogenetic counseling, whose publication is in progress. In nearly 10% of childhood cancers there is an underlying tumor predisposition syndrome, but this value is thought to be underestimated. Due to the treatment of these cancers and the risk of...