ESPE Abstracts

Background: DICER1 is a member of the Ribonuclease III family that plays a crucial role in the biogenesis and the maturation of microRNAs. Pathogenic germline DICER1 variants cause a hereditary cancer predisposition syndrome with a variety of manifestations: in addition to first described pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) and ovarian sex cord-stromal tumours, individuals may also develop benign (multinodular goiter MNG, cystic nephroma\.) or malignant tumours as differen...