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Risk Factors

• Congenital conditions

• Li-Fraumeni syndrome

• Autosomal dominant conditions

• Melanoma-astrocytoma syndrome
• Neurofibromatosis type 1
• Neurofibromatosis type 2

• Autosomal recessive conditions

• Turcot syndrome