Clinical Program

Pediatric Cancer Risk Program

Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center


Who We Help


Referral to the PCRP is recommended for children who have:

  • a history of cancer with known hereditary links
  • a strong family history of cancer
  • multiple family members with colon cancer
  • parents with known cancer predisposition syndromes


or for children with the following genetic syndromes or histories:

  • ataxia telangiectasia
  • Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
  • Cowden syndrome
  • familial adenomatous polyposis
  • Li-Fraumeni syndrome
  • multiple endocrine neoplasia
  • pheochromocytoma
  • retinoblastoma
  • Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
  • X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome