Description

There is a limited understanding of the natural history of childhood-onset PTEN Hamartoma Tumour Syndrome (PHTS) as a cancer predisposition syndrome. Patient registries are important for longitudinal follow up of these patients. Our aim is to create a Turkish registry especially for pediatric PHTS patients, but registry is open to adult PHTS patients as well.

The purpose is to engage families with children with PHTS in the data-sharing process to accelerate research and drug development and share their experiences with other families as a support if they agree to do so. The registry is open to both adults and children with PHTS.

Most pediatric patients with PHTS have autism spectrum disorders, developmental delays and/or intellectual deficiencies. Patient registry will help us see if they are getting appropriate behaviour interventions. There is no consensus on the guidelines for cancer surveillance in children. We will follow these patients according to 'pediatric follow-up protocol for PTEN mutated children' created by Ciaccio et al. Patient registry will also help if these guidelines are sufficient or need improvements.

Once the individual or their parent/guardian has consented to participate in the registry, the researchers will collect their past and current medical, familial, and other necessary demographic information from their medical records and face to face interviews. We will follow up patients every 6 months or earlier if needed. We will do thorough physical and dysmorphological exam (using autism research exchange dysmorphology check list). For patients with autism and other behavioral problems we will refer them to child and adolescent psychiatry clinics for evaluation.