@article{a78cc7b944b1479aab1e0774b49460a3,
title = "Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome",
author = "Marlyn Wu and Karthik Krishnamurthy",
note = "Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is a hereditary syndrome characterized by gastrointestinal (GI) polyposis, mucocutaneous pigmented macules, and predisposition to certain cancers. Patients with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome are at an increased risk for developing GI cancers of the colorectal, pancreatic, and gastric systems, in addition to a wide variety of non-GI epithelial malignancies including breast, uterine, cervical, lung, ovarian, and testicular cancers.",
year = "2019",
month = dec,
day = "17",
language = "American English",
journal = "StatPearls",
}