‘Knudson’s two-hit’ hypothesis is associated with
Correct Answer: Retinoblastoma
Description: Harshmohan textbook of pathology 7th edition.
☆ Familial retinoblastoma comprises 40% of cases and may be bilateral.
In this cases, all somatic cells inherit one mutant RB gene from a carrier parent. Later during life, the other mutational event of 2nd allele affecting the somatic cells occurs.
This forms the basis of two hot hypothesis given by Knudson in 1971.
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