PTENis one of the most frequently inactivated tumour suppressor genes in cancer, and approximately 80% of patients with Cowden syndrome have mutations inPTEN. This Review discusses the different types of PTEN-mutant tumours that occur in Cowden syndrome and the mouse models that have been engineered to study them.
- M. Christine Hollander
- Gideon M. Blumenthal
- Phillip A. Dennis