Ko Tsang-ming explains that neurofibromatosis is a common autosomal dominant inherited single-gene disorder. In approximately 60 % of patients the symptoms are slight, and in another 20 % the tumors can be surgically removed. But in the remaining 20 % of patients the symptoms are very serious and severely affect their quality of life.
柯滄銘指出，神經纖維瘤是一種常見的神經科單一基因顯性遺傳疾病，大約有六成的患者病狀輕微，二成的人可以手術矯正，其餘二成則症狀非常嚴重，大大影響患者的生活品質和生命。