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A cluster of familial malignant mesothelioma with del(9p) as the sole chromosomal anomaly.
Cancer genetics and cytogenetics - 1 Oct 2002
Musti Marina, Cavone Domenica, Aalto Yan, Scattone Anna, Serio Gabriella, Knuutila Sakari
Abstract excerpt
We describe a family of three sisters affected by malignant mesothelioma (MM) (2 pleural and 1 peritoneal) and one brother affected by pleural plaques. All members of the family had been subjected to previous asbestos exposure of environmental-residential type. For 13 years, from 1951 to 1964, their housing was provided by the father's employer, an asbestos cement factory, and the factory warehouse was on the...
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