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[Biallelic inactivation of the p16-Gen in a metachronous triple carcinoma in the oropharyngeal region].
Laryngo- rhino- otologie - 1 Jan 2004
Motsch C, Giers A, Boltze C, Evert M, Freigang B, Roessner A, Schneider-Stock R
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: Recent studies have shown that most Dutch families with atypical multiple-mole melanoma (FAMMM) have a 19-bp deletion (p16-Leiden) in exon 2 of the p16 gene. Apart from reports on metachronous pancreatic tumors, other cancer types have never been described in such families. Due to heterozygous p16-Leiden constitution, our proband with multiple head and neck carcinomas was a suitable model for studying the...
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