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Melanoma genetics: a review of genetic factors and clinical phenotypes in familial melanoma.
Current opinion in oncology - 1 Mar 2006
Pho Lana, Grossman Douglas, Leachman Sancy A
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The clinical phenotypes of familial melanoma syndromes and genetic and environmental interactions are reviewed to summarize the current status of the field and to identify gaps in molecular and clinical investigations. RECENT FINDINGS: The familial melanoma syndromes are associated with germline mutations in three highly penetrant gene products: p16, alternate reading frame, and...
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