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Management of familial melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer syndromes.
Surgical oncology clinics of North America - 1 Jan 2009
Santillan Alfredo A, Cherpelis Basil S, Glass L Frank, Sondak Vernon K
Abstract excerpt
The clinical manifestations of hereditary skin cancer syndromes depend upon the interplay between environmental and genetic factors. Familial melanoma occurs in the setting of hereditary susceptibility, with a complex phenotype of early age of onset, multiple atypical moles, multiple primary melanomas, multiple melanomas in the family, and in some instances pancreatic cancer. Identification of individuals who may...
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