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Further evidence for germline BAP1 mutations predisposing to melanoma and malignant mesothelioma.
Cancer genetics - 1 May 2013
Cheung Mitchell, Talarchek Jacqueline, Schindeler Karen, Saraiva Eduardo, Penney Lynette S, Ludman Mark, Testa Joseph R
Abstract excerpt
We describe a new family with a novel germline BAP1 nonsense mutation, c.723T>G, which leads to a predicted truncated protein, p.Y241*, or nonsense-mediated decay of the BAP1 mRNA. The proband had uveal melanoma (UM), and his paternal family has a remarkable history of multiple cancers. The proband's father had both pleural malignant mesothelioma (MM) and cutaneous melanoma (CM); a paternal uncle had lung cancer,...
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