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Ocular melanoma and the BAP1 hereditary cancer syndrome: implications for the dermatologist.
International journal of dermatology - 1 Jun 2014
Martorano Lisa M, Winkelmann Richard R, Cebulla Colleen M, Abdel-Rahman Mohamed H, Campbell Shannon M
Abstract excerpt
Ocular melanoma is a rare subtype of melanoma, which includes uveal melanoma (UM) and conjunctival melanoma. UM is associated with an increased risk of cutaneous melanoma (CM) in addition to mesothelioma, skin lesions such as epithelioid atypical Spitz tumors, and other internal malignancies due to a germline mutation of the BRCA1-associated protein 1 (BAP1) gene. Such familial risks are important for...
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