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POLE mutations in families predisposed to cutaneous melanoma.
Familial cancer - 1 Dec 2015
Aoude Lauren G, Heitzer Ellen, Johansson Peter, Gartside Michael, Wadt Karin, Pritchard Antonia L, Palmer Jane M, Symmons Judith, Gerdes Anne-Marie, Montgomery Grant W, Martin Nicholas G, Tomlinson Ian, Kearsey Stephen, Hayward Nicholas K
Abstract excerpt
Germline mutations in the exonuclease domain of POLE have been shown to predispose to colorectal cancers and adenomas. POLE is an enzyme involved in DNA repair and chromosomal DNA replication. In order to assess whether such mutations might also predispose to cutaneous melanoma, we interrogated whole-genome and exome data from probands of 34 melanoma families lacking pathogenic mutations in known high penetrance...
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