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An asbestos-exposed family with multiple cases of pleural malignant mesothelioma without inheritance of a predisposing BAP1 mutation.
Cancer genetics - 1 Oct 2015
Cheung Mitchell, Kadariya Yuwaraj, Pei Jianming, Talarchek Jacqueline, Facciolo Francesco, Visca Paolo, Righi Luisella, Cozzi Ilaria, Testa Joseph R, Ascoli Valeria
Abstract excerpt
We report a family with domestic exposure to asbestos and diagnosis of multiple cancers, including eight pleural malignant mesotheliomas and several other lung or pleural tumors. DNA sequence analysis revealed no evidence for an inherited mutation of BAP1. Sequence analysis of other potentially relevant genes, including TP53, CDKN2A, and BARD1, also revealed no mutation. DNA microarray analysis of tissue from two...
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