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Inherited cylindromas: lessons from a rare tumour.
The Lancet. Oncology - 1 Sept 2015
Rajan Neil, Ashworth Alan
Abstract excerpt
Cylindroma is a rare skin tumour that is inherited in several skin-tumour syndromes caused by germline mutations in the tumour suppressor gene, CYLD. In this Review, we provide insight into the clinical features of patients who develop multiple cylindromas and other related tumours. The CYLD protein is also dysfunctional in various sporadic cancers and we discuss how such dysfunction relates to the role of CYLD...
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