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Hereditary melanoma: Update on syndromes and management: Emerging melanoma cancer complexes and genetic counseling.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - 1 Mar 2016
Soura Efthymia, Eliades Philip J, Shannon Kristen, Stratigos Alexander J, Tsao Hensin
Abstract excerpt
Recent advances in cancer genomics have enabled the discovery of many cancer-predisposing genes that are being used to classify new familial melanoma/cancer syndromes. In addition to CDKN2A and CDK4, germline variants in TERT, MITF, and BAP1 have been added to the list of genes harboring melanoma-predisposing mutations. These newer entities may have escaped earlier description in part because of more advanced...
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