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Development of esophageal squamous cell cancer in patients with FAMMM syndrome: Two clinical reports.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Mar 2020
van der Wilk Berend J, Noordman Bo J, Atmodimedjo Peggy N, Dinjens Winand N M, Laheij Robert J F, Wagner Anja, Wijnhoven Bas P L, van Lanschot J Jan B
Abstract excerpt
Familial atypical multiple mole melanoma (FAMMM) syndrome is a hereditary syndrome characterized by multiple dysplastic nevi and melanoma. Patients with FAMMM may have a heterozygous, inactivating, pathogenic germline variant in the CDKN2A gene, especially the NM_000077.4: c.225_243del19 (p.p75fs) variant, also known as p16-Leiden variant. Patients with this variant are at high risk for developing melanomas and...
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