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Recurrent squamous cell carcinoma and a novel mutation in a patient with xeroderma pigmentosum: a case report.
Journal of medical case reports - 28 Jul 2022
Şahin Ezgi Aysu, Taşkıran Ekim Zihni, Kiper Pelin Özlem Şimşek, Aydın Burça, Utine Eda
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BACKGROUND: Xeroderma pigmentosum is an extremely serious genetic disorder defined by sensitivity to sunlight, resulting in sunburn and pigment changes. If patients are not completely protected from ultraviolet radiation, xeroderma pigmentosum is characterized by a greatly increased risk of sunlight-induced cutaneous neoplasms. There is no standard therapy for skin cancer of xeroderma pigmentosum. However, immune...
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