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Retinoblastoma, melanoma and the atypical mole syndrome.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 Jan 1995
Bataille V, Hiles R, Bishop J A
Abstract excerpt
Retinoblastoma patients and their relatives appear to have an increased risk of other cancers, especially melanoma, which represents 7% of second primaries in retinoblastoma survivors. Individuals belonging to families with the atypical mole syndrome (another family cancer syndrome with a genetic susceptibility to melanoma) have a recognizable phenotype, with many atypical melanocytic naevi. We report two...
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