Article
Genetic basis of susceptibility to melanoma.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - 1 Dec 1994
Piepkorn M W
Abstract excerpt
The search for candidate genes involved in the genesis of common cancers has traditionally been hampered by ambiguities in the process of determining by reliable, clinical criteria which persons harbor the genetic lesion that confers malignant susceptibility. In the case of cutaneous melanoma, the existence of genetic susceptibility has long been evident from its tendency to cluster in families, but it has been...
Topics
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9
- Dysplastic Nevus Syndrome
- Genes, Tumor Suppressor
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Melanoma
- Skin Neoplasms