Article
A review of inherited predisposition to melanoma.
Seminars in oncology - 1 Dec 1996
Cannon-Albright L A, Kamb A, Skolnick M
Abstract excerpt
In this review, we discuss the progress of the last few years in the genetic analysis of the susceptibility to melanoma. The inclusion of dysplastic nevi in the analysis of susceptibility, although appropriate conceptually, has not greatly clarified the picture of genetic susceptibility to melano...
Topics
- Carrier Proteins
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinases
- Dysplastic Nevus Syndrome
- Enzyme Inhibitors
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Melanoma
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins
- Skin Neoplasms
