## Abstract Multiple primary cancers are one of the hallmarks of inherited predisposition. Outside the familial context, multiple primary tumors could be related either to germline de novo mutations or to low‐penetrance mutations, in predisposing genes. We selected 100 patients who displayed multip
Germline CDKN2A Mutations Among Greek Patients with Early-Onset and Multiple Primary Cutaneous Melanoma
✍ Scribed by Stratigos, Alexander J; Yang, Guang; Dimisianos, Remos; Nicolaou, Vasiliki; Stefanaki, Irene; Katsambas, Andreas D; Tsao, Hensin
- Book ID
- 110049158
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 60 KB
- Volume
- 126
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-202X
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