Melanoma and soft tissue sarcoma in seven patients
β Scribed by Judy E. Garber; Marcia K. Liepman; Ellen J. Gelles; Joseph M. Corson; Karen H. Antman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 270 KB
- Volume
- 66
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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β¦ Synopsis
Seven patients with both melanoma and sarcoma were seen at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, MA) over a 4-year period. Three had additional malignant neoplasms; one of these patients also had the hereditary cutaneous malignant melanoma, dysplastic nevus syndrome. These observations suggest the possibility of a biologic relationship between melanoma and sarcoma, the nature of which remains unknown.
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