Characteristics of Familial Melanoma in Valencia, Spain, Based on the Presence of CDKN2A Mutations and MC1R Variants

• Main Authors: Claudia Huerta (Author), Zaida Garcia-Casado (Author), José Bañuls (Author), Manuel Moragon (Author), Vicente Oliver (Author), Blanca Unamuno (Author), Celia Requena (Author), Rajiv Kumar (Author), Eduardo Nagore (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Medical Journals Sweden, 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Melanoma results from a complex interplay between environmental factors and individual genetic susceptibility. Familial melanoma is attributable to predisposition genes with variable penetrance. The aim of this study was to identify differences between familial melanoma and sporadic cases in our pop...