Malignant and benign tumors associated with multiple primary melanomas: just the starting block for the involvement of MITF, PTEN and CDKN2A in multiple cancerogenesis?

Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2013 Sep;26(5):755-7. doi: 10.1111/pcmr.12122. Epub 2013 Jun 27.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Carcinogenesis / genetics
  • Carcinogenesis / pathology*
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16 / genetics*
  • Female
  • Germ-Line Mutation / genetics
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Melanoma / genetics
  • Melanoma / pathology*
  • Microphthalmia-Associated Transcription Factor / genetics*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / genetics
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology*
  • PTEN Phosphohydrolase / genetics*
  • Pedigree
  • Phenotype
  • Skin Neoplasms / genetics
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*

Substances

  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16
  • MITF protein, human
  • Microphthalmia-Associated Transcription Factor
  • PTEN Phosphohydrolase
  • PTEN protein, human