Malignant melanoma in xeroderma pigmentosum patients: report of five cases

Xeroderma pigmentosum is a rare genetic disease transmitted via a recessive gene with an altered reaction of the epidermis to light. Fifty per cent of patients develop a skin tumour by 8 years of age. The majority of patients may have multiple tumours, but metastasis is rare. In the last 25 years we...

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