Cancer in Families With Xeroderma Pigmentosum2
- 1 June 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
- Vol. 62 (6) , 1415-1421
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/62.6.1415
Abstract
In 31 families of xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) patients, significantly more blood relatives than spouse controls had had nonmelanoma skin cancer. These family data support the hypothesis that heterozygosity for XP genes may predispose persons to skin cancer, particularly in association with substantial exposure to sunlight.Keywords
This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Xeroderma PigmentosumAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1974