A contribution to the understanding of the heredity of skin tumors.
At least 21 multiple tumors of the skin are inherited autosomal-dominantly. Eighteen are benign and three are malignant. One-third of these tumors have no associated lesions, another third is associated with benign visceral lesions, and a final third belongs to the group of cancer associated genodermatoses. The solitary variants of these tumors, however, are sporadic, not inherited.
Department of Dermatology, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
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D006801:Humans; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*