BRCA1 gene mutation in thymic malignant melanoma.

The Annals of thoracic surgery ·Vol. 96 ·No. 2 ·2013-10-21

Yi Eun Jue, Park Jong Ho, Lee Hae Won, Cho Soo Youn, Na Im Il, Kang Moon Chul

Abstract

We present a patient with triple primary malignancies: thyroid cancer, ovarian cancer, and thymic malignant melanoma. We suspected that gene mutations were involved in the occurrence of these multiple primary cancers, and blood analysis revealed the presence of BRCA1 gene mutations.

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Article Info

Journal

The Annals of thoracic surgery

Abbr.

Ann Thorac Surg

ISSN

0003-4975

DOI

10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.12.017

Published

2013-10-21

Indexed

2013-08-05

Updated

2013-08-05

Language

English

Country/Region

Netherlands

NLM ID

15030100R

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.12.017 View journal details

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