Abstract:
:We describe herein a brother and sister diagnosed with xeroderma pigmentosum variant (XP-V) in early adult life, who presented with increased sensitivity to sunlight and with cutaneous carcinomas on sun-damaged skin. The 27-year-old male farmer (Case 1.) was diagnosed with advanced squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and multiple actinic lesions. Surgical removal of these lesions was performed. Three months later he died of multiple pelvic metastases of SCC. His 29-year-old sister (Case 2.) was operated on for different tumors, histologically SCC-s or basal cell carcinomas (BCC), or praecancerous conditions many times. After a two year interval she was treated with low dose isotretinoin (2 mg/body weight). Diagnosis of XP-V was based on unscheduled DNA analysis (USD) and on clinical symptoms. We observed that during the long lasting isotretinoin treatment the tumor frequency dropped to a quarter. Therefore, the isotretinoin treatment seems to be a good approach for cancer prevention in conditions with high predisposition to skin cancer, such as in XP-V.
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Anticancer Resjournal_title
Anticancer researchauthors
Somos S,Farkas B,Schneider Isubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1999-05-01 00:00:00pages
2195-9issue
3Beissn
0250-7005issn
1791-7530journal_volume
19pub_type
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
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journal_title:Anticancer research
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journal_title:Anticancer research
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Anticancer research
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.13900
更新日期:2019-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1999-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2000-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1986-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1997-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.11540
更新日期:2017-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2007-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2004-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.13933
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2006-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2004-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.13860
更新日期:2019-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1996-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1989-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2012-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2013-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2016-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2003-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2001-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.14307
更新日期:2020-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.14186
更新日期:2020-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2007-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.11120
更新日期:2016-10-01 00:00:00