Atypical skin mole may provide means to test for new cancer syndrome
Thursday, September 6, 2012 - 12:01
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have discovered germline BAP1 mutations are associated with a novel cancer syndrome characterized by malignant mesothelioma, uveal melanoma, cutaneous melanoma and atypical melanocytic tumors. Germline mutations are hereditary gene defects that are present in every cell.