BRCA1 gene mutation in thymic malignant melanoma.
case_report · Level V
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Genes, BRCA2
- Melanoma
- Mutation
- Thymus Neoplasms