Journal article

THE DYSPLASTIC NEVUS SYNDROME IN PATIENTS WITH CUTANEOUS MALIGNANT-MELANOMA IN WESTERN-AUSTRALIA

DR ENGLISH, J MENZ, PJ HEENAN, DE ELDER, JD WATT, BK ARMSTRONG

MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA | AUSTRALASIAN MED PUBL CO LTD | Published : 1986

Abstract

One hundred and three patients with cutaneous malignant melanoma responded to an invitation to attend a dermatology outpatient clinic. All patients with a family history of melanoma, a history of multiple melanomas, or histological evidence of a dysplastic naevus that was associated with their melanoma were invited. A random sample of other patients with cutaneous malignant melanoma was also invited to attend. First-degree relatives of patients with the dysplastic naevus syndrome (DNS) were invited for a similar examination. DNS was found in 27% of the patients with a family history of melanoma, multiple melanomas, or histological evidence of a dysplastic naevus in association with their mel..

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