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Pregnancy‐associated melanoma occurring in two generations
Author(s) -
SaenzBadillos Judit,
Brady Mary S.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1096-9098(200004)73:4<231::aid-jso9>3.0.co;2-2
Subject(s) - medicine , melanoma , pregnancy , dermatology , oncology , obstetrics , cancer research , biology , genetics
We report of a case of malignant melanoma occurring during pregnancy in a woman whose mother had a melanoma excised during pregnancy. There was no other family history of melanoma. To our knowledge, this has not been previously reported. A review of the recent literature suggests that pregnant women with melanoma do not have a worse prognosis when compared to matched controls, but may present with worse prognostic features. J. Surg. Oncol. 2000;73:231–233 . © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.