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Xeroderma pigmentosum: neck lymph node metastasis of a squamous cell carcinoma of the skin treated with cetuximab |
European Journal of Dermatology. Volume 19, Number 2, 163-5, March-April 2009, Clinical report
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Author(s) : Jordi Rubió Casadevall, Begoña Graña-Suárez, Xavier Hernandez-Yagüe, Jordi Vayreda Ribera, Oscar Huc Grasa, Joan Brunet Vidal |
Summary : Xeroderma pigmentosum is a genodermatosis characterized by defects in the DNA nucleotide excision repair pathway, which increases the risk of suffering skin cancers. There is lack of information about the efficacy and toxicity of chemotherapy and radiotherapy in the treatment of these patients. We present the case of a xeroderma pigmentosum patient with a neck node recurrence of a squamous cell skin carcinoma that achieved a good response and survival with cetuximab. |
Keywords : cetuximab, skin cancer, squamous cell carcinoma, Xeroderma pigmentosum |
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