Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome. Profile of genetic and environmental factors in oncogenesis

Journal Article · Sun Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984 · J. Am. Acad. Dermatol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0190-9622(84)70141-1· OSTI ID:6305405

Howell, J B

Nevoid basal cell carcinomas (NBCCs) are a prototype of a genetic form of basal cell carcinoma. These basal cell cancers, rather than being caused by genetic factors alone, are most likely the product of genetic and environmental factors. The NBCC syndrome provides a model for studying tumors induced by ionizing radiation and for viewing carcinogenesis as a multistage process explainable by a minimum of two steps. The interaction of genetic and environmental factors in producing tumors to which an individual is predisposed can be studied in patients with the NBCC syndrome and childhood medulloblastoma that was treated by radiation therapy. Individuals with the NBCC syndrome represent a special subgroup with a hereditary predisposition to basal cell carcinoma in whom ionizing radiation may supply the subsequent mutation necessary for tumor development. The genetically altered epidermis underlying the palm and sole pits found in patients with the syndrome represents basal cell carcinoma in situ from which basal cell carcinomas develop, albeit infrequently. The restrained biologic behavior of most of these tumors contrasts with the usual destructive behavior of the NBCCs of the head and neck in the same patient.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Texas Health Science Center, Dallas
• OSTI ID: 6305405
• Journal Information: J. Am. Acad. Dermatol.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Am. Acad. Dermatol.; (United States) Vol. 11:1; ISSN JAADD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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