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To confirm reports that skin cancer can be prevented with retinoid treatment, a three-year controlled prospective study was conducted of oral isotretinoin in five patients with xeroderma pigmentosum who had a history of multiple cutaneous basal cell or squamous cell carcinomas. Patients were treated
Xeroderma pigmentosum is a rare recessive disease with sun sensitivity, increased freckling and defective DNA repair. Xeroderma pigmentosum patients have more than a 1000-fold increased risk of developing skin cancer including basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma. We studied
To confirm reports that skin cancer can be prevented with retinoids, we conducted a three-year controlled prospective study of oral isotretinoin (also called 13-cis retinoic acid) in five patients with xeroderma pigmentosum who had a history of multiple cutaneous basal-cell or squamous-cell