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Xeroderma pigmentosum: neck lymph node metastasis of a squamous cell carcinoma of the skin treated with cetuximab Volume 19, numéro 2, March-April 2009

Auteurs
Department of Medical Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Josep Trueta, AV Francia s/n 17007 Girona. Spain, Department of Radiotherapy, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Girona, Spain, Department of Plastic Surgery, Hospital Josep Trueta, Girona, Spain, Girona Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBGI)

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.