Research from C. Has et al Has Provided New Information about Skin Cancer.

Researchers detail in 'Mild clinical phenotype of Kindler syndrome associated with late diagnosis and skin cancer,' new data in Skin Cancer. "Kindler syndrome (KS) is a heritable skin disorder with a complex phenotype consisting of congenital skin blistering, photosensitivity, progressive generalized poikiloderma and extensive skin atrophy. Here we describe 2 siblings with KS, who are, to the best of our knowledge, the oldest patients reported so far in the literature," scientists in Freiburg, Germany report (see also Skin Cancer).

"The diagnosis was established in their seventh and eighth decades of life, and confirmed by mutation analysis. Both patients were homozygous for …