Squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue in a patient with rothmund-thomson syndrome (Recq4 Mutation) - intolerance to radiotherapy

We report a case of squamous cell carcinoma of the base of the tongue in a 27 years old patient with Rothmund-Thomson syndrome (RTS). An abnormal DNA repair mechanism in some RTS patients predispose them to malignancy and influence the tolerance to radiotherapy.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hamidah A, Mazlina M, Zarina AL, Muhaizan WM, Fuad I, Jamal R
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit UKM 2009
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1952/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1952/1/04-4%282%29_~_MS_085_%2864-75%29.pdf
_version_ 1848809708484296704
author Hamidah A,
Mazlina M,
Zarina AL,
Muhaizan WM,
Fuad I,
Jamal R,
author_facet Hamidah A,
Mazlina M,
Zarina AL,
Muhaizan WM,
Fuad I,
Jamal R,
author_sort Hamidah A,
building UKM Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description We report a case of squamous cell carcinoma of the base of the tongue in a 27 years old patient with Rothmund-Thomson syndrome (RTS). An abnormal DNA repair mechanism in some RTS patients predispose them to malignancy and influence the tolerance to radiotherapy.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T23:18:54Z
format Article
id ukm-1952
institution Universiti Kebangasaan Malaysia
institution_category Local University
language English
last_indexed 2025-11-14T23:18:54Z
publishDate 2009
publisher Penerbit UKM
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling ukm-19522016-12-14T06:30:31Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1952/ Squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue in a patient with rothmund-thomson syndrome (Recq4 Mutation) - intolerance to radiotherapy Hamidah A, Mazlina M, Zarina AL, Muhaizan WM, Fuad I, Jamal R, We report a case of squamous cell carcinoma of the base of the tongue in a 27 years old patient with Rothmund-Thomson syndrome (RTS). An abnormal DNA repair mechanism in some RTS patients predispose them to malignancy and influence the tolerance to radiotherapy. Penerbit UKM 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1952/1/04-4%282%29_~_MS_085_%2864-75%29.pdf Hamidah A, and Mazlina M, and Zarina AL, and Muhaizan WM, and Fuad I, and Jamal R, (2009) Squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue in a patient with rothmund-thomson syndrome (Recq4 Mutation) - intolerance to radiotherapy. Medicine & Health, 4 (2). pp. 133-137. ISSN 1823-2140 http://www.ppukm.ukm.my/ukmmcjournal/index.php
spellingShingle Hamidah A,
Mazlina M,
Zarina AL,
Muhaizan WM,
Fuad I,
Jamal R,
Squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue in a patient with rothmund-thomson syndrome (Recq4 Mutation) - intolerance to radiotherapy
title Squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue in a patient with rothmund-thomson syndrome (Recq4 Mutation) - intolerance to radiotherapy
title_full Squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue in a patient with rothmund-thomson syndrome (Recq4 Mutation) - intolerance to radiotherapy
title_fullStr Squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue in a patient with rothmund-thomson syndrome (Recq4 Mutation) - intolerance to radiotherapy
title_full_unstemmed Squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue in a patient with rothmund-thomson syndrome (Recq4 Mutation) - intolerance to radiotherapy
title_short Squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue in a patient with rothmund-thomson syndrome (Recq4 Mutation) - intolerance to radiotherapy
title_sort squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue in a patient with rothmund-thomson syndrome (recq4 mutation) - intolerance to radiotherapy
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1952/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1952/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1952/1/04-4%282%29_~_MS_085_%2864-75%29.pdf