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Research and Clinical Interests

Genetic Basis of Skin Cancers; Inflammatory Diseases of the Vulva; Role of Vitamin D in Squamous Mucosal integrity

Selected Publications

Zhang H, Ping XL, Lee PK, Wu XL, Yao YJ, Zhang MJ, Silvers DN, Ratner D, Malhotra R, Peacocke M, Tsou HC. Role of PTCH and p53 genes in early-onset basal cell carcinoma. Am J Pathol. 2001 Feb;158(2):381-5.

Ratner D, Peacocke M, Zhang H, Ping XL, Tsou HC. UV-specific p53 and PTCH mutations in sporadic basal cell carcinoma of sun-exposed skin. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2001 Feb;44(2):293-7.

Yao YJ, Ping XL, Zhang H, Chen FF, Lee PK, Ahsan H, Chen CJ, Lee PH, Peacocke M, Santella RM, Tsou HC. PTEN/MMAC1 mutations in hepatocellular carcinomas. Oncogene. 1999 May 20;18(20):3181-5.

Tsou HC, Teng DH, Ping XL, Brancolini V, Davis T, Hu R, Xie XX, Gruener AC, Schrager CA, Christiano AM, Eng C, Steck P, Ott J, Tavtigian SV, Peacocke M. The role of MMAC1 mutations in early-onset breast cancer: causative in association with Cowden syndrome and excluded in BRCA1-negative cases. Am J Hum Genet. 1997 Nov;61(5):1036-43.

Organizational Associations

Fellow, College of American Pathologists; The American Society of Human Genetics; Association for Molecular Pathology

Hospital Affiliations

Tisch Hospital