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1. I have been taking a steroid tablet called prednisolone for some years for my rheumatoid arthritis. A friend tells me she has read recently that this could lead to skin cancer. Is this true?

last reviewed: 01.06.2006

2. Can you tell me something about Gorlin syndrome?

last reviewed: 26.02.2007

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