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- Title
Anatomic site, sun exposure, and risk of cutaneous melanoma.
- Authors
Whiteman, David C; Stickley, Mark; Watt, Peter; Hughes, Maria Celia; Davis, Marcia B; Green, Adèle C
- Abstract
Sunlight is the principal environmental risk factor for cutaneous melanoma. A current hypothesis postulates that the role of sunlight in causing melanoma differs according to anatomic site. We tested this hypothesis in a population-based case-case comparative study of melanoma patients.
- Publication
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2006, Vol 24, Issue 19, p3172
- ISSN
1527-7755
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1200/JCO.2006.06.1325