Gene-environment interaction in melanoma.

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Gene-environment interaction can be defined as a different effect of an environmental exposure in people with different genotypes, or a different effect of a genotype in people with different histories of environmental exposure. Interaction applies when one stratum (high risk) responds differently to an exposure (sun) than another stratum (low risk). Genetic predisposition would appear to be a very important...

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