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Familial aggregation of melanoma risks in a large population-based sample of melanoma cases.
Cancer causes & control : CCC - 1 Nov 2004
Begg Colin B, Hummer Amanda, Mujumdar Urvi, Armstrong Bruce K, Kricker Anne, Marrett Loraine D, Millikan Robert C, Gruber Stephen B, Anton-Culver Hoda, Klotz Judith B, Zanetti Roberto, Gallagher Richard P, Dwyer Terence, Rebbeck Timothy R, Berwick Marrianne
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OBJECTIVE: Melanoma has been shown in numerous studies to be associated with sun exposure, and with host phenotypic factors of genetic origin. In this study we use information from a large series of incident cases of melanoma from an international population-based study to examine the patterns of incidence of melanoma in the first-degree relatives of these cases. METHODS: A total of 2508 incident cases of...
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