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Cutaneous melanoma: family screening and genetic testing.
Dermatologic therapy - 1 Jan 2000
Niendorf Kristin B, Tsao Hensin
Abstract excerpt
The incidence of cutaneous melanoma (CM) has been steadily increasing in recent decades. Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure, in the form of intermittent heavy exposure and severe sunburns in childhood, is believed to be the most important environmental contribution to CM risk. Genetic determinants also modulate CM risk, probably to a greater extent than environmental exposure. Certain heritable traits such as...
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