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Early events in UV carcinogenesis--DNA damage, target cells and mutant p53 foci.
Photochemistry and photobiology - 1 Jan 2000
de Gruijl Frank R, Rebel Heggert
Abstract excerpt
Skin carcinomas are the most common cancers in fair-skinned populations of North West European descent. The risk is closely related to sun (UV) exposure and susceptibility to sunburn. Induction of squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) in the skin of hairless mice by daily UVB exposure appears to emulate the genesis of these tumors in humans quite well. The carcinomas, and the UVB signature mutations that they carry in...
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