Article
Familial and sporadic melanoma: different clinical and histopathological features in the Italian population - a multicentre epidemiological study - by GIPMe (Italian Multidisciplinary Group on Melanoma).
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV - 1 Feb 2012
Chiarugi A, Nardini P, Crocetti E, Carli P, De Giorgi V, Borgognoni L, Brandani P, Pimpinelli N, Manganoni A M, Quaglino P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Having a familial member affected by cutaneous melanoma is a risk factor for this neoplasm. Only a few epidemiological case-control studies have been carried out to investigate whether familial and sporadic melanomas show different clinical and histopathological features. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate eventual different features and risk factors in subjects affected by familial and...
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