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Heterogeneity in host risk factors for incident melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer in a cohort of US women.
Journal of epidemiology - 1 Jan 2011
Qureshi Abrar A, Zhang Mingfeng, Han Jiali
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), and basal cell carcinoma (BCC) are 3 types of skin cancer that have distinct biologic characteristics and prognoses. We evaluated phenotypic differences in the risk of these cancers in US women. METHODS: We conducted a prospective study of 113 139 female nurses from 1984 to 2002. Over the 18 years of follow-up, there were 375 cases of melanoma, 495 cases of...
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