Risk of cutaneous melanoma associated with a family history of the disease

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In a combined analysis of 2952 melanoma patients and 3618 controls from 8 case-control studies in white populations the risk of cutaneous melanoma was 2.24-fold higher (95% CI, 1.76-2.86) in subjects who reported at least one affected first-degree relative than in subjects who did not. There was no evidence for heterogeneity in the relative risk between the studies, which were from a wide range of latitudes and...

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