Increased risk of skin cancer: another Celtic myth? A review of Celtic ancestry and other risk factors for malignant melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer.

doi:10.1016/0190-9622(95)91289-4

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Increased risk of skin cancer: another Celtic myth? A review of Celtic ancestry and other risk factors for malignant melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer.

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - 1 Oct 1995

Long C C, Marks R

Abstract excerpt

It is often stated that persons of Celtic origin have an increased risk of skin cancer, but the evidence for this is almost exclusively anecdotal. We believe that the possibility of the Celts being at greater risk of skin cancer has important implications with regard to management in particular a...

Topics

Ethnicity
Humans
Ireland
Melanoma
Phenotype
Risk Factors
Skin
Skin Neoplasms
United Kingdom

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