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Dysplastic nevi and other risk markers for melanoma.
Seminars in oncology - 1 Dec 1996
Seykora J, Elder D
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Risk markers for cancer are genetic or behavioral attributes that are statistically associated with increased incidence of cancer. Risk may be assessed either in case-control studies, or in cohort studies in which individuals with particular attributes are followed and cancer risk is determined by direct observation. Both of these methods have been used to determine the major risk markers for melanoma. The single...
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