A clinical review of the evidence for the role of ultraviolet radiation in the etiology of cutaneous melanoma.

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Strong epidemiological evidence exists that solar radiation is causally related to a significant proportion of cutaneous melanoma. The nature of the relationship is, however, complex and the details are not entirely clear. There appears to be a complex interplay between solar exposure in individuals with a characteristic phenotype. Although the exact quantitative and qualitative nature of this exposure is not...

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