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SUBMITTER: Martin-Gorgojo A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5716774 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Martin-Gorgojo Alejandro A Llinares Marta M Virós Amaya A Requena Celia C Garcia-Casado Zaida Z Traves Víctor V Kumar Rajiv R Nagore Eduardo E
Oncotarget 20171024 58
There are at least two pathways driving cutaneous melanoma; one is linked to an inherent melanoma susceptibility to nevi development and the second to environmental cumulative ultraviolet light exposure. In this study, we examined the relation between nevus density, accrued sun damage and the site of primary melanoma excision. In a series of 888 consecutive cutaneous melanoma patients, melanomas appearing in skin areas with a high relative nevus density were most prominent in men, with an elevat ...[more]