Etiologic and Other Factors Predicting Nevus-Associated Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma
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Etiologic and other factors predicting nevus-associated cutaneous malignant melanoma.
Cutaneous malignant melanomas with histologic evidence of an associated nevus (N+) may have a different risk factor profile from that of melanomas without it (N-). To address this question, a case-only analysis of 932 people with cutaneous malignant melanoma was done to identify etiologic and other factors associated with N+ melanoma. Evidence of an associated nevus was found in 36% of melanoma...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1055-9965,1538-7755
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-05-0097