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Association of known melanoma risk factors with primary melanoma of the scalp and neck

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Background: Scalp and neck (SN) melanoma confers a worse prognosis than melanoma of other sites but little is known about its determinants. We aimed to identify associations between SN melanoma and known risk genes, phenotypic traits, and sun exposure patterns.

Methods: Participants were cases from the Western Australian Melanoma Health Study (n = 1,200) and the Genes, Environment, and Melanoma Study (n = 3,280). Associations between risk factors a...

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Peer reviewed

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10.1158/1055-9965.epi-20-0595

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0000-0003-1411-4554
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American Association for Cancer Research
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Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention More from this journal
Volume:
29
Issue:
11
Pages:
2203-2210
Place of publication:
United States
Publication date:
2020-08-20
Acceptance date:
2020-08-14
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1538-7755
ISSN:
1055-9965
Pmid:
32856602
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English
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1128456
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pubs:1128456
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2021-03-18

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