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Dartmouth College School of Medicine, Lebanon

Multiple primary melanoma risk linked to atypical moles

Published in Cancer Law Weekly, June 10th, 2006

Atypical moles are strongly associated with risk of multiple primary melanomas but do not define the influence of pigmentary characteristics on cancer risk.

According to a recent article published in the journal Archives of Dermatology, scientists in the United States conducted a study "to assess the frequency of occurrence and risk factors for multiple primary melanoma [via a] population-based, case-control study."

"Three-hundred fifty-four New Hampshire residents with a confirmed first diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma [were studied]," explained L. Titusernstoff and colleagues, Dartmouth College School of Medicine. "An additional melanoma...

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