Epidemiology of cutaneous melanoma. An update.
Dramatic increases in melanoma incidence and more moderate increases in the death rate have been observed. Although paradoxes exist, most, but not all, melanomas appear to be related in some way to solar exposure and genetic factors. No other exogenous factor has been strongly implicated.
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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