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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Recent Progress in Melanoma Research
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Solar and Artificial Ultraviolet Radiation and Melanoma
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Pregnancy and Hormonal Factors and Melanoma
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About this book
The study of the relationship between acquired melanocytic nevi and melanoma has led to useful new information about predictors of melanoma risk, and in addition has opened new perspectives on the development of nevi in children. Definition of the factors for nevus development in children may lead to the possibility of primary prevention programs for melanoma in younger generations of children.
Recent new evidence suggests that certain occupational groups may be at elevated risk of melanoma. A great deal of work is going into the study of ways of screening high risk populations in order to detect melanoma at its earliest stages when current treatment protocols are most effective. The visibility of lesions on the skin challenges classical definitions of early detection and screening in epidemiology.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Epidemiological Aspects of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma
Editors: Richard P. Gallagher, J. Mark Elwood
Series Title: Developments in Oncology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2626-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1994
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-6126-8Published: 10 October 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-2626-1Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 329
Topics: Oncology, Public Health, Epidemiology, Dermatology
Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Health & Hospitals, Pharma