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It has long been known that prolonged U.V. irradiation of human skin has an important role in the development of skin carcinomas. In man over 90% of skin cancers develop on the face which constitutes less than 10% of the total body skin surface. The probability of developing skin tumors on exposed areas is therefor 100 fold that of developing tumors on unexposed areas (Cerimele and Serri, 1972).
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Cerimele, D., Contu, L., Mulargia, M., Ledda, A., Saccabusi, S. (1988). Immunogenetic Modulation of Photoinduced Skin Tumors. In: Douglas, R.H., Moan, J., Dall’Acqua, F. (eds) Light in Biology and Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0709-9_42
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