Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma Incidences Analyzed Worldwide by Skin Type Over Advancing Age of Males and Females: Evidence Estrogen and Androgenic Hair Are Risk Factors

    December 2016 in “ Journal of epidemiological research ”
    Dianne E. Godar, Madhan Subramanian, Stephen J. Merrill
    Studysummary In this study, only European-ancestry females showed a linear increase in cutaneous malignant melanoma risk with age, potentially due to the loss of HPV-infected androgenic follicles after menopause.
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