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Published online 20 September 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010920-10
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Neonatal sunburn and melanoma in mice
Mouse studies emphasize children's cancer risk from sunburn.
Serious sunburn in childhood may raise the risk of developing the deadliest form of skin cancer as an adult, research in mice suggests1. The experiments could lead to a better understanding of malignant melanoma and of how and when to protect ourselves from the sun.
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