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Nature Genetics 40, 817 - 818 (2008)
doi:10.1038/ng0708-817
Shedding light on skin cancer
Paul D P Pharoah1
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Paul D. P. Pharoah is at the Strangeways Research Laboratories, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambs CB1 8RN, UK.
e-mail: paul.pharoah@srl.cam.ac.uk
Abstract
Pigmentation traits are known risk factors for skin cancer. Now, three new studies provide insights into the genetic factors underlying these effects, and the results reveal a surprisingly complex picture of the relationship between pigmentation traits and disease risk.
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