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Melanoma: a global perspective

Nature Reviews Cancer volume 17, pages 393–394 (2017)Cite this article

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Most of our current knowledge of melanoma is derived from the study of patients from populations of European descent, for whom public health, sun protection initiatives and screening measures have appreciably decreased disease mortality. Notably, some melanoma subtypes that most commonly develop in other populations are not associated with exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light, suggesting a different disease aetiology. Further study of these subtypes is necessary to understand their risk factors and genomic architecture, and to tailor therapies and public health campaigns to benefit patients of all ethnic groups.

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The authors thank R. van Doorn, V. V. Iyer and M. del C. Ávila-Arcos for helpful comments.

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  1. Laboratorio Internacional de Investigación sobre el Genoma Humano, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Juriquilla, Blvd Juriquilla 3001, Santiago de Querétaro, 76230, México

    Raul Ossio & Carla Daniela Robles-Espinoza

  2. Research Division, Dermato-oncology Clinic, School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 3000, Coyoacán, Copilco Universidad, Mexico City, 04510, México

    Rodrigo Roldán-Marín

  3. Melanoma Clinic, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (México), Av. San Fernando #22, Col. Sección XVI, Tlalpan, 14080, Mexico D.F., México

    Héctor Martínez-Said

  4. Experimental Cancer Genetics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, Cambridgeshire, UK

    David J. Adams & Carla Daniela Robles-Espinoza

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Ossio, R., Roldán-Marín, R., Martínez-Said, H. et al. Melanoma: a global perspective. Nat Rev Cancer 17, 393–394 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrc.2017.43

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