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Pharmacologic Induction of Epidermal Melanin and Protection Against Sunburn in a Humanized Mouse Model
Published on: September 7, 2013
Prevention and early detection of skin cancer/melanoma
1Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, NY.
Abstract:
In the USA malignant neoplasms of the skin are the most common cancers of man. Annually, over 500,000 new cutaneous cancers are diagnosed. Of particular concern is the inexorable increase in the incidence and mortality rate of malignant melanoma (in 1978: 25,000 new cases; 5800 deaths). There are substantial data that (1) implicate sunlight as the probable cause of many cancers of the skin, and that, (2) indicate early diagnosis and prompt treatment results in cure in most instances. The time has come to create, implement, and evaluate a National Program on Education of the Medical Profession and the Public on Cancers of the Skin with emphasis on cutaneous malignant melanoma.
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