Frequency and characteristics of familial melanoma in Spain: the FAM-GEM-1 Study.

INTRODUCTION:Familial history of melanoma is a well-known risk factor for the disease, and 7% melanoma patients were reported to have a family history of melanoma. Data relating to the frequency and clinical and pathological characteristics of both familial and non-familial melanoma in Spain have be...

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Main Authors: Iván Márquez-Rodas, Manuel Martín González, Eduardo Nagore, Cristina Gómez-Fernández, Jose Antonio Avilés-Izquierdo, Cayetana Maldonado-Seral, Virtudes Soriano, Margarita Majem-Tarruella, Virginia Palomar, Rocio Maseda, Alfonso Martín-Carnicero, Teresa Puertolas, Elena Godoy, Pablo Cerezuela, Maria Ochoa de Olza, Begoña Campos, Elisabeth Perez-Ruiz, Ainara Soria, Irene Gil-Arnaiz, Maria Gonzalez-Cao, Elisa Galvez, Ana Arance, Joaquin Belon, Luis de la Cruz-Merino, Salvador Martín-Algarra, Spanish Multidisciplinary Group of Melanoma (GEM)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4395344?pdf=render