Incidence and metastasis of cutaneous malignant melanoma with respect to ABO blood groups: a case-controlled study in northeast of China.

BACKGROUND: ABO blood groups have been suggested to contribute to the development of certain tumors; however, the associations between ABO blood groups and the incidence and metastases of cutaneous malignant melanomas have not been fully evaluated in Chinese populations. Thus, we investigated these...

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Main Authors: Liang Chang, Junrui Pei, Chenlong Li, Ping Zhang, Dan Zhou, Wenzhong Du, Xing Liu, Chuanlu Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3917876?pdf=render