Melanocytic Nevi, Solar Keratoses, and Divergent Pathways to Cutaneous Melanoma

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David C. Whiteman · QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

Peter Watt

David M. Purdie

Maria Celia B. Hughes

Nicholas K. Hayward

Adèle C. Green

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Prevalences of nevi and solar keratoses differ markedly between patients with head and neck melanomas or LMM and patients with melanomas of the trunk. Cutaneous melanomas may arise through two pathways, one associated with melanocyte proliferation and the other with chronic exposure to sunlight.

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Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Skin Protection and Aging Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies

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Published in: JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volume 95, Issue 11, pp. 806-812

DOI: 10.1093/jnci/95.11.806

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Melanocytic Nevi, Solar Keratoses, and Divergent Pathways to Cutaneous Melanoma

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