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Re: Melanocytic Nevi, Solar Keratoses, and Divergent Pathways to Cutaneous Melanoma
Affiliations of authors: Department of Dermatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy (PC); Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, Centro per lo Studio e la Prevenzione Oncologica, Scientific Institute of Tuscany, Florence (DP).
Correspondence to: Paolo Carli, MD, Department of Dermatology, University of Florence, Via degli Alfani 31, 50121 Florence, Italy (e-mail: carli@unifi.it)
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Whiteman et al. (1), studying a predominantly fair-skinned population, sug-gested that cutaneous melanomas may arise through two pathways: one associated with melanocyte proliferation and the other with chronic exposure to sunlight. Elwood and Gallagher (2) reported that, in individuals younger than 50 years, intermittent sun exposure had a greater potential for producing melanoma than continuous exposure, although in those who are older, melanoma was more common on body
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J Natl Cancer Inst 2003 95: 1801-1802.
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