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RESPONSE: Re: A Prospective Study of Pigmentation, Sun Exposure, and Risk of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma in Women
Affiliations of authors: Section of Medical Statistics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway (MBV); Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (EW, HOA); International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France (EW); Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway (EL); School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia (BA); Department of Epidemiology, Harvard University, Boston, MA (HOA).
Correspondence to: Marit B. Veierød, PhD, Section of Medical Statistics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1122 Blindern, N-0317 Oslo, Norway (e-mail: marit.veierod@basalmed.uio.no).
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We thank Boniol et al. for their insightful comments and suggestions for future analyses. The hypothesis they propose is similar to hypotheses we plan to address in the future. However, we will require a larger number of incident cases of malignant melanoma for further analyses of subgroups and interactions between risk factors to have meaningful statistical power. We expect to obtain the additional cases after an additional 35 years of follow-up.
We are also grateful for the
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