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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2005 97(23):1789-1790; doi:10.1093/jnci/dji410
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© 2005 Oxford University Press

CORRESPONDENCE

Re: Sun Exposure and Mortality From Melanoma

Thomas R. Fears, Margaret A. Tucker

Affiliation of authors: Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Correspondence to: Thomas R. Fears, PhD, National Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza South, Rm. 8040, Bethesda, MD 20892 (e-mail: fearst@epndce.nci.nih.gov).

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Berwick et al. (1) observed that increased sun exposure is associated with increased survival from melanoma, based on 528 case subjects. The estimated association is certainly strong (patients with solar elastosis, multivariable hazard ratio = 0.4, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.2 to 0.8), and it creates a serious dilemma because increased sun exposure is also associated with increased risk for melanoma incidence.

We recently showed, in patients with invasive cutaneous melanoma from clinics in Philadelphia and San Francisco, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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RESPONSE: Re: Sun Exposure and Mortality From Melanoma
Marianne Berwick, Bruce Armstrong, Judith Fine, Anne Kricker, Carey Eberle, and Raymond Barnhill
J Natl Cancer Inst 2005 97: 1791. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]



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M. Berwick, B. Armstrong, J. Fine, A. Kricker, C. Eberle, and R. Barnhill
RESPONSE: Re: Sun Exposure and Mortality From Melanoma
J Natl Cancer Inst, December 7, 2005; 97(23): 1791 - 1791.
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