The influence of sex, age and sunlight exposure on mutational processes in melanoma

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¹ Departments of Cancer Biology and Genetics and Internal Medicine, Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.

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A E Toland. Br J Dermatol. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb;184(2):197-198.

doi: 10.1111/bjd.19336. Epub 2020 Dec 28.

¹ Departments of Cancer Biology and Genetics and Internal Medicine, Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.

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Molecular subtype, biological sex and age shape melanoma tumour evolution.
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