Strengthening melanoma prevention and early detection among people with type 2 diabetes

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Affiliations

¹ The Daffodil Centre, The University of Sydney, a joint venture with Cancer Council NSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
² Melanoma Institute Australia, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

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. 2021 Oct;185(4):692-693.

doi: 10.1111/bjd.20633. Epub 2021 Aug 18.

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¹ The Daffodil Centre, The University of Sydney, a joint venture with Cancer Council NSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
² Melanoma Institute Australia, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

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Relationship between type 2 diabetes mellitus and markers of cutaneous melanoma aggressiveness: an observational multicentric study in 443 patients with melanoma.
Nagore E, Martinez-Garcia MA, Gomez-Olivas JD, Manrique-Silva E, Martorell A, Bañuls J, Carrera C, Ortiz P, Gardeazabal J, Boada A, de Eusebio E, Chiner E, Gonzalez C, Pérez-Gil A, Cullen D, Formigón M, de Unamuno B, Navarro-Soriano C, Muriel A, Gozal D. Nagore E, et al. Br J Dermatol. 2021 Oct;185(4):756-763. doi: 10.1111/bjd.19813. Epub 2021 Mar 18. Br J Dermatol. 2021. PMID: 33453061

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