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Recent tanning bed use: a risk factor for melanoma.

Buckel TB, Goldstein AM, Fraser MC, Rogers B, Tucker MA

Division of Cancer Prevention and Genetic Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA.

BACKGROUND: Individuals at increased risk of melanoma should use sun-protective measures to decrease their risk of developing melanoma. OBSERVATION: We report a case of a 39-year-old patient with a CDKN2A mutation who developed 3 primary melanomas within a few years of initiating tanning bed use. CONCLUSION: Intense UV exposure as an adult likely contributed to the development of additional primary melanomas in this individual.

Published 18 April 2006 in Arch Dermatol, 142(4): 485-8.
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