Study of the Female Sex Survival Advantage in Melanoma—A Focus on X-Linked Epigenetic Regulators and Immune Responses in Two Cohorts

Background: Survival from melanoma is strongly related to patient sex, with females having a survival rate almost twice that of males. Many explanations have been proposed but have not withstood critical scrutiny. Prior analysis of different cancers with a sex bias has identified six X-linked genes...

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Main Authors: Abdullah Al Emran, Jérémie Nsengimana, Gaya Punnia-Moorthy, Ulf Schmitz, Stuart J. Gallagher, Julia Newton-Bishop, Jessamy C. Tiffen, Peter Hersey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-07-01
Series:Cancers
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/12/8/2082