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