Malignant melanoma and oral contraceptive use among women in California.
Women who had used oral contraceptives, particularly long-term users, were found to have higher rates of malignant melanoma and of a past history of skin cancer than those who had never used oral contraceptives. This excess was confined to lesions of the lower limb. The association between oral cont...
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| description | Women who had used oral contraceptives, particularly long-term users, were found to have higher rates of malignant melanoma and of a past history of skin cancer than those who had never used oral contraceptives. This excess was confined to lesions of the lower limb. The association between oral contraceptive use and melanoma was noted in 3 separate sets of data, although it was statistically significant only in one. The possibility that this relationship is indirect because, for example, oral contraceptive users are more likely than never-users to be exposed to sunlight and thus to develop malignant melanoma, cannot be excluded. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:346240b5-9f37-4968-8cbe-302a7fe50f6c2022-03-26T13:25:39ZMalignant melanoma and oral contraceptive use among women in California.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:346240b5-9f37-4968-8cbe-302a7fe50f6cEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford1977Beral, VRamcharan, SFaris, RWomen who had used oral contraceptives, particularly long-term users, were found to have higher rates of malignant melanoma and of a past history of skin cancer than those who had never used oral contraceptives. This excess was confined to lesions of the lower limb. The association between oral contraceptive use and melanoma was noted in 3 separate sets of data, although it was statistically significant only in one. The possibility that this relationship is indirect because, for example, oral contraceptive users are more likely than never-users to be exposed to sunlight and thus to develop malignant melanoma, cannot be excluded. |
| spellingShingle | Beral, V Ramcharan, S Faris, R Malignant melanoma and oral contraceptive use among women in California. |
| title | Malignant melanoma and oral contraceptive use among women in California. |
| title_full | Malignant melanoma and oral contraceptive use among women in California. |
| title_fullStr | Malignant melanoma and oral contraceptive use among women in California. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Malignant melanoma and oral contraceptive use among women in California. |
| title_short | Malignant melanoma and oral contraceptive use among women in California. |
| title_sort | malignant melanoma and oral contraceptive use among women in california |
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