Similarities in solar ultraviolet irradiance and other environmental factors may explain much of the family link between uveal melanoma and other cancers

Fam Cancer. 2010 Dec;9(4):659-60; discussion 661-2. doi: 10.1007/s10689-010-9374-1.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Environmental Exposure / adverse effects
  • Humans
  • Melanoma / epidemiology
  • Melanoma / etiology*
  • Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / etiology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Skin Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Sunlight / adverse effects*
  • Ultraviolet Rays / adverse effects*
  • Uveal Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Uveal Neoplasms / etiology*