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Malignant melanoma in spouses
Author(s) -
Mintzis Matthew J.,
Berger Agnes P.,
Greenwald Edward,
Greenwald Edith,
Golomb Frederick
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197808)42:2<804::aid-cncr2820420254>3.0.co;2-9
Subject(s) - medicine , melanoma , incidence (geometry) , spouse , disease , demography , dermatology , pathology , cancer research , optics , physics , sociology , anthropology
A study of three married couples where both spouses developed malignant melanoma was undertaken at the New York University‐Bellevue Medical Center melanoma registry. An upper bound was calculated for the number of spouses expected to develop melanoma, along with the origin of the disease and its relation to nation‐wide rates of incidence. The observed number was six times greater than the bound.