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GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO MELANOMA AND OTHER SKIN CANCERS IN AUSTRALIANS
Author(s) -
Brown M. M. Lane,
Sharpe C. A. B.,
MacMillan D. S.,
McGovern V. J.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb87892.x
Subject(s) - celtic languages , skin cancer , genetic predisposition , melanoma , cancer , dermatology , medicine , demography , history , cancer research , sociology , disease , archaeology
The common impression that persons of Celtic origin are particularly susceptible to skin cancer has been investigated using the surname as a genetic marker. It has been found that amongst patients with skin cancer, including melanoma, the percentage of persons with a Celtic background is almost double the figure obtained for controls.