## Abstract The ultraviolet (UV) radiation in sunlight induces skin cancer development. Skin cancer is the most common form of human neoplasia. Estimates suggest that in excess of 1.5 million new cases of skin cancer (www.cancer.org/statistics) will be diagnosed in the United States this year. Fort
Immune surveillance and sunlight-induced skin cancer
β Scribed by J.Wayne Streilein; J.Richard Taylor; Vladimir Vincek; Iwao Kurimoto; Tadamichi Shimizu; Cynthia Tie; Cindy Golomb
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 616 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-5699
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