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Edited by John F. Thompson, Donald L. Morton, and Bin B.R. Kroon. 687 pp., illustrated. New York, Martin Dunitz, 2004. $309.95. ISBN 1-90186-565-7.

Malignant melanoma is an increasingly important public health problem. Despite the fact that the cause of most melanomas — excessive exposure to ultraviolet light — is known, the incidence of this tumor is rising faster than the incidence of any other cancer in the United States. At current rates, there will be more than 90,000 cases of melanoma this year, and the lifetime risk of this disease in a person living in the continental United States is now 1 in 37. Even more important is that one person dies of this cancer every hour in this country. In addition, the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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