Genetic faults can increase risk of skin cancer

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As per a research published Monday, British scientists discovered three new genetic faults that can increase the chances of developing deadly skin cancer melanoma by almost a third.

The study has been carried out on 3,000 patients, by a team of researches at University of Leeds, concludes that the average one-in-60 risk of getting skin cancer rose to one in 46 if a patient had inherited all three genetic faults from both parents. Read more..

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