ABO Blood Group and Incidence of Skin Cancer

Jing Xie; Abrar A. Qureshi; Yunhui Li; Jiali Han

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011972

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ABO Blood Group and Incidence of Skin Cancer

Jing Xie,

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Clinical Research Program, Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Abrar A. Qureshi,

Affiliations Clinical Research Program, Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Yunhui Li,

Affiliation Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Jiali Han

* E-mail: jiali.han@channing.harvard.edu

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Clinical Research Program, Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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ABO Blood Group and Incidence of Skin Cancer

Jing Xie,
Abrar A. Qureshi,
Yunhui Li,
Jiali Han

Published: August 4, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011972

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Posted by BillieYi on 07 Dec 2011 at 01:11 GMT

It's interesting that the results did come up the way it did, where there was an apparent correlation with non-O blood type and reduced risk of BCC and Melanoma.

However, we think that the case-study could be greatly improved with a higher diversity. Not just in ethnicity, but also on a population not just geared to health professions.

No competing interests declared.

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