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<p>Use of Antidepressants and Risk of Cutaneous Melanoma: A Prospective Registry-Based Case-Control Study</p>

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2020

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Leon A M Berge, Bettina Kulle Andreassen, Jo S Stenehjem, Trond Heir, Kari Furu, Asta Juzeniene, Ingrid Roscher, Inger Kristin Larsen, Adèle C. Green, Marit B. Veierød,
Clinical Epidemiology

Abstract

Use of antidepressants was associated with decreased risk of melanoma. There are at least two possible explanations for our results; cancer-inhibiting actions induced by the drug and less UVR exposure among the most frequent users of antidepressants.

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