Type 2 diabetes mellitus and risk of malignant melanoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies.

• Main Authors: Li Qi (Author), Xiaoling Qi (Author), Hongyan Xiong (Author), Qin Liu (Author), Jinxin Li (Author), Yao Zhang (Author), Xiangyu Ma (Author), Na Wu (Author), Qingyun Liu (Author), Liangui Feng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2014-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Epidemiology studies have demonstrated inconsistent associations between type 2 diabetes mellitus and the risk of malignant melanoma. To this end, the aim was to perform a meta-analysis of cohort studies.Medline, PubMed, Embase and the Cochrane Library were searched up to February 2014. Cohort studi...