Abstract
Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the Western world, and strong epidemiological evidence links solar UV exposure to the vast majority of these cancers [11]. Our current understanding of the multi-step neoplastic process has focused on DNA damage as an initiating event. The two most frequent lesions are the pyrimidine dimer, formed by a cyclobutane ring between adjacent pyrimidines, and the 6-4 pyrimidine-pyrimidone photo-product (Fig.1).
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Yarosh, D.B. (1992). Liposome-Encapsulated Enzymes for DNA Repair. In: Braun-Falco, O., Korting, H.C., Maibach, H.I. (eds) Liposome Dermatics. Griesbach Conference. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-48391-2_27
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