Do polyunsaturated fats predispose to malignant melonoma?
Goldrick, R.B.; Goodwin, R.M.; Nestel, P.J.; Davis, N.C.; Poyser, A.
Medical Journal of Australia 1(26): 987-989
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-729X PMID: 979775 Document Number: 103101
The consumption of polyunsaturated fats of patients with malignant melanoma and of a control group of patients with benign naevi has been compared in order to determine whether polyunsaturated fats predispose to the development of malignant melanoma. Patients with malignant melanoma had not consumed excessive quantities of polyunsaturated fats. Thus, there was no evidence to indicate that ingestion of polyunsaturated fats is associated with an increase in incidence of melanoma.