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1. The sample is too small to draw conclusions.

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Fri Dec 12, 2025, 10:36 PM

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The first group included 11 patients with long histories of indoor tanning. The second group consisted of nine patients who had never used tanning beds but were otherwise matched for age, sex and cancer risk profiles. A third group of six cadaver donors supplied additional skin tissue to round out the control samples.

11 + 9 individuals.

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