Melanocortin-1 receptor: loss of function mutations and skin cancer.

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We present a red-haired patient who came to our clinic seeking information regarding his predisposition to skin cancer. We discuss the receptor involved in hair color and the allelic variants that lead to red hair. These variants are often characterized by loss of function mutations, which lead to a predisposition to non-melanoma skin cancers, with relative risks reaching as high as a 6.7 in one study. Most...

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