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CDKN2A mutations and MC1R variants in Italian patients with single or multiple primary melanoma.
Pigment cell & melanoma research - 1 Dec 2008
Pastorino L, Bonelli L, Ghiorzo P, Queirolo P, Battistuzzi L, Balleari E, Nasti S, Gargiulo S, Gliori S, Savoia P, Abate Osella S, Bernengo M G, Bianchi Scarrà G
Abstract excerpt
We evaluated the contribution of germline CDKN2A mutations and MC1R variants to the development of melanoma in a hospital-based study of single (SPM, n = 398) and multiple primary melanoma (MPM, n = 95). The overall frequency of CDKN2A mutations was 15.2%, and four-fold higher in MPM than in SPM cases (OR = 4.27; 95% CI 2.43-7.53). The likelihood of identifying a CDKN2A mutation increased with family history of...
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