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Genetically determined cutaneous nevi and risk of cancer.
International journal of cancer - 15 Mar 2022
Dusingize Jean Claude, Law Matthew H, Pandeya Nirmala, Neale Rachel E, Ong Jue-Sheng, MacGregor Stuart, Whiteman David C, Olsen Catherine M
Abstract excerpt
Numerous epidemiologic studies have reported positive associations between higher nevus counts and internal cancers. Whether this association represents a true relationship or is due to bias or confounding by factors associated with both nevus counts and cancer remains unclear. We used germline genetic variants for nevus count to test whether this phenotypic trait is a risk-marker for cancer. We calculated...
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