[PMID 18488026
] 2,019 cases and 2,105 controls. Using pooling, we identified a new melanoma risk locus on chromosome 20 (rs910873 and rs1885120 combined P less than 1 10-15. The per allele odds ratio was 1.75 (1.53, 2.01), with evidence for stronger association in early-onset cases.
| OMIM | 612263 |
| Desc | MELANOMA, CUTANEOUS MALIGNANT, SUSCEPTIBILITY TO, 7; CMM7 |
| Variant | |
| Related | also |
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[PMID 19995372] Melanoma susceptibility variants on chromosome 20q11.22 are associated with pigmentary traits and the risk of nonmelanoma skin cancer.
[PMID 20224305] Modest association of malignant melanoma with the rs910873 and rs1885120 markers on chromosome 20: a population-based study.
[PMID 23393597] Replication and Predictive Value of SNPs Associated with Melanoma and Pigmentation Traits in a Southern European Case-Control Study
] 2,019 cases and 2,105 controls. Using pooling, we identified a new melanoma risk locus on chromosome 20 (rs910873 and rs1885120 combined P less than 1 10-15. The per allele odds ratio was 1.75 (1.53, 2.01), with evidence for stronger association in early-onset cases.
