Polymorphisms in nucleotide excision repair genes and risk of multiple primary melanoma: the Genes Environment and Melanoma Study

RC Millikan; A Hummer; C Begg; J Player; AR de Cotret; S Winkel; H Mohrenweiser; N Thomas; B Armstrong; A Kricker; LD Marrett; SB Gruber; HA Culver; R Zanetti; RP Gallagher; T Dwyer; TR Rebbeck; K Busam; L From; U Mujumdar; M Berwick

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Polymorphisms in nucleotide excision repair genes and risk of multiple primary melanoma: the Genes Environment and Melanoma Study

RC Millikan, A Hummer, C Begg, J Player, AR de Cotret, S Winkel, H Mohrenweiser, N Thomas, B Armstrong, A Kricker, LD Marrett, SB Gruber, HA Culver, R Zanetti, RP Gallagher, T Dwyer, TR Rebbeck, K Busam, L From, U Mujumdar Show all

CARCINOGENESIS | OXFORD UNIV PRESS | Published : 2006

DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgi252

Abstract

Polymorphisms in six genes involved in nucleotide excision repair of DNA were examined in a large population-based case-control study of melanoma. Genotyping was conducted for 2485 patients with a single primary melanoma (controls) and 1238 patients with second or higher order primary melanomas (cases). Patients were ascertained from nine geographic regions in Australia, Canada, Italy and the United States. Positive associations were observed for XPD 312 Asn/Asn versus Asp/Asp [odds ratio (OR) = 1.5, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.2-1.9] and XPD 751 Gln/Gln versus Lys/Lys (OR = 1.4, 95% CI 1.1-1.7) genotypes and melanoma. The combined XPD Asn (A) 312 + Gln (C) 751 haplotype was significantly..

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