Accuracy of Self-Reported Nevus and Pigmentation Phenotype Compared with Clinical Assessment in a Population-Based Study of Young Australian Adults

Anne E Cust; Kristen M Pickles; Chris Goumas; Thao Vu; Helen Schmid; Eduardo Nagore; John Kelly; Joanne F Aitken; Graham G Giles; John L Hopper; Mark A Jenkins; Graham J Mann

Journal article

Accuracy of Self-Reported Nevus and Pigmentation Phenotype Compared with Clinical Assessment in a Population-Based Study of Young Australian Adults

Anne E Cust, Kristen M Pickles, Chris Goumas, Thao Vu, Helen Schmid, Eduardo Nagore, John Kelly, Joanne F Aitken, Graham G Giles, John L Hopper, Mark A Jenkins, Graham J Mann

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention | AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-1203

University of Melbourne Researchers

Graham Giles Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

John Hopper Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Mark Jenkins Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC)

Awarded by Cancer Council New South Wales

Awarded by Cancer Council Queensland

Awarded by US NIH (NIH)

Awarded by NHMRC Career Development Fellowship

Awarded by Cancer Institute NSW Early Career Development Fellowship

Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC; project grants 566946, 107359, 211172 and program grant number 402761 to G.J. Mann); the Cancer Council New South Wales (project grant 77/00, 06/10), the Cancer Council Victoria, and the Cancer Council Queensland (project grant 371); and the US NIH (NIH RO1 grant CA-83115-01A2 and 2R01CA083115-11A1 to the International Melanoma Genetics Consortium, GenoMEL). A.E. Cust is the recipient of a NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (1063593) and a Cancer Institute NSW Early Career Development Fellowship (10/ECF/2-06).