title: The prevalence of CDKN2A germ-line mutations and relative risk for cutaneous malignant melanoma: an international population-based study.
abstract: Germ-line mutations of CDKN2A have been identified as strong risk factors for melanoma in studies of multiple-case families. However, an assessment of their relative risk for melanoma in the general population has been difficult because they occur infrequently. We addressed this issue using a novel population-based case-control study design in which "cases" have incident second- or higher-order melanomas [multiple primary melanoma (MPM)] and "controls" have incident first primary melanoma [single primary melanoma (SPM)]. Participants were ascertained from nine geographic regions in Australia, Canada, Italy, and United States. In the 1,189 MPM cases and 2,424 SPM controls who were eligible and available for analysis, the relative risk of a subsequent melanoma among patients with functional mutations who have an existing diagnosis of melanoma, after adjustments for age, sex, center, and known phenotypic risk factors, is estimated to be 4.3 (95% confidence interval, 2.3-7.7). The odds ratio varied significantly depending on the type of mutation involved. The results suggest that the relative risk of mutation carriers in the population may be lower than currently believed and that different mutations on the CDKN2A gene may confer substantially different risks of melanoma.
authors.affiliation: University of New Mexico, Department of Internal Medicine, New Mexico Cancer Research Facility, MSC08 4630, Room 103A, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA. mberwick@salud.unm.edu
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berwick
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Orlow
authors.forename: Amanda J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Hummer
authors.forename: Bruce K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kricker
authors.forename: Loraine D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Marrett
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Millikan
authors.forename: Stephen B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Gruber
authors.forename: Hoda
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authors.lastname: Anton-Culver
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zanetti
authors.forename: Richard P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Gallagher
authors.forename: Terence
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authors.lastname: Dwyer
authors.forename: Timothy R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Rebbeck
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Kanetsky
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Busam
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: From
authors.forename: Urvi
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Mujumdar
authors.forename: Homer
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wilcox
authors.forename: Colin B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Begg
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D019941:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16 / Q000235:genetics*; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D018095:Germ-Line Mutation; D006801:Humans; D007390:International Agencies; D007438:Introns / Q000235:genetics; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D019941:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16