Inherited genetic variants associated with occurrence of multiple primary melanoma Journal Article


Authors: Gibbs, D. C.; Orlow, I.; Kanetsky, P. A.; Luo, L.; Kricker, A.; Armstrong, B. K.; Anton-Culver, H.; Gruber, S. B.; Marrett, L. D.; Gallagher, R. P.; Zanetti, R.; Rosso, S.; Dwyer, T.; Sharma, A.; La Pilla, E.; From, L.; Busam, K. J.; Cust, A. E.; Ollila, D. W.; Begg, C. B.; Berwick, M.; Thomas, N. E.
Article Title: Inherited genetic variants associated with occurrence of multiple primary melanoma
Abstract: Recent studies, including genome-wide association studies, have identified several putative low-penetrance susceptibility loci for melanoma. We sought to determine their generalizability to genetic predisposition for multiple primary melanoma in the international population-based Genes, Environment, and Melanoma (GEM) Study. GEM is a case-control study of 1,206 incident cases of multiple primary melanoma and 2,469 incident first primary melanoma participants as the control group. We investigated the odds of developing multiple primary melanoma for 47 SNPs from 21 distinct genetic regions previously reported to be associated with melanoma. ORs and 95% confidence intervals were determined using logistic regression models adjusted for baseline features (age, sex, age by sex interaction, and study center). We investigated univariable models and built multivariable models to assess independent effects of SNPs. Eleven SNPs in 6 gene neighborhoods (TERT/CLPTM1L, TYRP1, MTAP, TYR, NCOA6, and MX2) and a PARP1 haplotype were associated with multiple primary melanoma. In a multivariable model that included only the most statistically significant findings from univariable modeling and adjusted for pigmentary phenotype, back nevi, and baseline features, we found TERT/CLPTM1L rs401681 (P = 0.004), TYRP1 rs2733832 (P = 0.006), MTAP rs1335510 (P = 0.0005), TYR rs10830253 (P = 0.003), and MX2 rs45430 (P = 0.008) to be significantly associated with multiple primary melanoma, while NCOA6 rs4911442 approached significance (P=0.06). TheGEMStudy provides additional evidence for the relevance of these genetic regions to melanoma risk and estimates the magnitude of the observed genetic effect on development of subsequent primary melanoma. © 2015 American Association for Cancer Research.
Keywords: controlled study; major clinical study; single nucleotide polymorphism; cancer risk; cancer diagnosis; phenotype; heredity; melanoma; genetic association; genetic variability; genotype; age; haplotype; genetic predisposition; population based case control study; multiple primary melanoma; human; priority journal; article; single primary melanoma
Journal Title: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention
Volume: 24
Issue: 6
ISSN: 1055-9965
Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research  
Date Published: 2015-06-01
Start Page: 992
End Page: 997
Language: English
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-14-1426
PROVIDER: scopus
PMCID: PMC4452425
PUBMED: 25837821
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Notes: Export Date: 2 October 2015 -- Source: Scopus
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  1. Colin B Begg
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  2. Irene Orlow
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  3. Klaus J Busam
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  4. Ajay P Sharma
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