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Does the Addition of Information on Genotype Improve Prediction of the Risk of Melanoma and Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer beyond That Obtained from Skin Phenotype?
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Dwyer, T and Stankovich, J and Blizzard, CL and Fitzgerald, LM and Dickinson, JL and Reilly, A and Williamson, J and Ashbolt, R and Berwick, M and Sale, MM, Does the Addition of Information on Genotype Improve Prediction of the Risk of Melanoma and Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer beyond That Obtained from Skin Phenotype?, American Journal of Epidemiology, 159, (9) pp. 826-833. ISSN 0002-9262 (2004) [Refereed Article]
Abstract
The authors quantified improvement in predicting cutaneous malignant melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin made possible by information on common variants of the melanocortin-1 receptor gene (MC1R) in a 1998-1999 population-based case-control study of subjects aged 20-59 years of northern European ancestry in Tasmania, Australia. Melanin density at the upper inner arm was estimated by spectrophotometry. DNA samples were genotyped for five MC1R variants: Val60Leu, Asp84Glu, Arg151Cys, Arg160Trp, and Asp294His. Among controls (n = 267), variant carriers, versus noncarriers, had lower (p < 0.01) mean melanin concentrations. Increased risk conferred by genotype was restricted mainly to those with the darkest skins: for subjects with at least 2% melanin, the odds of carrying each additional variant were higher for cutaneous malignant melanoma (n = 39; odds ratio = 1.45, 95% confidence interval: 0.87, 2.44), basal cell carcinoma (n = 35; odds ratio = 1.86, 95% confidence interval: 1.14, 3.02), and squamous cell carcinoma (n = 42; odds ratio = 2.67, 95% confidence interval: 1.50, 4.74) cases than for controls (n = 135). Adding MC1R information to prediction based on age, sex, and cutaneous melanin increased the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve by 1.4% (cutaneous malignant melanoma), 3.2% (basal cell carcinoma), or 2.0% (squamous cell carcinoma). The improvement in prediction was probably too small to be valuable in a clinical setting.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | Health Sciences |
| Research Group: | Epidemiology |
| Research Field: | Epidemiology not elsewhere classified |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Clinical health |
| Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Dwyer, T (Professor Terry Dwyer) |
| UTAS Author: | Stankovich, J (Dr Jim Stankovich) |
| UTAS Author: | Blizzard, CL (Professor Leigh Blizzard) |
| UTAS Author: | Fitzgerald, LM (Dr Liesel Fitzgerald) |
| UTAS Author: | Dickinson, JL (Professor Joanne Dickinson) |
| UTAS Author: | Reilly, A (Ms Anne Reilly) |
| UTAS Author: | Ashbolt, R (Mrs Ashbolt) |
| UTAS Author: | Sale, MM (Dr Michele Sale) |
| ID Code: | 29666 |
| Year Published: | 2004 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 48 |
| Deposited By: | Menzies Centre |
| Deposited On: | 2004-08-01 |
| Last Modified: | 2007-05-29 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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