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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2006 98(2):145-146; doi:10.1093/jnci/djj026
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© The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press.

CORRESPONDENCE

RESPONSE: Re: MC1R, ASIP, and DNA Repair in Sporadic and Familial Melanoma in a Mediterranean Population

Maria Teresa Landi, Peter Kanetsky, Alisa Goldstein, Ruth Pfeiffer

Affiliations of authors: Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD (MTL, AG, RP); University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, PA (PK)

Correspondence to: Maria Teresa Landi, MD, PhD, Genetic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, 6120 Executive Blvd., EPS 7114, Bethesda, MD 20892–7236 (e-mail: landim@mail.nih.gov).

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We welcomed the correspondence by Fargnoli et al., which confirmed our findings that variant alleles in the melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R) gene are associated with melanoma risk, with number of nevi, with pigmentation characteristics, and with melanoma thickness in an independent sample of Italian subjects. Overall, the results observed by Fargnoli et al. were remarkably similar to ours . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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