C Pellegrini, L Cardelli, P Ghiorzo, L Pastorino, M Potrony, Z García-Casado, L Elefanti, I Stefanaki, M Mastrangelo, S Necozione, P Aguilera, A Rodríguez-Hernández, L Di Nardo, T Rocco, L Del Regno, C Badenas, C Carrera, J Malvehy, C Requena, J Bañuls, A J Stratigos, K Peris, C Menin, D Calista, E Nagore, S Puig, M T Landi, M C Fargnoli
BACKGROUND: Most of large epidemiological studies on melanoma susceptibility have been conducted on fair skinned individuals (US, Australia and Northern Europe), while Southern European populations, characterized by high UV exposure and dark-skinned individuals, are underrepresented. OBJECTIVES: We report a comprehensive pooled analysis of established high- and intermediate-penetrance genetic variants and clinical characteristics of Mediterranean melanoma families from the MelaNostrum Consortium...
August 23, 2023: Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology: JEADV