Does genetic risk modify the effect of skin screening on melanoma detection rates?

Nirmala PandeyaJean Claude DusingizeCatherine M Olsen Stuart MacgregorRachel E NealeMatthew H Law David C Whiteman

Published in: The British journal of dermatology (2023)

Genetic risk predicts subsequent melanoma incidence, and is weakly associated with screening behaviour, but does not explain the higher rate of melanoma detection between screened and unscreened people.

Keyphrases

skin cancer
genome wide
loop mediated isothermal amplification
label free
real time pcr
copy number
basal cell carcinoma
dna methylation
quantum dots