Abbreviations
CM : Cutaneous Melanoma.
NA : no data provided, or published OR (Odds Ratio) used, or in case of overlap, data included in original study.
Source : "CL" (clinic-based), "PO" (population-based), "NHS" (Nurses Health Study), "HPFS" (Health Professionals Follow-up Study).
Design : "CC" (case-control), "FBAT" (Family-Based Study).
Association with Melanoma: Overall conclusion reached by authors of the original publication ("P" indicates significant (P < 0.05) association in at least one of the performed analyses, and "NS" indicates non - significant association); results obtained in duplicate or largely overlapping samples are listed as "NA".
Genotypes in cases and controls
M/M: Major / Major
M/m: Major / minor
m/m: minor / minor
Studies
192
Genes
280
Polymorphisms
1,114
Meta-analyses
79
1. Emmanouil Athanasiadis, Antonopoulou Kyriaki, Chatzinasiou Foteini, Christina Lill, Marilena Bourdakou, Argiris Sakellariou, Katerina Kypreou, Irene Stefanaki, Evangelos Evangelou, John Ioannidis, Lars Bertram, Alexander Stratigos and George Spyrou. (2014) A Web-based database of genetic association studies in cutaneous melanoma enhanced with network-driven data exploration tools. Database, Vol. 2014: article ID bau101; doi:10.1093/database/bau101.
2. Kyriaki Antonopoulou, Irene Stefanaki, Christina M Lill, Foteini Chatzinasiou, Katerina Kypreou, Fani Karagianni, Emmanouil Athanasiadis, George M Spyrou, John P A Ioannidis, Lars Bertram, Evangelos Evangelou and Alexander J Stratigos. (2014) Updated Field Synopsis and Systematic Meta-Analyses of Genetic Association Studies in Cutaneous Melanoma: The MelGene Database, J Invest Dermatol, doi:10.1038/jid.2014.491 .
3. Foteini Chatzinasiou, Christina M. Lill, Katerina Kypreou, Irene Stefanaki, Vasiliki Nicolaou, George Spyrou, Evangelos Evangelou, Johannes T. Roehr, Elizabeth Kodela, Andreas Katsambas, Hensin Tsao, John P.A. Ioannidis, Lars Bertram, Alexander J. Stratigos. (2011) Comprehensive Field Synopsis and Systematic Meta-analyses of Genetic Association Studies in Cutaneous Melanoma, J Natl Cancer Inst 103:1-9.