Wilma Bergman

TL;DR: A locus for familial melanoma, MLM, has been mapped within the same interval on chromosome 9p21 as the gene for a putative cell cycle regulator, p16INK4 (CDKN2) MTS1, suggesting that CDKN2 is a good candidate for MLM.

TL;DR: This study indicates that the penetrance of CDKN2A mutation penetrance varies with melanoma population incidence rates, and suggests that the same factors that affect population incidence of melanoma may also mediate CD KN2A penetrance.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the relationship of melanocortin 1 receptor gene variants, fair skin, red hair and the development of melanoma in 123 patients with cutaneous melanoma and 385 control subjects.

TL;DR: This GenoMEL study provides the most extensive characterization of mutations in high-risk melanoma susceptibility genes in families with three or more melanoma patients yet available and there was little evidence for an association between CDKN2A mutations and NST, but there was a marginally significant association between NST and ARF.

TL;DR: The variation in CDKN2A mutations for the four features across continents is consistent with the lower melanoma incidence rates in Europe and higher rates of sporadic melanoma in Australia, which reflects the divergent spectrum of mutations in families from Australia versus those from North America and Europe.