The effect on melanoma risk of genes previously associated with telomere length

Mark M Iles¹, D Timothy Bishop¹, John C Taylor¹+58

• ¹Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, Leeds Cancer Research UK Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK (MMI, DTB, JCT, MHa, JRM, JANB, JHB); Oncogenomics (NKH), Genetic Epidemiology (NGM), Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Laboratory (GLRS), Cancer Control Group (DCW), Statistical Genetics (SM, MHL), and Molecular Epidemiology (GWM), QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia; INSERM, UMR-946, Genetic Variation and Human Diseases Unit, Paris, France (MB, FD); Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie, Paris, France (MB, FD); Cancer Epidemiology and Services Research, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Australia (AEC); Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (AMD, PDPP); Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX (JEL); Centre for Genetic Origins of Health and Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia (EKM, SVW); Centre for Cancer Biomarkers CCBIO (LAA) and Gade Laboratory for Pathology (AM), Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Department of Pathology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway (LAA); Department of Pathology, Molecular Pathology (PAA) and Department of Dermatology (PH), Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Cochin, Service de Dermatologie, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France (MFA); Department of Dermatology (EA) and Oncogenics Unit (EA, EF), Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel (EA); Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy (GBS, EFPG); Laboratory of Genetics of Rare Hereditary Cancers, San Martino-IST Research Hospital, Genoa, Italy (GBS, EFPG); Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Gene