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Cutaneous malignant melanoma

CDKN2B · rs3217986

Where this position leads

Condition: Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma

What the study found

Who was studied 36,760 European ancestry cases, 375,188 European ancestry controls.

The effect The reported allele is G; the catalogue records no effect size ; p = 4 × 10⁻²².

How common The G allele had a frequency of about 9% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 9, band 9p21.3 — in the 3′ untranslated region of CDKN2B.

What ClinVar records

Classification Uncertain significance for Three Vessel Coronary Disease; no assertion criteria provided (0 of 4 stars, 1 submitter). ClinVar record 812643 NC_000009.12:g.22005331T>G

What this is ClinVar's aggregate record for this position (as of its 2026-10-12 release), not a result about you. A classification describes the variant against the condition named, as laboratories submitted it. Whether a person carries this variant, and what that would mean for them, is a question for a clinical test and a genetic counsellor.

What each result means

G/G Two copies of the version the research linked to Cutaneous malignant melanoma. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.

G/T One copy of the version the research linked to Cutaneous malignant melanoma. That is a smaller link than two copies.

T/T No copy of the version the research linked to Cutaneous malignant melanoma. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.

Source

Genome-wide association meta-analyses combining multiple risk phenotypes provide insights into the genetic architecture of cutaneous melanoma susceptibility

Landi MT, Bishop DT, MacGregor S, Machiela MJ, Stratigos AJ, Ghiorzo P, Brossard M, Calista D, Choi J, Fargnoli MC, Zhang T, Rodolfo M

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GenoMEL Consortium · Q-MEGA and QTWIN Investigators · ATHENS Melanoma Study Group · 23andMe · SDH Study Group · IBD Investigators · Essen-Heidelberg Investigators · AMFS Investigators · MelaNostrum Consortium

Nature genetics · 2020 · PMID 32341527 · open access

Questions about rs3217986

What is rs3217986?

rs3217986 is a single position in the genome, in or near the CDKN2B gene. Published research associates it with cutaneous malignant melanoma. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

What conditions is rs3217986 linked to?

On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma. The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.

Does having rs3217986 mean I will get this?

No. Common variants like this one move a probability slightly and, on their own, rarely decide anything about one person. Nothing on this page is a diagnosis, and health decisions should be made with a clinician who can see your whole picture.

Where does the information about rs3217986 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nature genetics 2020, PMID:32341527. Every variant on MyGeneLog comes from public primary sources and is published with its citation and the date it was checked.

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