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Melanoma in situ

near MTAP · rs958219

What the study found

Who was studied 3,564 European ancestry cases, 734,933 European ancestry controls.

The effect Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 0.19 higher (95% confidence interval 0.15-0.23); p = 8 × 10−15.

How common The T allele had a frequency of about 51% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 9, band 9p21.3 — between genes, 18.4 kb from MTAP.

What each result means

C/C No copy of the version the research linked to Melanoma in situ. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
C/T One copy of the version the research linked to Melanoma in situ. That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/T Two copies of the version the research linked to Melanoma in situ. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
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Questions about rs958219

What is rs958219?

rs958219 is a single position in the genome, in or near the near MTAP gene. Published research associates it with melanoma in situ. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs958219 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 rs958219 come from?

GWAS Catalog, JAMA dermatology 2024, PMID:39141363. 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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