Indoor tanning and risk of early-onset basal cell carcinoma
Ferrucci LM, Cartmel B, Molinaro AM, Leffell DJ, Bale AE, Mayne ST. Indoor tanning and risk of early-onset basal cell carcinoma. Journal Of The American Academy Of Dermatology 2011, 67: 552-562. PMID: 22153793, PMCID: PMC3307842, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2011.11.940.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly-onset basal cell carcinomaBasal cell carcinomaIndoor tanningCell carcinomaOdds ratioMultiple basal cell carcinomasBenign skin conditionsStrong risk factorConfidence intervalsMultivariate logistic regressionPotential recall biasYears of ageExposure-disease relationshipsIndoor tanning devicesAge of initiationRisk factorsBiopsy siteEpidemiologic studiesSkin conditionsReferent groupControl populationTanning devicesLogistic regressionRecall biasIndoor tannersHost Phenotype Characteristics and MC1R in Relation to Early-Onset Basal Cell Carcinoma
Ferrucci LM, Cartmel B, Molinaro AM, Gordon PB, Leffell DJ, Bale AE, Mayne ST. Host Phenotype Characteristics and MC1R in Relation to Early-Onset Basal Cell Carcinoma. Journal Of Investigative Dermatology 2011, 132: 1272-1279. PMID: 22158557, PMCID: PMC3305835, DOI: 10.1038/jid.2011.402.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDermatopathology databaseSkin reactionsCase statusBasal cell carcinoma incidenceMelanocortin 1 receptor gene variantsNon-synonymous variantsBenign skin conditionsBasal cell carcinomaReceptor gene variantsCarcinoma incidenceCell carcinomaBCC riskEpidemiologic studiesSelf-reported phenotypesLower riskSkin conditionsBCC casesSkin cancerOlder populationYoung individualsGene variantsPhenotype-genotype interactionsHost characteristicsPhenotype characteristicSkin color