Researchers in Sweden have found links between the genes responsible for red hair and freckles and cancer.

From the article in The Local:

“In our study we have found that genes related to the number of birthmarks are also related to the risk of melanoma,” professor Håkan Olsson, senior doctor at the oncology department of the Lund University Hospital, said in a statement.

According to the international research group, the relationship between melanoma and the genes associated with red hair and freckles has proved to be even stronger than expected.

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