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colorectal cancer (-93G>A, rs1800734) 1,518 patients with CRC, homozygosity for the MLH1 -93A variant was associated with a significantly increased 3-fold risk of CRC negative for MLH1 protein by immunohistochemistry (odds ratio (OR): AA vs GG = 3.30, 95% CI 1.46-7.47, n = 1392, p = 0.004, MLH1 negative vs MLH1 positive CRC) and with a 68% excess of proximal CRC (OR: AA vs GG=1.68, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.00-2.83, n = 1,518, p = 0.05, proximal vs distal CRC) [PharmGKB:Curated This promoter variant is a risk allele for the development of cancer after methylating chemotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma.] [OMIM:MutL, E. COLI, HOMOLOG OF, 1; MLH1]