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Breast and Prostate Cancer Risks for MaleBRCA1andBRCA2Pathogenic Variant Carriers Using Polygenic Risk Scores
Barnes, Daniel R. , Silvestri, Valentina , Leslie, Goska , McGuffog, Lesley, Yang, Xin , Adlard, Julian , Agnarsson, Bjarni A. , Ahmed, Munaza, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrulis, Irene L. , Arason, Aðalgeir , Azzollini, Jacopo , Barkardóttir, Rósa B. , Barrowdale, Daniel , Belotti, Muriel, Berthet, Pascaline, Boonen, Susanne E. , Borg, Åke , Brady, Angela F., Brewer, Carole, Brunet, Joan , Bucalo, Agostino, Caldés, Trinidad , Cassingham, Hayley , Christensen, Lise Lotte , Cini, Giulia , Claes, Kathleen , Collaborators, GEMO Study, Collaborators, EMBRACE, Cortesi, Laura , Damante, Giuseppe , Darder, Esther , Davidson, Rosemarie, Leeneer, Kim De , Putter, Robin De , Valle, Jesús Del , Ding, Yuan Chun , Donaldson, Alan , Eason, Jacqueline , Eeles, Rosalind A. , Engel, Christoph , Evans, D. Gareth , Feliubadaló, Lídia , Frone, Megan N. , Frost, Debra, Gehrig, Andrea, Giraud, Sophie , Glendon, Gord , Goldgar, David E. , Greene, Mark H. , Gregory, Helen , Groß, Eva, Hahnen, Eric, Hamann, Ute, Hansen, Thomas van Overeem , Hanson, Helen , Horváth, Judit , Investigators, KConFab, Investigators, HEBON, Izatt, Louise , James, Paul A. , Janavičius, Ramūnas , Jensen, Uffe Birk , Johannsson, Oskar T., John, Esther M. , Kramer, Gero , Kroeldrup, Lone , Kruse, Torben A. , Lautrup, Charlotte Kvist , López‐Fernández, Adrià , Mai, Phuong L, Manoukian, Siranoush , Mátrai, Zoltán , Matricardi, Laura , Mebirouk, Noura, Meindl, Alfons , Montagna, Marco , Monteiro, Álvaro N.A. , Morrison, Patrick J. , Muranen, Taru , Nathanson, Katherine L. , Niederacher, Dieter , Oláh, Edith , Olopade, Olufunmilayo I. , Pedersen, Inge Søkilde , Peissel, Bernard , Peterlongo, Paolo , Petersen, Annabeth Høgh , Pinto, Pedro, Porteous, Mary, Pottinger, Caroline , Pujana, Miquel Angel, Ramser, Juliane, Rantala, Johanna, Rogers, Mark T., Rønlund, Karina, Abajo, A.M. SÁnchez De, Shah, Payal D. , Sharif, Saba , Side, Lucy, Stadler, Zsofia, Steele, Linda , Sutter, Christian , Tan, Yen Y. , Teixeira, Manuel R. , Teulé, Àlex , Thull, Darcy L. , Trainer, Alison H., Tripathi, Vishakha , Valentini, Virginia , Viel, Alessandra , Walker, Lisa, Wang‐Gohrke, Shan , Wappenschmidt, Barbara , Whaite, Anna , Offit, Kenneth, Thomassen, Mads , Schmutzler, Rita K., Simard, Jacques , Easton, Douglas F. , Chenevix‐Trench, Georgia , Antoniou, Antonis C. , Pujana, Miguel Ángel , Dennis, Joe , Yang, Xin , Adlard, Julian , Agnarsson, Bjarni A , Andrulis, Irene L , Arason, Adalgeir , Arnold, Norbert , Auber, Bernd , Azzollini, Jacopo , Barkardottir, Rosa B , Barrowdale, Daniel , Benitez, Javier , Boonen, Susanne E , Bozsik, Aniko , Brennan, Paul , Brunet, Joan , Bucalo, Agostino , Caligo, Maria A , Campbell, Ian G , Cassingham, Hayley , Cini, Giulia , Claes, Kathleen B M , Coppa, Anna , Cortesi, Laura , Darder, Esther , de la Hoya, Miguel , de Putter, Robin , Del Valle, Jesús , Domchek, Susan M , Donaldson, Alan , Eason, Jacqueline , Engel, Christoph , Fostira, Florentia , Frone, Megan , Glendon, Gord , Godwin, Andrew K. , Greene, Mark H , Hahnen, Eric , Hanson, Helen , Izatt, Louise , Izquierdo, Angel , James, Paul , John, Esther M , Kroeldrup, Lone , Kruse, Torben A , Lazaro, Conxi , Lesueur, Fabienne , Matrai, Zoltan , Montagna, Marco , Monteiro, Alvaro N , Morrison, Patrick J , Muranen, Taru A , Nathanson, Katherine L , Neuhausen, Susan L. , Nevanlinna, H , Nguyen-Dumont, Tu , Niederacher, Dieter , Palli, Domenico , Parsons, Michael T , Perez-Segura, Pedro , Peterlongo, Paolo , Pinto, Pedro , Pottinger, Caroline , Radice, Paolo , Robson, Mark , Rump, Andreas , Sharif, Saba , Steele, Linda , Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique , Teixeira, Manuel R , Thull, Darcy L , Tischkowitz, Marc D. , Toland, Amanda Ewart , Tommasi, Stefania , Toss, Angela , Tripathi, Vishakha , Valentini, Virginia , van Asperen, Christi J , Venturelli, Marta , Viel, Alessandra , Joseph, Vijai , Whaite, Anna , Simard, Jacques , Easton, Doug , Chenevix-Trench, Georgia , Ottini, Laura , Barnes, Daniel R , Leslie, Goska , Pujana, Miquel Angel , Eeles, Rosalind A , Evans, D Gareth , Matricardi, Laura , Olopade, Olufunmilayo I , Silvestri, Valentina , De Leeneer, Kim , Feliubadaló, Lidia , Hansen, Thomas van Overeem , Manoukian, Siranoush , Arnold, Norbert , Auber, Bernd , Balmañà, Judith , Barwell, Julian , Benı́tez, Javier , Bozsik, Anikó , Brady, Angela F., Buys, Saundra S. , Caligo, Maria A. , Campbell, Ian , Collaborators, GEMO Study, Collaborators, EMBRACE, Cook, Jackie A , Hoya, Miguel de la , Dı́ez, Orland , Domchek, Susan M. , Gallagher, David James , Hentschel, Julia , Investigators, KConFab, Investigators, HEBON, Izquierdo, Á. , Lázaro, Conxi , Lesueur, Fabienne , Mai, Phuong L, Maxwell, Kara N. , Meindl, Alfons , Nevanlinna, Heli , Nguyen‐Dumont, Tú , Palli, Domenico , Parsons, Michael T. , Radice, Paolo , Robson, Mark E. , Rump, Andreas , Singer, Christian F. , Stoppa‐Lyonnet, Dominique , Asperen, Christi J. van , Vijai, Joseph , Zanna, Ines , Couch, Fergus J. , Ottini, Laura
JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute | July 26, 2021 | Volume: 114 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 109-122
AbstractBackgroundRecent population-based female breast cancer and prostate cancer polygenic risk scores (PRS) have been developed. We assessed the associations of these PRS with breast and prostate cancer risks for male BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variant carriers.Methods483 BRCA1 and 1318 BRCA2 European ancestry male carriers were available from the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA). A 147-single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) prostate cancer PRS (PRSPC) and a 313-SNP breast cancer PRS were evaluated. There were 3 versions of the breast cancer PRS, optimized to predict overall (PRSBC), estrogen receptor (ER)–negative (PRSER-), or ER-positive (PRSER+) breast cancer risk.ResultsPRSER+ yielded the strongest association with breast cancer risk. The odds ratios (ORs) per PRSER+ standard deviation estimates were 1.40 (95% confidence interval [CI] =1.07 to 1.83) for BRCA1 and 1.33 (95% CI = 1.16 to 1.52) for BRCA2 carriers. PRSPC was associated with prostate cancer risk for BRCA1 (OR = 1.73, 95% CI = 1.28 to 2.33) and BRCA2 (OR = 1.60, 95% CI = 1.34 to 1.91) carriers. The estimated breast cancer odds ratios were larger after adjusting for female relative breast cancer family history. By age 85 years, for BRCA2 carriers, the breast cancer risk varied from 7.7% to 18.4% and prostate cancer risk from 34.1% to 87.6% between the 5th and 95th percentiles of the PRS distributions.ConclusionsPopulation-based prostate and female breast cancer PRS are associated with a wide range of absolute breast and prostate cancer risks for male BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers. These findings warrant further investigation aimed at providing personalized cancer risks for male carriers and informing clinical management.
Common variants of the BRCA1 wild-type allele modify the risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 mutation carriers
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Human Molecular Genetics | September 3, 2011 | Volume: 20 | Issue: 23 | Pages: 4732-4747
AURKAF31I Polymorphism and Breast Cancer Risk inBRCA1andBRCA2Mutation Carriers: A Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 Study
Sinilnikova, Olga M., Vierkant, Robert A. , Fredericksen, Zachary S., Coupier, Isabelle, Hughes, David J. , Hardouin, Agnès, Berthet, Pascaline, Peock, Susan, Cook, Margaret , Baynes, Caroline, Hodgson, Shirley, Porteous, Mary, Jakubowska, Anna , Spurdle, Amanda B. , kConFab, Schmutzler, Rita K., Versmold, Beatrix, Engel, Christoph , Meindl, Alfons , Sutter, Christian , Horst, Jürgen, Schaefer, Dieter, Offit, Kenneth, Kirchhoff, Tomas , Andrulis, Irene L. , Ilyushik, Eduard, Glendon, Gordon, Vasen, Hans F. A. , Borg, Åke , Backenhorn, Katja, Struewing, Jeffery P. , Greene, Mark H. , Nathanson, Katherine L. , Zikán, Michal , Foretová, Lenka , Sellers, Thomas A. , Lindor, Noralane M. , Nevanlinna, Heli , Tommiska, Johanna , Aittomäki, Kristiina, Hamann, Ute , Rashid, Muhammad Usman , Torres, Diana , Simard, Jacques , Durocher, Francine , Lynch, Henry T., Weitzel, Jeffrey N. , Olopade, Olufunmilayo I. , Narod, Steven A. , Daly, Mary B., Easton, Douglas F., Chenevix‐Trench, Georgia , Antoniou, Antonis C. , Evans, D. Gareth , Thorne, Heather , Couch, Fergus J. , Pankratz, V. Shane , Stoppa‐Lyonnet, Dominique , Morrison, Patrick J. , Lubiński, Jan , Gronwald, Jacek , kConFab, Meindl, Alfons , Devilee, Peter , Vreeswijk, Maaike P.G. , Neuhausen, Susan L. , Rebbeck, Timothy R. , Domchek, Susan M. , Wagner, Theresa Maria , Garber, Judy E. , Szabo, Csilla I. , Olson, Janet E. , Guénard, Frédéric , Isaacs, Claudine , Godwin, Andrew K. , Tomlinson, Gail Elizabeth , Nevanlinna, H , Spurdle, Amanda B , Vierkant, Robert A , Weitzel, Jeffrey N , Evans, D Gareth , Olopade, Olufunmilayo I , Jakubowska, Anna , Torres, Diana , Nathanson, Katherine L , Engel, Christoph , Simard, Jacques , Chenevix-Trench, Georgia , Rashid, Muhammad U , Hughes, David J
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention | July 12, 2007 | Volume: 16 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 1416-1421
AbstractThe AURKA oncogene is associated with abnormal chromosome segregation and aneuploidy and predisposition to cancer. Amplification of AURKA has been detected at higher frequency in tumors from BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers than in sporadic breast tumors, suggesting that overexpression of AURKA and inactivation of BRCA1 and BRCA2 cooperate during tumor development and progression. The F31I polymorphism in AURKA has been associated with breast cancer risk in the homozygous state in prior studies. We evaluated whether the AURKA F31I polymorphism modifies breast cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers from the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2. Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 was established to provide sufficient statistical power through increased numbers of mutation carriers to identify polymorphisms that act as modifiers of cancer risk and can refine breast cancer risk estimates in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. A total of 4,935 BRCA1 and 2,241 BRCA2 mutation carriers and 11 individuals carrying both BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations was genotyped for F31I. Overall, homozygosity for the 31I allele was not significantly associated with breast cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers combined [hazard ratio (HR), 0.91; 95% confidence interval (95% CI), 0.77-1.06]. Similarly, no significant association was seen in BRCA1 (HR, 0.90; 95% CI, 0.75-1.08) or BRCA2 carriers (HR, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.67-1.29) or when assessing the modifying effects of either bilateral prophylactic oophorectomy or menopausal status of BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers. In summary, the F31I polymorphism in AURKA is not associated with a modified risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007;16(7):1416–21)