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Blomqvist, Carl

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3041-1938

Mayo Clinic

University of Helsinki

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Gene-Environment Interactions Relevant to Estrogen and Risk of Breast Cancer: Can Gene-Environment Interactions Be Detected Only among Candidate SNPs from Genome-Wide Association Studies?
Park, JooYong , Choi, Ji‐Yeob , Chung, Seokang , Song, Nan , Park, Sue K. , Han, Wonshik , Noh, Dong‐Young , Ahn, Sei-Hyun, Lee, Jong Won, Kim, Mi Kyung , Jee, Sun Ha , Wen, Wanqing , Bolla, Manjeet K. , Wang, Qin , Michailidou, Kyriaki , Shah, Mitul , Conroy, Don, Harrington, Patricia, Mayes, Rebecca , Hall, Per , Patel, Alpa V. , Couch, Fergus J. , Sawyer, Elinor J. , Roylance, Rebecca , Bojesen, Stig E. , Flyger, Henrik, Lambrechts, Diether , Baten, Adinda , Matsuo, Keitaro , Ito, Hidemi , Guénel, Pascal , Keeman, Renske , Schmidt, Marjanka K. , Wu, Anna H. , Tseng, Chiu-Chen, Cox, Angela , Investigators, kConFab, Andrulis, Irene L. , Hopper, John L., Wu, Pei‐Ei , Shen, Chen‐Yang , Fasching, Peter A. , Ekici, Arif B. , Muir, Kenneth, Brenner, Hermann , Arndt, Volker , Jones, Michael E. , Swerdlow, Anthony J, Hoppe, Reiner , Ko, Yon-Dschun, Hartman, Mikael , Li, Jingmei , Mannermaa, Arto, Hartikainen, Jaana M. , Benítez, Javier, Haiman, Christopher A. , Dörk, Thilo , Bogdanova, Natalia , Teo, Soo‐Hwang , Taib, Nur Aishah Mohd , Fletcher, Olivia, Johnson, Nichola , Grip, Mervi, Winqvist, Robert , Nevanlinna, Heli , Lindblom, Annika , Wendt, Camilla, Kristensen, Vessela N. , Collaborators, NBCS, Tollenaar, Rob A.�E.�M. , Heemskerk‐Gerritsen, Bernadette A. M. , Bonanni, Bernardo , Hamann, Ute, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Martinez, Maria Elena, Easton, Douglas F., Yoo, Keun-Young, Lambrechts, Diether , Song, Nan , Park, Sue K , Kim, Mi Kyung , Dennis, Joe , Michailidou, Kyriaki , Hall, Per N , Matsuo, Keitaro , Ito, Hidemi , Keeman, Renske , Schmidt, Marjanka K , Fasching, Peter A , Brenner, Hermann , Arndt, Volker , Hartikainen, Jaana M , Dörk, Thilo , Bogdanova, Natalia V , Johnson, Nichola , Nevanlinna, H , Heemskerk-Gerritsen, Bernadette A M , Bonanni, Bernardo , Lambrechts, Diether , Teo, Soo H , Jones, Michael E , Lambrechts, Diether , Cox, Angela , Guénel, Pascal , Hartman, Mikael , Li, Jingmei , Ekici, Arif B , Bojesen, Stig E , Lindblom, Annika , Mohd Taib, Nur Aishah , Sawyer, Elinor J , Choi, Jaesung , Czene, Kamila , Teras, Lauren R. , Couch, Fergus J. , Olson, Janet E. , Truong, Thérèse , Cross, Simon S. , Investigators, kConFab, Southey, Melissa C. , Lophatananon, Artitaya , Ko, Yon‐Dschun, Mannermaa, Arto , González‐Neira, Anna , Fletcher, Olivia , Blomqvist, Carl , Wendt, Camilla, Collaborators, NBCS, Radice, Paolo , Manoochehri, Mehdi, Lacey, James V. , Dunning, Alison M. , Pharoah, Paul D.P. , Kang, Daehee

Cancers | May 14, 2021 | Volume: 13 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 2370

10.3390/cancers13102370 Get It

In this study we aim to examine gene–environment interactions (GxEs) between genes involved with estrogen metabolism and environmental factors related to estrogen exposure. GxE analyses were conducted with 1970 Korean breast cancer cases and 2052 controls in the case-control study, the Seoul Breast Cancer Study (SEBCS). A total of 11,555 SNPs from the 137 candidate genes were included in the GxE analyses with eight established environmental factors. A replication test was conducted by using an independent population from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC), with 62,485 Europeans and 9047 Asians. The GxE tests were performed by using two-step methods in GxEScan software. Two interactions were found in the SEBCS. The first interaction was shown between rs13035764 of NCOA1 and age at menarche in the GE|2df model (p-2df = 1.2 × 10−3). The age at menarche before 14 years old was associated with the high risk of breast cancer, and the risk was higher when subjects had homozygous minor allele G. The second GxE was shown between rs851998 near ESR1 and height in the GE|2df model (p-2df = 1.1 × 10−4). Height taller than 160 cm was associated with a high risk of breast cancer, and the risk increased when the minor allele was added. The findings were not replicated in the BCAC. These results would suggest specificity in Koreans for breast cancer risk.
Breast Cancer Risk Factors and Survival by Tumor Subtype: Pooled Analyses from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium
Morra, Anna , Jung, Audrey , Behrens, Sabine , Keeman, Renske , Ahearn, Thomas U. , Arndt, Volker , Augustinsson, Annelie , Auvinen, Päivi , Becher, Heiko , Beckmann, Matthias W. , Bojesen, Stig E. , Bolla, Manjeet K. , Brenner, Hermann , Camp, Nicola J. , Campa, Daniele , Castelao, Jose E. , Choi, Ji‐Yeob , Cox, Angela , Easton, Douglas F. , Eccles, Diana M., Egan, Kathleen M. , Evans, D. Gareth , Fasching, Peter A. , Flyger, Henrik, Gago-Domínguez, Manuela , Gapstur, Susan M. , Gaudet, Mia M. , Grip, Mervi, Guénel, Pascal , Haiman, Christopher A. , Håkansson, Niclas , Hamann, Ute, Hartman, Mikael , Heyworth, Jane , Hoppe, Reiner , Hopper, John L. , Hunter, David J. , Jager, Agnes , Jakimovska, Milena , Janni, Wolfgang , Koutros, Stella , Kristensen, Vessela N. , Lambrechts, Diether , Li, Jingmei , Lindblom, Annika , Mannermaa, Arto , Manoochehri, Mehdi, Margolin, Sara , Mariapun, Shivaani, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, Muranen, Taru , Newman, William G. , Noh, Dong‐Young , Nordestgaard, Børge G. , Obi, Nadia , Olsson, Håkan , Park‐Simon, Tjoung‐Won , Petridis, Christos , Plaseska‐Karanfilska, Dijana , Rashid, Muhammad Usman , Rennert, Gad , Rennert, Gad , Rhenius, Valerie , Romero, Atocha , Saloustros, Emmanouil , Sawyer, Elinor J. , Schneeweiß, Andreas , Schwentner, Lukas , Shah, Mitul , Shen, Chen‐Yang , Tollenaar, Rob A.�E.�M. , Tomlinson, Ian , Torres, Diana , Vachon, Celine M. , Wang, Qin , Wang, Sophia , Williams, Justin A. , Winqvist, Robert , Wu, Anna H. , Yoo, Keun-Young, Yu, Jyh‐Cherng , Zheng, Wei , Yang, Xiaohong R. , Eliassen, A. Heather , García‐Closas, Montserrat , Teo, Soo‐Hwang , Chang‐Claude, Jenny , Eccles, Diana , Khaw, Kay‐Tee , Lambrechts, Diether , Arndt, Volker , Augustinsson, Annelie , Brenner, Hermann , Camp, Nicola J , Canzian, Federico , Cox, Angela , Dunning, Alison M , Evans, D Gareth , Fasching, Peter A , Gago-Dominguez, Manuela , García-Sáenz, José A , Gaudet, Mia M , Giles, Graham G , Guénel, Pascal , Hall, Per N , Hart, Steven N , Hartman, Mikael , Ito, Hidemi , Jager, Agnes , Jakubowska, Anna , Janni, Wolfgang , Kaaks, Rudolf , Kapoor, Pooja Middha , Koutros, Stella , Lambrechts, Diether , Li, Jingmei , Matsuo, Keitaro , Milne, Roger L , Muranen, Taru A , Newman, William G , Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won , Pharoah, Paul D P , Rennert, Gad , Rennert, Gad , Rhenius, Valerie , Romero, Atocha , Saloustros, Emmanouil , Schneeweiss, Andreas , Scott, Christopher , Southey, Melissa C , Stram, Daniel O. , Tamimi, Rulla M , Tomlinson, Ian , Torres, Diana , Vachon, Celine M. , Wolk, Alicja , Ziogas, Argyrios , Holmes, Michelle D , García-Closas, Montserrat , Teo, Soo H , Schmidt, Marjanka K , Chang-Claude, Jenny , Lambrechts, Diether , Behrens, Sabine , Eccles, Diana , Keeman, Renske , Zheng, Wei , Wang, Sophia S , Jung, Audrey Y , Becher, Heiko , Eliassen, A Heather , Håkansson, Niclas , Rashid, Muhammad U , Bojesen, Stig E , Lindblom, Annika , Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana , Sawyer, Elinor J , Anton‐Culver, Hoda , Freeman, Laura E. Beane , Blomqvist, Carl , Briceño, Ignacio , Brucker, Sara Yvonne , Canzian, Federico , Chanock, Stephen Jacob , Clarke, Christine L. , Couch, Fergus J. , Cross, Simon S. , Czene, Kamila , Dörk, Thilo , Dunning, Alison M. , Dwek, Miriam , García-Sáenz, José Á. , Giles, Graham G. , Han, Sileny , Hart, Steven N. , Ito, Hidemi , Jakubowska, Anna , Kaaks, Rudolf , Kang, Daehee , Middha, Pooja , Kitahara, Cari M. , Kraft, Peter , Lacey, James V. , Marchand, Loı̈c Le , Lubiński, Jan , Lush, Michael J. , Manoochehri, Mehdi, Matsuo, Keitaro , Milne, Roger L. , Olshan, Andrew F. , Pharoah, Paul D.P. , Presneau, Nadège , Scott, Christopher G. , Shu, Xiao‐Ou , Southey, Melissa C. , Tamimi, Rulla M. , Tapper, William , Troester, Melissa A. , Truong, Thérèse , Wolk, Alicja , Ziogas, Argyrios , Schmidt, Marjanka K.

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention | January 26, 2021 | Volume: 30 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 623-642

10.1158/1055-9965.epi-20-0924 Get It

Abstract Background: It is not known whether modifiable lifestyle factors that predict survival after invasive breast cancer differ by subtype. Methods: We analyzed data for 121,435 women diagnosed with breast cancer from 67 studies in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium with 16,890 deaths (8,554 breast cancer specific) over 10 years. Cox regression was used to estimate associations between risk factors and 10-year all-cause mortality and breast cancer–specific mortality overall, by estrogen receptor (ER) status, and by intrinsic-like subtype. Results: There was no evidence of heterogeneous associations between risk factors and mortality by subtype (Padj > 0.30). The strongest associations were between all-cause mortality and BMI ≥30 versus 18.5–25 kg/m2 [HR (95% confidence interval (CI), 1.19 (1.06–1.34)]; current versus never smoking [1.37 (1.27–1.47)], high versus low physical activity [0.43 (0.21–0.86)], age ≥30 years versus <20 years at first pregnancy [0.79 (0.72–0.86)]; >0–<5 years versus ≥10 years since last full-term birth [1.31 (1.11–1.55)]; ever versus never use of oral contraceptives [0.91 (0.87–0.96)]; ever versus never use of menopausal hormone therapy, including current estrogen–progestin therapy [0.61 (0.54–0.69)]. Similar associations with breast cancer mortality were weaker; for example, 1.11 (1.02–1.21) for current versus never smoking. Conclusions: We confirm associations between modifiable lifestyle factors and 10-year all-cause mortality. There was no strong evidence that associations differed by ER status or intrinsic-like subtype. Impact: Given the large dataset and lack of evidence that associations between modifiable risk factors and 10-year mortality differed by subtype, these associations could be cautiously used in prognostication models to inform patient-centered care.
Transcriptome‐wide association study of breast cancer risk by estrogen‐receptor status
Feng, Helian , Gusev, Alexander , Wu, Lang , Abu-Full, Zomoroda, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrulis, Irene L. , Antoniou, Antonis C. , Arason, Aðalgeir , Arndt, Volker , Aronson, Kristan J. , Asseryanis, Ella, Auer, Paul L. , Azzollini, Jacopo , Barkardóttir, Rósa B. , Barrowdale, Daniel , Beckmann, Matthias W. , Bermisheva, Marina , Białkowska, Katarzyna , Bogdanova, Natalia , Bojesen, Stig E. , Bolla, Manjeet K. , Borg, Åke , Brauch, Hiltrud , Brenner, Hermann , Brüning, Thomas , Burwinkel, Barbara , Caldés, Trinidad , Canisius, Sander , Campa, Daniele , Carter, Brian D., Castelao, Jose E. , Chang‐Claude, Jenny , Christiansen, Hans , Claes, Kathleen , Collaborators, GEMO Study, Collaborators, EMBRACE, Collaborators, GC‐HBOC study, Cox, Angela , Daly, Mary B., Leeneer, Kim De , Dörk, Thilo , Dwek, Miriam , Eccles, Diana M., Ejlertsen, Bent , Engel, Christoph , Fasching, Peter A. , Flyger, Henrik, Friedman, Eitan , Frost, Debra, Gabrielson, Marike , Ganz, Patricia A. , Gapstur, Susan M. , García‐Closas, Montserrat , Gaudet, Mia M. , Glendon, Gord , Goldberg, Mark S. , Goldgar, David E., González‐Neira, Anna , Greene, Mark H. , Guénel, Pascal , Haiman, Christopher A. , Hamann, Ute, Hake, Christopher R., He, Wei , Heyworth, Jane , Hogervorst, Frans B.L., Hooning, Maartje J. , Hoover, Robert N. , Hopper, John L. , Huang, Guanmengqian, Hulick, Peter J. , Humphreys, Keith , Imyanitov, Evgeny N., Investigators, ABCTB, Investigators, HEBON, Investigators, BCFR, Investigators, OCGN, Jakimovska, Milena , Jakubowska, Anna , James, Paul A. , Janavicius, Ramunas, Jankowitz, Rachel C. , John, Esther M. , Johnson, Nichola , Jung, Audrey , Kiiski, Johanna I. , Konstantopoulou, Irene , Kristensen, Vessela N. , Laitman, Yael , Lambrechts, Diether , Leroux, Dominique, Lester, Jenny, Lesueur, Fabienne , Lindor, Noralane M. , Lindström, Sara, Lo, Wing‐Yee, Loud, Jennifer T. , Makalic, Enes , Mannermaa, Arto, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Manoukian, Siranoush , Margolin, Sara , Matricardi, Laura , Maurer, Tabea, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, McGuffog, Lesley, Meindl, Alfons , Menon, Usha , Michailidou, Kyriaki , Kapoor, Pooja M., Montagna, Marco , Moreno, Fernando , Muranen, Taru , Nathanson, Katherine L. , Nevelsteen, Ines, Ņikitina-Zaķe, Liene , Offit, Kenneth, Oláh, Edith , Olopade, Olufunmilayo I. , Olsson, Håkan , Osório, Ana , Papp, J., Park‐Simon, Tjoung‐Won , Pedersen, Inge Søkilde , Peixoto, Ana , Peterlongo, Paolo , Peto, Julian , Phillips, Kelly‐Anne , Plaseska‐Karanfilska, Dijana , Poppe, Bruce , Pradhan, Nisha , Prajzendanc, Karolina , Punie, Kevin , Pylkäs, Katri , Rantala, Johanna, Rashid, Muhammad Usman , Rennert, Gad , Romero, Atocha , Saloustros, Emmanouil , Sandler, Dale P. , Santos, Catarina , Sawyer, Elinor J. , Schmutzler, Rita K., Schoemaker, Minouk J. , Scott, Rodney J. , Simard, Jacques , Skytte, Anne‐Bine , Soucy, Penny, Spinelli, John J. , Stone, Jennifer , Tapper, William , Taylor, Jack A. , Teixeira, Manuel R. , Terry, Mary Beth , Teulé, Àlex , Thomassen, Mads , Thöne, Kathrin , Thull, Darcy L. , Tollenaar, Rob A.�E.�M. , Torres, Diana , Vachon, Celine M. , Ouweland, Ans M.W. van den, Vega, Ana , Viel, Alessandra , Vieiro‐Balo, Paula, Wang, Qin , Wappenschmidt, Barbara , Weinberg, Clarice R. , Weitzel, Jeffrey N. , Wendt, Camilla, Winqvist, Robert , Yang, Xiaohong R., Easton, Douglas F. , Chenevix‐Trench, Georgia , Durocher, Francine , Eccles, Diana , Janavičius, Ramūnas , Khaw, Kay‐Tee , Lambrechts, Diether , Lindor, Noralane, Dörk, Thilo , Lambrechts, Diether , Hulick, Peter J , James, Paul , Lesueur, Fabienne , Peterlongo, Paolo , Rennert, Gad , Sandler, Dale P , Teixeira, Manuel R , Eccles, Diana , Menon, Usha , Vega, Ana , Weitzel, Jeffrey N , Claes, Kathleen B M , Azzollini, Jacopo , John, Esther M , Konstantopoulou, Irene , Matricardi, Laura , Olopade, Olufunmilayo I , Arndt, Volker , Jakubowska, Anna , Lambrechts, Diether , Brenner, Hermann , Cox, Angela , Guénel, Pascal , Muranen, Taru A , Romero, Atocha , Saloustros, Emmanouil , Torres, Diana , García-Closas, Montserrat , Makalic, Enes , Michailidou, Kyriaki , Bogdanova, Natalia V , Taylor, Jack A , Nathanson, Katherine L , Arason, Adalgeir , Barrowdale, Daniel , Engel, Christoph , Montagna, Marco , Viel, Alessandra , Simard, Jacques , Chenevix-Trench, Georgia , Jung, Audrey Y , Gabrielson, Marike , Stone, Jennifer , Pylkäs, Katri , Rashid, Muhammad U , De Leeneer, Kim , Manoukian, Siranoush , Bojesen, Stig E , Schoemaker, Minouk J , Weinberg, Clarice R , Phillips, Kelly-Anne , Terry, Mary Beth , Brauch, Hiltrud , Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana , Sawyer, Elinor J , Paşaniuc, Bogdan , Long, Jirong , Anton‐Culver, Hoda , Arun, Banu , Balmañà, Judith , Barnes, Daniel R. , Behrens, Sabine , Benı́tez, Javier , Blanco, Ana , Blomqvist, Carl , Boeckx, Bram , Bonanni, Bernardo , Borg, Åke , Briceño, Ignacio , Broeks, Annegien , Cai, Qiuyin , Caligo, Maria A. , Campbell, Ian , Carter, Jonathan , Chanock, Stephen Jacob , Chung, Wendy K. , Clarke, Christine L. , Collaborators, GEMO Study, Collaborators, EMBRACE, Collaborators, GC‐HBOC study, Couch, Fergus J. , Cross, Simon S. , Cybulski, Cezary , Czene, Kamila , Hoya, Miguel de la , Dennis, Joe , Devilee, Peter , Dı́ez, Orland , Domchek, Susan M. , dos‐Santos‐Silva, Isabel , Dunning, Alison M. , Ellberg, Carolina , Eriksson, Mikael , Fletcher, Olivia , Fostira, Florentia , Fritschi, Lin , Garber, Judy E. , García-Sáenz, José Á. , Giles, Graham G. , Godwin, Andrew K. , Goldgar, David E., Gronwald, Jacek , Hall, Per N , Hollestelle, Antoinette , Investigators, ABCTB, Investigators, HEBON, Investigators, BCFR, Investigators, OCGN, Isaacs, Claudine , Vijai, Joseph , Karlan, Beth Y. , Хуснутдинова, Э. К. , Lázaro, Conxi , Leslie, Goska , Lubiński, Jan , Mannermaa, Arto, Martens, John W.M. , Martı́nez, Marı́a Elena , Meindl, Alfons , Kapoor, Pooja M., Miller, Austin , Moserle, Lidia , Mulligan, Anna Marie , Neuhausen, Susan L. , Nevanlinna, Heli , Nielsen, Finn Cilius , Parsons, Michael T. , Pharoah, Paul D.P. , Presneau, Nadège , Radice, Paolo , Risch, Harvey A. , Robson, Mark E. , Schmidt, Marjanka K. , Schmidt, Daniel F. , Sharma, Priyanka , Shu, Xiao‐Ou , Singer, Christian F. , Southey, Melissa C. , Spurdle, Amanda B. , Swerdlow, Anthony J. , Tischkowitz, Marc D. , Toland, Amanda Ewart , Truong, Thérèse , Tung, Nadine , Vachon, Celine M. , Asperen, Christi J. van , Rensburg, Elizabeth J. van , Yannoukakos, Drakoulis , Ziogas, Argyrios , Milne, Roger L. , Zheng, Wei , Kraft, Peter , Jiang, Xia

Genetic Epidemiology | March 2, 2020 | Volume: 44 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 442-468

10.1002/gepi.22288 Get It

AbstractPrevious transcriptome‐wide association studies (TWAS) have identified breast cancer risk genes by integrating data from expression quantitative loci and genome‐wide association studies (GWAS), but analyses of breast cancer subtype‐specific associations have been limited. In this study, we conducted a TWAS using gene expression data from GTEx and summary statistics from the hitherto largest GWAS meta‐analysis conducted for breast cancer overall, and by estrogen receptor subtypes (ER+ and ER−). We further compared associations with ER+ and ER− subtypes, using a case‐only TWAS approach. We also conducted multigene conditional analyses in regions with multiple TWAS associations. Two genes, STXBP4 and HIST2H2BA, were specifically associated with ER+ but not with ER– breast cancer. We further identified 30 TWAS‐significant genes associated with overall breast cancer risk, including four that were not identified in previous studies. Conditional analyses identified single independent breast‐cancer gene in three of six regions harboring multiple TWAS‐significant genes. Our study provides new information on breast cancer genetics and biology, particularly about genomic differences between ER+ and ER− breast cancer.
Cancer Risks Associated With GermlinePALB2Pathogenic Variants: An International Study of 524 Families
Yang, Xin , Doroszuk, Alicja, Schneider, Sandra , Allen, Jamie , Decker, Brennan , Redman, James , Scarth, James A. , Plaskocinska, Inga, Luccarini, Craig , Shah, Mitul , Pooley, Karen A. , Dorling, Leila , Lee, Andrew , Adank, Muriel A. , Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrulis, Irene L. , Ang, Peter , Bernstein, Jonine L. , Bobolis, Kristie, Borg, Åke , Blomqvist, Carl , Claes, Kathleen , Cuggia, Adeline , Culver, Julie O. , Damiola, Francesca , Pauw, Antoine De , Dolinsky, Jill S. , Engel, Christoph , Evans, D. Gareth , Goode, Ellen L. , Gruber, Stephen B., Hahnen, Eric , Hake, Christopher R., Heikkinen, Tuomas , Hurley, Judith , Janavičius, Ramūnas , Kleibl, Zdeněk , Kleiblová, Petra , Konstantopoulou, Irene , Kvist, Anders , LaDuca, Holly , Lee, Ann S. G. , Lesueur, Fabienne , Mannermaa, Arto, Manoukian, Siranoush , McFarland, Rachel, McKinnon, Wendy, Meindl, Alfons , Metcalfe, Kelly , Taib, Nur Aishah Mohd , Moilanen, Jukka S. , Nathanson, Katherine L. , Ng, Pei Sze , Nguyen‐Dumont, Tú , Nielsen, Sarah M. , Obermair, Florian , Offit, Kenneth, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I. , Ottini, Laura , Penkert, Judith , Pylkäs, Katri , Ramus, Susan J. , Rudaitis, Vilius , Side, Lucy, Silva‐Smith, Rachel , Silvestri, Valentina , Skytte, Anne‐Bine , Slavin, Thomas, Soukupová, Jana , Trainer, Alison H., Unzeitig, Gary, Usha, Lydia , Hansen, Thomas van Overeem , Whitworth, James , Wood, Marie , Yip, Cheng Har , Yoon, Sook‐Yee , Yussuf, Amal , Zogopoulos, George , Goldgar, David E. , Chenevix‐Trench, Georgia , George, Sophia , Houdayer, Claude , James, Paul A. , El-Haffaf, Zaki, Ehrencrona, Hans , Janatová, Markéta , Peterlongo, Paolo , Nevanlinna, Heli, Schmutzler, Rita K., Teo, Soo‐Hwang , Weitzel, Jeffrey N. , Elliott, Aaron , Winqvist, Robert , Easton, Douglas F. , Antoniou, Antonis C. , Houdayer, Claude , James, Paul , Lesueur, Fabienne , Peterlongo, Paolo , Ramus, Susan J , Teo, Soo H , Weitzel, Jeffrey N , Claes, Kathleen B M , Ehrencrona, Hans , Evans, D Gareth , Konstantopoulou, Irene , Olopade, Olufunmilayo I , Silvestri, Valentina , Nathanson, Katherine L , Engel, Christoph , Nguyen-Dumont, Tu , Chenevix-Trench, Georgia , Ottini, Laura , Metcalfe, Kelly A , Pylkäs, Katri , Janatova, Marketa , Soukupova, Jana , Hansen, Thomas van Overeem , Kleibl, Zdenek , Manoukian, Siranoush , Mohd Taib, Nur Aishah , Decker, Brennan , Leslie, Goska , Dunning, Alison M. , Adlard, Julian , Barwell, Julian , CONCANNON, PATRICK J. , Dı́ez, Orland , Domchek, Susan M. , Fostira, Florentia , Garber, Judy E. , Golmard, Lisa , Maher, Eamonn R. , Mannermaa, Arto, Meindl, Alfons , Neuhausen, Susan L. , Radice, Paolo , Slavin, Thomas P. , Tondini, Carlo Alberto , Hopper, John L. , Pharoah, Paul D.P. , Balmañà, Judith , El-Haffaf, Zaki, Nevanlinna, Heli , Robson, Mark E. , Pal, Tuya , Couch, Fergus J. , Southey, Melissa C. , Foulkes, William D. , Tischkowitz, Marc D.

Journal of Clinical Oncology | December 16, 2019 | Volume: 38 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 674-685

10.1200/jco.19.01907 Get It

PURPOSETo estimate age-specific relative and absolute cancer risks of breast cancer and to estimate risks of ovarian, pancreatic, male breast, prostate, and colorectal cancers associated with germline PALB2 pathogenic variants (PVs) because these risks have not been extensively characterized.METHODSWe analyzed data from 524 families with PALB2 PVs from 21 countries. Complex segregation analysis was used to estimate relative risks (RRs; relative to country-specific population incidences) and absolute risks of cancers. The models allowed for residual familial aggregation of breast and ovarian cancer and were adjusted for the family-specific ascertainment schemes.RESULTSWe found associations between PALB2 PVs and risk of female breast cancer (RR, 7.18; 95% CI, 5.82 to 8.85; P = 6.5 × 10−76), ovarian cancer (RR, 2.91; 95% CI, 1.40 to 6.04; P = 4.1 × 10−3), pancreatic cancer (RR, 2.37; 95% CI, 1.24 to 4.50; P = 8.7 × 10−3), and male breast cancer (RR, 7.34; 95% CI, 1.28 to 42.18; P = 2.6 × 10−2). There was no evidence for increased risks of prostate or colorectal cancer. The breast cancer RRs declined with age ( P for trend = 2.0 × 10−3). After adjusting for family ascertainment, breast cancer risk estimates on the basis of multiple case families were similar to the estimates from families ascertained through population-based studies ( P for difference = .41). On the basis of the combined data, the estimated risks to age 80 years were 53% (95% CI, 44% to 63%) for female breast cancer, 5% (95% CI, 2% to 10%) for ovarian cancer, 2%-3% (95% CI females, 1% to 4%; 95% CI males, 2% to 5%) for pancreatic cancer, and 1% (95% CI, 0.2% to 5%) for male breast cancer.CONCLUSIONThese results confirm PALB2 as a major breast cancer susceptibility gene and establish substantial associations between germline PALB2 PVs and ovarian, pancreatic, and male breast cancers. These findings will facilitate incorporation of PALB2 into risk prediction models and optimize the clinical cancer risk management of PALB2 PV carriers.
PHIP- a novel candidate breast cancer susceptibility locus on 6q14.1
Jiao, Xiang , Collaborators, NBCS, Investigators, kConFab/AOCS, Aravidis, Christos , Marikkannu, Rajeshwari, Rantala, Johanna, Adamović, Tatjana , Maguire, Paula , Kremeyer, Bárbara , Holst, Susanna von, Kontham, Vinaykumar, Thutkawkorapin, Jessada , Margolin, Sara , Du, Quan , Lundin, Johanna , Michailidou, Kyriaki , Bolla, Manjeet K. , Wang, Qin , Andrulis, Irene L. , Antonenkova, Natalia, Beckmann, Matthias W. , Blomqvist, Carl , Blot, William J. , Bojesen, Stig E. , Brand, Judith S. , Brauch, Hiltrud , Brenner, Hermann , Brüning, Thomas , Burwinkel, Barbara , Chang‐Claude, Jenny , Couch, Fergus J. , Deming-Halverson, Sandra, Dörk, Thilo , Eriksson, Mikael , Fasching, Peter A. , Figueroa, Jonine D. , Flesch‐Janys, Dieter, Flyger, Henrik, Gabrielson, Marike , García‐Closas, Montserrat , González‐Neira, Anna , Guénel, Pascal , Guo, Qi , Gündert, Melanie , Haiman, Christopher A., Hallberg, Emily, Hamann, Ute , Harrington, Patricia, Hooning, Maartje J. , Hopper, John L. , Huang, Guanmengqian, Jakubowska, Anna , Jones, Michael E. , Kerin, Michael J. , Kosma, Veli‐Matti , Kristensen, Vessela N. , Lambrechts, Diether , Lubiński, Jan , Mannermaa, Arto, Meindl, Alfons, Mulligan, Anna Marie , Peto, Julian, Pylkäs, Katri , Radice, Paolo , Rhenius, Valerie , Sawyer, Elinor J. , Schmutzler, Rita K., Seynaeve, Caroline, Shah, Mitul , Simard, Jacques , Southey, Melissa C. , Swerdlow, Anthony J. , Truong, Thérèse , Wendt, Camilla, Winqvist, Robert , Easton, Douglas F. , Lindblom, Annika , Durocher, Francine , Bowtell, David D.L. , Lambrechts, Diether , Dörk, Thilo , Lambrechts, Diether , Swerdlow, Anthony J , Radice, Paolo , Southey, Melissa C , Jakubowska, Anna , Jones, Michael E , Lambrechts, Diether , Brenner, Hermann , Guénel, Pascal , García-Closas, Montserrat , Michailidou, Kyriaki , Simard, Jacques , Eriksson, Mikael , Figueroa, Jonine D , Gabrielson, Marike , Bowtell, David D , Collaborators, NBCS, Investigators, kConFab/AOCS, Picelli, Simone , Liu, Tao , Luo, Liping , Dennis, Joe , Lush, Michael J. , Ambrosone, Christine B. , Anton‐Culver, Hoda , Arndt, Volker , Boeckx, Bram , Bonanni, Bernardo , Broeks, Annegien , Cai, Qiuyin , Couch, Fergus J. , Cox, Angela , Cross, Simon S. , Devilee, Peter , dos‐Santos‐Silva, Isabel , Giles, Graham G. , Hooning, Maartje J. , Marchand, Loı̈c Le , Mannermaa, Arto, Martens, John W.M. , Meindl, Alfons, Milne, Roger L. , Neuhausen, Susan L. , Nevanlinna, Heli , Schmidt, Marjanka K. , Zheng, Wei , Benı́tez, Javier , Dunning, Alison M. , Pharoah, Paul D.P. , Czene, Kamila , Hall, Per N , Pylkäs, Katri , Lubinski, Jan , Bojesen, Stig E , Truong, Therese , Brauch, Hiltrud , Lindblom, Annika , Sawyer, Elinor J

Oncotarget | December 7, 2017 | Volume: 8 | Issue: 61 | Pages: 102769-102782

10.18632/oncotarget.21800 Get It

Gene‐panel testing of breast and ovarian cancer patients identifies a recurrent RAD51C duplication
Toiminen, H., Kvist, Anders , Törngren, Therese , Blomqvist, Carl , Couch, F.J., Aittomäki, Kristiina , Pelttari, L M , Nevanlinna, H , Pelttari, Liisa M. , Shimelis, Hussein , Borg, Alexander , Bützow, Ralf C. , Nevanlinna, Heli

Clinical Genetics | August 12, 2017 | Volume: 93 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 595-602

10.1111/cge.13123 Get It

Gene‐panel sequencing allows comprehensive analysis of multiple genes simultaneously and is now routinely used in clinical mutation testing of high‐risk breast and ovarian cancer patients. However, only BRCA1 and BRCA2 are often analyzed also for large genomic changes. Here, we have analyzed 10 clinically relevant susceptibility genes in 95 breast or ovarian cancer patients with gene‐panel sequencing including also copy number variants (CNV) analysis for genomic changes. We identified 12 different pathogenic BRCA1, BRCA2, TP53, PTEN, CHEK2, or RAD51C mutations in 18 of 95 patients (19%). BRCA1/2 mutations were observed in 8 patients (8.4%) and CHEK2 protein‐truncating mutations in 7 patients (7.4%). In addition, we identified a novel duplication encompassing most of the RAD51C gene. We further genotyped the duplication in breast or ovarian cancer families (n = 1149), in unselected breast (n = 1729) and ovarian cancer cohorts (n = 553), and in population controls (n = 1273). Seven additional duplication carries were observed among cases but none among controls. The duplication associated with ovarian cancer risk (3/590 of all ovarian cancer patients, 0.5%, P = .032 compared with controls) and was found to represent a large fraction of all identified RAD51C mutations in the Finnish population. Our data emphasizes the importance of comprehensive mutation analysis including CNV detection in all the relevant genes.
Body mass index and breast cancer survival: a Mendelian randomization analysis
Guo, Qi , Burgess, Stephen , Bolla, Manjeet K. , Wang, Qin , Abraham, Jean , Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrulis, Irene L. , Apicella, Carmel, Berg, Christine D. , Blomqvist, Carl , Bojesen, Stig E. , Brand, Judith S. , Brenner, Hermann , Burwinkel, Barbara , Caldas, Carlos , Campa, Daniele , Canzian, Federico , Chang‐Claude, Jenny , Couch, Fergus J. , Darabi, Hatef, Diver, W. Ryan , Earl, Helena , Eccles, Diana M, Ekici, Arif B. , Eriksson, Mikael , Evans, D. Gareth , Fasching, Peter A. , Figueroa, Jonine D. , Flesch‐Janys, Dieter, Flyger, Henrik, Gapstur, Susan M. , Gaudet, Mia M. , Glendon, Gord, Grip, Mervi, Haeberle, Lothar, Haiman, Christopher A., Hamann, Ute, Hankinson, Susan E. , Hein, Alexander , Hiller, Louise , Hogervorst, Frans B.L., Holleczek, Bernd , Hooning, Maartje J. , Hoover, Robert N. , Humphreys, Keith , Hunter, David J., Hüsing, Anika , Jakubowska, Anna , Jukkola‐Vuorinen, Arja , Kabisch, Maria, Investigators, kConFab/AOCS, Knight, Julia A. , Koppert, Linetta B. , Kosma, Veli‐Matti , Kristensen, Vessela N. , Lambrechts, Diether , Li, Jingmei , Lindblom, Annika , Lindström, Sara, Lissowska, Jolanta , Lubiński, Jan , Machiela, Mitchell J. , Mannermaa, Arto, Manoukian, Siranoush , Margolin, Sara , Marmé, F., McLean, Catriona , Menéndez, Primitiva, Mulligan, Anna Marie , Muranen, Taru , Neven, Patrick , Nielsen, Sune F. , Nordestgaard, Børge G. , Perez, Jose IA, Peterlongo, Paolo , Phillips, Kelly‐Anne , Poole, Christopher, Pylkäs, Katri , Radice, Paolo , Rüdiger, Thomas , Sawyer, Elinor J. , Schumacher, Fredrick R. , Seynaeve, Caroline, Shah, Mitul , Smeets, Ann , Southey, Melissa C. , Tollenaar, Rob A.�E.�M. , Tomlinson, Ian , Ulmer, Hans-Ulrich, Vachon, Celine M. , Ouweland, Ans MW van den, Veer, Laura J. van’t , Wildiers, Hans , Winqvist, Robert , Zamora, M. Pilar , Chenevix‐Trench, Georgia , Dörk, Thilo , Easton, Douglas F. , García‐Closas, Montserrat , Kraft, Peter , Hopper, John L. , Pharoah, Paul D.P., Eccles, Diana , Bowtell, David D.L. , Lambrechts, Diether , Vachon, Celine, Turman, Constance , Lush, Michael J. , Arndt, Volker , Benı́tez, Javier , Bonanni, Bernardo , Broeks, Annegien , Chanock, Stephen Jacob , Chin, Suet‐Feung , Couch, Fergus J. , Cox, Angela , Cross, Simon S. , Cybulski, Cezary , Czene, Kamila , Devilee, Peter , Dunning, Alison M. , Eriksson, Mikael , Giles, Graham G. , Gronwald, Jacek , Hall, Per N , Hankinson, Susan E. , Hartikainen, Jaana M. , Hooning, Maartje J. , Kaaks, Rudolf , Kataja, Vesa , Investigators, kConFab/AOCS, Marchand, Loı̈c Le , Mannermaa, Arto, Martens, John W.M. , Milne, Roger L. , Nevanlinna, Heli , Olson, Janet E. , Rahman, Nazneen , Rudolph, Anja , Seibold, Petra , Tsimiklis, Helen , Vachon, Celine M. , Willett, Walter C. , Zheng, Wei , Schmidt, Marjanka K. , Dörk, Thilo , Lambrechts, Diether , Peterlongo, Paolo , Hein, Alexander , Eccles, Diana , Radice, Paolo , Lissowska, Jolanta , Caldas, Carlos , Evans, D Gareth , Southey, Melissa C , Canzian, Federico , Jakubowska, Anna , Lambrechts, Diether , Brenner, Hermann , Li, Jingmei , Muranen, Taru A , García-Closas, Montserrat , Ekici, Arif B , Kraft, Peter , Chenevix-Trench, Georgia , Figueroa, Jonine D , Machiela, Mitchell J , Hüsing, Anika , Bowtell, David D , Pylkäs, Katri , Manoukian, Siranoush , Lubinski, Jan , Bojesen, Stig E , Phillips, Kelly-Anne , Wildiers, Hans , Mclean, Catriona , Lindblom, Annika , Sawyer, Elinor J

International Journal of Epidemiology | June 29, 2017 | Volume: 46 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 1814-1822

10.1093/ije/dyx131 Get It

TP53-based interaction analysis identifies cis-eQTL variants for TP53BP2, FBXO28, and FAM53A that associate with survival and treatment outcome in breast cancer
Fagerholm, Rainer, Khan, Sofia , Schmidt, Marjanka K. , García‐Closas, Montserrat , Saarela, Jani , Beesley, Jonathan, Jamshidi, Maral, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Liu, Jianjun , Ali, H. Raza , Andrulis, Irene L. , Beckmann, Matthias W. , Blows, Fiona M., Brenner, Hermann , Chang‐Claude, Jenny, Couch, Fergus J. , Fasching, Peter A. , Figueroa, Jonine D. , Floris, Giuseppe , Glendon, Gord, Guo, Qi , Hallberg, Emily, Hamann, Ute , Holleczek, Bernd , Hooning, Maartje J. , Hopper, John L. , Jager, Agnes , Kabisch, Maria, Investigators, kConFab AOCS, Keeman, Renske , Kosma, Veli‐Matti, Lambrechts, Diether , Lindblom, Annika , Mannermaa, Arto, Margolin, Sara , Provenzano, Elena , Shah, Mitul , Southey, Melissa C. , Michailidou, Kyriaki , Wang, Qin, Bolla, Manjeet K. , Dunning, Alison M. , Easton, Douglas F. , Chenevix‐Trench, Georgia , Blomqvist, Carl , Thorne, Heather , Bowtell, David D.L. , Lambrechts, Diether , Heikkilä, Päivi , Behrens, Sabine , Couch, Fergus J. , Czene, Kamila , Hall, Per N , Hooning, Maartje J. , Mannermaa, Arto, Dennis, Joe , Lush, Michael J. , Wang, Qin, Pharoah, Paul D.P. , Nevanlinna, Heli , Lambrechts, Diether , Southey, Melissa C , Dunning, Alison M , Lambrechts, Diether , Brenner, Hermann , García-Closas, Montserrat , Schmidt, Marjanka K , Michailidou, Kyriaki , Chenevix-Trench, Georgia , Figueroa, Jonine D , Bowtell, David D , Lindblom, Annika , Liu, Jing

Oncotarget | February 7, 2017 | Volume: 8 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 18381-18398

10.18632/oncotarget.15110 Get It

Association of breast cancer risk with genetic variants showing differential allelic expression: Identification of a novel breast cancer susceptibility locus at 4q21
Hamdi, Yosr , Collaborators, NBCS, Soucy, Penny, Adoue, Véronique , Michailidou, Kyriaki , Canisius, Sander , Lemaçon, Audrey , Droit, Arnaud , Andrulis, Irene L. , Baynes, Caroline, Blomqvist, Carl , Bogdanova, Natalia , Bojesen, Stig E. , Bolla, Manjeet K. , Børresen‐Dale, Anne‐Lise , Brand, Judith S. , Brauch, Hiltrud , Brenner, Hermann , Burwinkel, Barbara , Chang‐Claude, Jenny , Darabi, Hatef, Devilee, Peter , Dörk, Thilo , Eriksson, Mikael , Fasching, Peter A. , Figueroa, Jonine D. , Flyger, Henrik, García‐Closas, Montserrat , Goldberg, Mark S. , González‐Neira, Anna , Grenaker-Alnæs, Grethe Irene, Guénel, Pascal , Haeberle, Lothar, Haiman, Christopher A., Hamann, Ute, Hallberg, Emily, Hooning, Maartje J. , Jakubowska, Anna , Jones, Michael E. , Kabisch, Maria, Kataja, Vesa , Lambrechts, Diether , Lindblom, Annika , Lubiński, Jan , Mannermaa, Arto, Maranian, Mel, Margolin, Sara , Marme, Frederik, Neven, Patrick , Olswold, Curtis, Peto, Julian, Plaseska‐Karanfilska, Dijana , Pylkäs, Katri , Radice, Paolo , Sawyer, Elinor J. , Schmidt, Marjanka K. , Shu, Xiao-Ou , Southey, Melissa C. , Swerdlow, Anthony J. , Tollenaar, Rob A.�E.�M. , Tomlinson, Ian , Torres, Diana , Truong, Thérèse , Vachon, Celine M. , Ouweland, Ans M.W. van den, Wang, Qin , Winqvist, Robert , Investigators, kConFab AOCS, Benı́tez, Javier , Chenevix‐Trench, Georgia , Dunning, Alison M. , Kristensen, Vessela N. , Easton, Douglas F. , Pastinen, Tomi , Simard, Jacques , Durocher, Francine , Zheng, Wei , Thorne, Heather , Lambrechts, Diether , Vachon, Celine, Collaborators, NBCS, Anton‐Culver, Hoda , Arndt, Volker , Bonanni, Bernardo , Broeks, Annegien , Couch, Fergus J. , Cox, Angela , Cross, Simon S. , Czene, Kamila , Dennis, Joe , dos‐Santos‐Silva, Isabel , Eriksson, Mikael , Giles, Graham G. , Hooning, Maartje J. , Hopper, John L. , Marchand, Loı̈c Le , Mannermaa, Arto , Milne, Roger L. , Neuhausen, Susan L. , Nevanlinna, Heli , Rudolph, Anja , Vachon, Celine M. , Zheng, Wei , Pharoah, Paul D.P. , Hall, Per N , Nord, Silje , Dörk, Thilo , Lambrechts, Diether , Swerdlow, Anthony J , Radice, Paolo , Southey, Melissa C , Dunning, Alison M , Jakubowska, Anna , Jones, Michael E , Lambrechts, Diether , Brenner, Hermann , Guénel, Pascal , Torres, Diana , García-Closas, Montserrat , Schmidt, Marjanka K , Michailidou, Kyriaki , Bogdanova, Natalia V , Benitez, Javier , Simard, Jacques , Chenevix-Trench, Georgia , Zheng, Wei , Figueroa, Jonine D , Pylkäs, Katri , Devilee, Peter , Lubinski, Jan , Bojesen, Stig E , Truong, Therese , Brauch, Hiltrud , Lindblom, Annika , Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana , Sawyer, Elinor J , Droit, Arnaud

Oncotarget | November 28, 2016 | Volume: 7 | Issue: 49 | Pages: 80140-80163

10.18632/oncotarget.12818 Get It

PALB2, CHEK2 and ATM rare variants and cancer risk: data from COGS
Southey, Melissa C. , Goldgar, David E, Winqvist, Robert , Pylkäs, Katri , Michailidou, Kyriaki , Rensburg, Elizabeth J. van , Heikkinen, Tuomas , Hopper, John L. , Dörk, Thilo , Claes, Kathleen , Teo, Zhi L. , Radice, Paolo , Catucci, Irene, Peterlongo, Paolo , Odefrey, Fabrice, Dowty, James G., Schmidt, Marjanka K. , Hogervorst, Frans B.L., Verhoef, Senno, Carpenter, Jane, Clarke, Christine L. , Scott, Rodney J. , Fasching, Peter A. , Haeberle, Lothar, Ekici, Arif B. , Beckmann, Matthias W. , Peto, Julian , Fletcher, Olivia , Johnson, Nichola , Bolla, Manjeet K. , Sawyer, Elinor J. , Tomlinson, Ian , Kerin, Michael J. , Miller, Nicola, Marmé, F., Burwinkel, Barbara , Guénel, Pascal , Truong, Thérèse , Sanchez, Marie, Bojesen, Stig E. , Nielsen, Sune F. , Flyger, Henrik, Benı́tez, Javier , Zamora, M. Pilar , Menéndez, Primitiva, Brenner, Hermann , Stegmaier, Christa, Brauch, Hiltrud , Brüning, Thomas , Ko, Yon‐Dschun, Muranen, Taru , Aittomäki, Kristiina, Blomqvist, Carl , Bogdanova, Natalia , Antonenkova, Natalia, Lindblom, Annika , Margolin, Sara , Mannermaa, Arto, Kataja, Vesa , Kosma, Veli‐Matti , Hartikainen, Jaana M. , Investigators, kConFab, Group, Australian Ovarian Cancer Study, Wauters, Els , Smeets, Dominiek, Beuselinck, Benoit , Floris, Giuseppe , Chang‐Claude, Jenny , Flesch‐Janys, Dieter, Vachon, Celine M. , McLean, Catriona , Haiman, Christopher A., Henderson, Brian E., Schumacher, Fredrick R. , Kristensen, Vessela, Alnæs, Grethe Grenaker, Zheng, Wei , Hunter, David J. , Lindström, Sara, Hankinson, Susan E. , Kraft, Peter , Andrulis, Irene L. , Knight, Julia A. , Glendon, Gord, Mulligan, Anna Marie , Jukkola‐Vuorinen, Arja , Grip, Mervi, Kauppila, Saila , Devilee, Peter , Tollenaar, Robert A.E.M., Seynaeve, Caroline, García‐Closas, Montserrat , Figueroa, Jonine D. , Lissowska, Jolanta , Darabi, Hatef, Eriksson, Mikael , Eccles, Diana M, Tapper, William , Gerty, Sue, Hooning, Maartje J. , Collée, J. Margriet, Tilanus‐Linthorst, Madeleine M.A., Li, Jingmei , Brand, Judith S. , Humphreys, Keith , Reed, Malcolm , Luccarini, Craig , Baynes, Caroline, Dunning, Alison M. , Hamann, Ute, Torres, Diana , Ulmer, Hans Ulrich, Rüdiger, Thomas , Jakubowska, Anna , Lubiński, Jan , Jaworska, Katarzyna, Durda, Katarzyna, Slager, Susan, Yannoukakos, Drakoulis , Swerdlow, Anthony J. , Ashworth, Alan , Orr, Nick , Jones, Michael E. , González‐Neira, Anna , Pita, Guillermo , Alonso, M. Rosario, Álvarez, Núria, Herrero, Daniel, Tessier, Daniel C., Vincent, Daniel , Bacot, François, Simard, Jacques , Dumont, Martine , Soucy, Penny, Eeles, Rosalind A. , Muir, Kenneth , Grönberg, Henrik , Schleutker, Johanna , Nordestgaard, Børge G. , Weischer, Maren , Travis, Ruth C. , Neal, David E. , Donovan, Jenny , Hamdy, Freddie C. , Stanford, Janet L. , Blot, William J. , Thibodeau, Stephen N. , Schaid, Daniel J. , Kelley, Joseph L., Maier, Christiane, Kibel, Adam S. , Butterbach, Katja, Kaneva, Radka , Batra, Jyotsna , Teixeira, Manuel R. , Olama, Ali Amin Al , Benlloch, Sara, Hartmann, Arndt , Hein, Alexander , Ruebner, Matthias , Lambrechts, Diether , Nieuwenhuysen, Els Van , Vergote, Ignace , Lambretchs, Sandrina, Rossing, Mary Anne, Nickels, Stefan , Eilber, Ursula, Wang‐Gohrke, Shan , Odunsi, Kunle , Sucheston‐Campbell, Lara, Friel, Grace , Lurie, Galina, Killeen, Jeffrey , Goodman, Marc T. , Runnebaum, Ingo B., Hillemanns, Peter , Pelttari, Liisa M. , Edwards, Robert P., Ness, Roberta B., Moysich, Kirsten B., Heitz, Florian , Harter, Philipp , Kommoss, Stefan , Walsh, Christine , Lester, Jenny, Jensen, Allan , Høgdall, Estrid , Peissel, Bernard , Bernard, Loris, Goode, Ellen L. , Vierkant, Robert A. , Cunningham, Julie M. , Fogarty, Zachary C. , Kalli, Kimberly R., Liang, Dong , Lu, Karen H., Hildebrandt, Michelle A.T., Wu, Xifeng , Levine, Douglas A. , Bisogna, Maria, Iversen, Edwin S., Marks, Jeffrey R. , Akushevich, Lucy , Schildkraut, Joellen M. , Terry, Kathryn L. , Stampfer, Meir J. , Tworoger, Shelley S. , Olson, Sara H. , Salvesen, Helga B., Altena, Anne M. van , Aben, Katja K.H. , Kiemeney, Lambertus A. , Massuger, Leon F.A.G. , Bean, Yukie T., Kelemen, Linda E., Le, Nhu D. , Górski, Bohdan , Menkiszak, Janusz , Høgdall, Claus , Lundvall, Lene, Nedergaard, Lotte , Engelholm, Svend Aage, Dicks, Ed , Campbell, Ian , McNeish, Iain A. , Whittemore, Alice S. , Rothstein, Joseph H. , McGuire, Valerie, Sieh, Weiva , Cai, Hui , Teten, Rachel Threet, Sutphen, Rebecca , McLaughlin, John R, Narod, Steven A., Phelan, Catherine M., Monteiro, Álvaro N.A. , Fenstermacher, David, Lin, Hui‐Yi , Sellers, Thomas A. , Chen, Y. Ann , Chen, Zhihua , Gayther, Simon A. , Ramus, Susan J. , Menon, Usha , Wu, Anna H. , Pearce, Celeste Leigh, Pike, Malcolm C., Dansonka‐Mieszkowska, Agnieszka , Plisiecka-Hałasa, Joanna, Moes-Sosnowska, Joanna , Kupryjańczyk, Jolanta , Song, Honglin , Winship, Ingrid , Chenevix‐Trench, Georgia , Tavtigian, Sean V. , Easton, Doug , Lu, Karen H. , Durocher, Francine , Eccles, Diana , Lambrechts, Diether , Vachon, Celine, Pankratz, Vernon S, Thibodeau, Stephen, Goldgar, David E, Couch, Fergus J. , Tischkowitz, Marc D. , Foulkes, William D. , Dennis, Joe , Nevanlinna, Heli , Reis‐Filho, Jorge S. , Tsimiklis, Helen , Broeks, Annegien , dos‐Santos‐Silva, Isabel , Yang, Rongxi , Ménégaux, F. , Sanchez, Marie, Pérez, José Ignacio Arias , Anton‐Culver, Hoda , Neuhausen, Susan L. , Ziogas, Argyrios , Clarke, Christina A. , Arndt, Volker , Mannermaa, Arto, Spurdle, Amanda B. , Group, Australian Ovarian Cancer Study, Rudolph, Anja , Seibold, Petra , Olson, Janet E. , Vachon, Celine M. , Pankratz, V. 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Journal of Medical Genetics | September 5, 2016 | Volume: 53 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 800-811

10.1136/jmedgenet-2016-103839 Get It

Background The rarity of mutations in PALB2, CHEK2 and ATM make it difficult to estimate precisely associated cancer risks. Population-based family studies have provided evidence that at least some of these mutations are associated with breast cancer risk as high as those associated with rare BRCA2 mutations. We aimed to estimate the relative risks associated with specific rare variants in PALB2, CHEK2 and ATM via a multicentre case-control study. Methods We genotyped 10 rare mutations using the custom iCOGS array: PALB2 c.1592delT, c.2816T>G and c.3113G>A, CHEK2 c.349A>G, c.538C>T, c.715G>A, c.1036C>T, c.1312G>T, and c.1343T>G and ATM c.7271T>G. We assessed associations with breast cancer risk (42 671 cases and 42 164 controls), as well as prostate (22 301 cases and 22 320 controls) and ovarian (14 542 cases and 23 491 controls) cancer risk, for each variant. Results For European women, strong evidence of association with breast cancer risk was observed for PALB2 c.1592delT OR 3.44 (95% CI 1.39 to 8.52, p=7.1×10−5), PALB2 c.3113G>A OR 4.21 (95% CI 1.84 to 9.60, p=6.9×10−8) and ATM c.7271T>G OR 11.0 (95% CI 1.42 to 85.7, p=0.0012). We also found evidence of association with breast cancer risk for three variants in CHEK2, c.349A>G OR 2.26 (95% CI 1.29 to 3.95), c.1036C>T OR 5.06 (95% CI 1.09 to 23.5) and c.538C>T OR 1.33 (95% CI 1.05 to 1.67) (p≤0.017). Evidence for prostate cancer risk was observed for CHEK2 c.1343T>G OR 3.03 (95% CI 1.53 to 6.03, p=0.0006) for African men and CHEK2 c.1312G>T OR 2.21 (95% CI 1.06 to 4.63, p=0.030) for European men. No evidence of association with ovarian cancer was found for any of these variants. Conclusions This report adds to accumulating evidence that at least some variants in these genes are associated with an increased risk of breast cancer that is clinically important.