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Nielsen, Finn C.

Mayo Clinic

Copenhagen University Hospital

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Association of Genomic Domains in BRCA1 and BRCA2 with Prostate Cancer Risk and Aggressiveness
Patel, Vivek , Busch, Evan L. , Cronin, Angel M., Leslie, Goska , McGuffog, Lesley, Adlard, Julian , Agata, Simona , Agnarsson, Bjarni A. , Ahmed, Munaza, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Alducci, Elisa, Andrulis, Irene L. , Arason, Aðalgeir , Artioli, Grazia, Arver, Brita, Auber, Bernd , Azzollini, Jacopo , Barkardóttir, Rósa B. , Barroso, Alicia, Barrowdale, Daniel , Belotti, Muriel, Bertelsen, Birgitte , Blok, Marinus J. , Bodrogi, I., Bonadona, Valérie, Bondavalli, Davide , Boonen, Susanne E. , Borde, Julika , Borg, Åke , Bradbury, Angela R. , Brady, Angela, Brewer, Carole, Brunet, Joan , Buecher, Bruno , Caldés, Trinidad , Caliebe, Almuth , Calvello, Mariarosaria , Carrasco, Estela , Chan, Tsun Leung , Claes, Kathleen , Collaborators, GEMO Study, Collaborators, EMBRACE, Cortesi, Laura , Daly, Mary B., Damante, Giuseppe , Darder, Esther , Davidson, Rosemarie, Puppa, Lara Della , Ding, Yuan Chun , Ditsch, Nina , Donaldson, Alan, Dworniczak, Bernd , Easton, Douglas F. , Eccles, Diana M., Eeles, Rosalind A. , Ehrencrona, Hans , Ejlertsen, Bent , Engel, Christoph , Evans, D. Gareth , Faivre, Laurence, Faust, Ulrike , Feliubadaló, Lídia , Foretová, Lenka , Fountzilas, George , Frost, Debra, García‐Barberán, Vanesa , Gauthier‐Villars, Marion , Géczi, Lajos , Gehrig, Andrea, Gesta, Paul , Giannini, Giuseppe , Glendon, Gord , Goldgar, David E. , Greene, Mark H. , Gutierrez‐Barrera, Angelica M. , Hahnen, Eric , Hamann, Ute, Hauke, Jan , Herold, Natalie, Hogervorst, Frans B.L., Honisch, Ellen, Hulick, Peter J. , Investigators, kConFab, Investigators, Hebon, Izatt, Louise , Jager, Agnes , James, Paul A. , Janavičius, Ramūnas , Jensen, Uffe Birk , Jensen, Thomas D., Johannsson, Oskar T., John, Esther M. , Kang, Eunyoung , Kast, Karin, Kiiski, Johanna I. , Kim, Sung-Won, Ko, Kwang‐Pil , Konstantopoulou, Irene , Kramer, Gero , Krogh, Lotte, Kruse, Torben A., Kwong, Ava , Larsen, Mirjam, Lasset, Christine , Lautrup, Charlotte Kvist , Lee, Jihyoun , Lee, Jong Won, Lee, Min Hyuk , Lesueur, Fabienne , Liljegren, Annelie , Lindblom, Annika , Llovet, Patricia , López‐Fernández, Adrià , López‐Perolio, Irene, Lorca, Víctor , Loud, Jennifer T. , S.K., Edmond , Mai, Phuong L., Manoukian, Siranoush , Mari, Véronique , Martin, Lynn , Matricardi, Laura , Mebirouk, Noura, Medici, Veronica, Meijers‐Heijboer, Hanne , Meindl, Alfons , Mensenkamp, Arjen R. , Miller, Clare , Gomes, D. Molina , Montagna, Marco , Mooij, Thea M. , Mouret‐Fourme, Emmanuelle, Nathanson, Katherine L. , Navrátilová, Marie , Niederacher, Dieter , Nielsen, Finn C., Ņikitina-Zaķe, Liene , Offit, Kenneth, Oláh, Edith , Olopade, Olufunmilayo I. , Ong, Kai-Ren, Osório, Ana , Ott, Claus‐Eric , Park, Sue K. , Pedersen, Inge Søkilde , Peissel, Bernard , Peixoto, Ana , Peterlongo, Paolo , Petersen, Annabeth Høgh , Porteous, Mary, Pujana, Miguel Ángel , Ramser, Juliane, Rantala, Johanna, Rashid, Muhammad Usman , Rhiem, Kerstin, Rizzolo, Piera , Rookus, Matti A. , Rossing, Caroline Maria, Ruddy, Kathryn J. , Santos, Catarina , Saule, Claire , Scarpitta, Rosa , Schmutzler, Rita K., Schuster, Hélène, Senter, Leigha , Seynaeve, Caroline, Shah, Payal D. , Silvestri, Valentina , Simard, Jacques , Skytte, Anne‐Bine , Snape, Katie , Solano, Ángela R. , Soucy, Penny, Sunde, Lone , Sutter, Christian , Tan, Yen Y. , Teixeira, Manuel R. , Teo, Soo‐Hwang , Thomassen, Mads , Tibiletti, Maria Grazia , Toland, Amanda Ewart, Torres, Diana , Trainer, Alison H., Baan, Frederieke H. van der , Kolk, Lizet E. van der, Hest, Liselotte P. van , Varesco, Liliana , Varon-Mateeva, Raymonda, Viel, Alessandra , Vierstraete, Jeroen , Villa, Roberta, Wachenfeldt, Anna von , Wagner, Philipp , Wang‐Gohrke, Shan , Wappenschmidt, Barbara , Weitzel, Jeffrey N. , Wieme, Greet , Yadav, Siddhartha , Yoon, Sook‐Yee , Zanzottera, Cristina , Zorn, Kristin K. , D’Amico, Anthony V. , Freedman, Matthew L. , Pomerantz, Mark M., Chenevix‐Trench, Georgia , Antoniou, Antonis C. , Ottini, Laura , Nielsen, Henriette Roed, Durocher, Francine , Eccles, Diana , Caputo, Sandrine M. , Faivre, Laurence , Leslie, Goska , Adlard, Julian , Arnold, Norbert , Auber, Bernd , Azzollini, Jacopo , Barnes, Daniel R , Brunet, Joan , Caligo, Maria A , Campbell, Ian G , Claes, Kathleen B M , Darder, Esther , Dennis, Joe , Dworniczak, Bernd , Eeles, Rosalind A , Ehrencrona, Hans , Ejlertsen, Bent , Evans, D Gareth , Garre, Pilar , Greene, Mark H , Hulick, Peter J , Jager, Agnes , James, Paul , John, Esther M , Joseph, Vijai , Kim, Sung-Won , Konstantopoulou, Irene , Lesueur, Fabienne , Matricardi, Laura , Gomes, Denise Molina , Nevanlinna, H , Olopade, Olufunmilayo I , Palli, Domenico , Park, Sue K , Parsons, Michael T , Peterlongo, Paolo , Petersen, Annabeth Høgh , Pujana, Miquel Angel , Ruddy, Kathryn J , Scarpitta, Rosa , Shah, Payal D , Silvestri, Valentina , Southey, Melissa C , Spurdle, Amanda B , Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique , Sunde, Lone , Teixeira, Manuel R , Teo, Soo H , Tommasi, Stefania , Toss, Angela , van der Luijt, Rob B , Vierstraete, Jeroen , Wieme, Greet , Yadav, Siddhartha , Antoniou, Antonis C , Eccles, Diana , Weitzel, Jeffrey N , Torres, Diana , Nathanson, Katherine L , Arason, Adalgeir , Barrowdale, Daniel , Boonen, Susanne E , Cortesi, Laura , Engel, Christoph , Hahnen, Eric , Montagna, Marco , Viel, Alessandra , Simard, Jacques , Chenevix-Trench, Georgia , Ottini, Laura , Senter, Leigha , Faivre, Laurence , Rashid, Muhammad U , Calvello, Mariarosaria , Feliubadaló, Lidia , Hauke, Jan , Manoukian, Siranoush , Pomerantz, Mark M , Kwong, Ava , Lindblom, Annika , Friebel, Tara M. , Arnold, Norbert , Balmañà, Judith , Barnes, Daniel R. , Benı́tez, Javier , Bonadona, Valérie , Bonanni, Bernardo , Borg, Åke , Buys, Saundra S. , Cabezas-Camarero, Santiago , Caligo, Maria A. , Campbell, Ian , Carnevali, Ileana Wanda , Chu, Annie Tsz-Wai , Chung, Wendy K. , Cook, Jackie A , Couch, Fergus J. , Hoya, Miguel de la , Dı́ez, Orland , Domchek, Susan M. , Fostira, Florentia , Gerdes, Anne‐Marie , Godwin, Andrew K. , Herold, Natalie, Hopper, John L. , Jensen, Thomas Dyrso, Vijai, Joseph , Lasset, Christine , Lázaro, Conxi , Lemke, Johannes R. , Mai, Phuong L., Meindl, Alfons , Miller, Clare, Moserle, Lidia , Mulligan, Anna Marie , Nevanlinna, Heli , Palli, Domenico , Parsons, Michael T. , Perez-Segura, Pedro , Radice, Paolo , Rhiem, Kerstin , Robson, Mark E. , Sharma, Priyanka , Shin, Vivian Yvonne , Singer, Christian F. , Southey, Melissa C. , Spurdle, Amanda B. , Steele, Linda, Steinemann, Doris , Stoppa‐Lyonnet, Dominique , Stradella, Agostina , Tischkowitz, Marc D. , Tognazzo, Silvia , Toland, Amanda Ewart , Tung, Nadine , Asperen, Christi J. van , Luijt, Rob B. van der , Yannoukakos, Drakoulis , Neuhausen, Susan L. , Rebbeck, Timothy R.

Cancer Research | November 13, 2019 | Volume: 80 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 624-638

10.1158/0008-5472.can-19-1840 Get It

Abstract Pathogenic sequence variants (PSV) in BRCA1 or BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) are associated with increased risk and severity of prostate cancer. We evaluated whether PSVs in BRCA1/2 were associated with risk of overall prostate cancer or high grade (Gleason 8+) prostate cancer using an international sample of 65 BRCA1 and 171 BRCA2 male PSV carriers with prostate cancer, and 3,388 BRCA1 and 2,880 BRCA2 male PSV carriers without prostate cancer. PSVs in the 3′ region of BRCA2 (c.7914+) were significantly associated with elevated risk of prostate cancer compared with reference bin c.1001-c.7913 [HR = 1.78; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.25–2.52; P = 0.001], as well as elevated risk of Gleason 8+ prostate cancer (HR = 3.11; 95% CI, 1.63–5.95; P = 0.001). c.756-c.1000 was also associated with elevated prostate cancer risk (HR = 2.83; 95% CI, 1.71–4.68; P = 0.00004) and elevated risk of Gleason 8+ prostate cancer (HR = 4.95; 95% CI, 2.12–11.54; P = 0.0002). No genotype–phenotype associations were detected for PSVs in BRCA1. These results demonstrate that specific BRCA2 PSVs may be associated with elevated risk of developing aggressive prostate cancer. Significance: Aggressive prostate cancer risk in BRCA2 mutation carriers may vary according to the specific BRCA2 mutation inherited by the at-risk individual.
Mutational spectrum in a worldwide study of 29,700 families with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations
Friebel, Tara M. , Friedman, Eitan , Hamann, Ute, Huo, Dezheng , Kwong, Ava , Oláh, Edith , Olopade, Olufunmilayo I., Solano, Ángela R. , Teo, Soo‐Hwang , Thomassen, Mads , Weitzel, Jeffrey N. , Chan, TL, Couch, Fergus J., Goldgar, David E., Kruse, Torben A., Palmero, Edenir Inêz , Park, Sue K. , Torres, Diana , Rensburg, Elizabeth J. van , McGuffog, Lesley, Aalfs, Cora M. , Abugattas, Julio E. , Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrews, Lesley , Andrulis, Irene L., Arason, Aðalgeir , Arun, Banu, Asseryanis, Ella, Auerbach, Leo, Azzollini, Jacopo , Balmañà, Judith , Barile, Monica, Barkardóttir, Rósa B. , Barrowdale, Daniel , Benı́tez, Javier , Berger, Andreas, Berger, Raanan , Blanco, Amie , Blazer, Kathleen R. , Blok, Marinus J. , Bonadona, Valérie , Bradbury, Angela R. , Brewer, Carole, Buecher, Bruno , Caldés, Trinidad, Caliebe, Almuth , Caligo, Maria A. , Caputo, Sandrine M. , Chiquette, Jocelyne , Claes, Kathleen , Collée, J. Margriet, Davidson, Rosemarie, Hoya, Miguel de la , Leeneer, Kim De , Pauw, Antoine De , Delnatte, Capucine, Ding, Yuan Chun , Ditsch, Nina , Dorfling, Cecilia M., Dworniczak, Bernd , Eason, Jacqueline , Easton, Douglas F. , Eeles, Rosalind A. , Ehrencrona, Hans , Ejlertsen, Bent , EMBRACE, Engel, Christoph , Engert, Stefanie, Evans, D. Gareth , Faivre, Laurence, Feliubadaló, Lídia , Ferrer, Sandra Fert, Foretová, Lenka , Fowler, Jeffrey M., Frost, Debra, Galvão, Henrique C.R. , Ganz, Patricia A. , Gauthier‐Villars, Marion , Gehrig, Andrea, Collaborators, GEMO Study, Gerdes, Anne‐Marie , Gesta, Paul , Giannini, Giuseppe , Giraud, Sophie , Glendon, Gord , Godwin, Andrew K., Greene, Mark H. , Gutierrez‐Barrera, Angelica M. , Hahnen, Eric , Hauke, Jan , HEBON, Henderson, Alex, Hogervorst, Frans B. L., Honisch, Ellen, Imyanitov, Evgeny N., Izatt, Louise , Izquierdo, Á. , Jakubowska, Anna , James, Paul A. , Janavičius, Ramūnas , Jensen, Uffe Birk , Vijai, Joseph , Kaczmarek, Katarzyna, Karlan, Beth Y., Kast, Karin, Investigators, kConFab, Kim, Sung-Won, Konstantopoulou, Irene , Korach, Jacob, Laitman, Yael , Lasset, Christine, Lázaro, Conxi , Lee, Annette, Lee, Min Hyuk , Lester, Jenny, Lesueur, Fabienne , Liljegren, Annelie, Lindor, Noralane M. , Longy, Michel, Loud, Jennifer T. , Lu, Karen H. , Lubiński, Jan , Macháčková, Eva , Manoukian, Siranoush , Mari, Véronique , Martínez-Bouzas, Cristina, Mátrai, Zoltán , Mebirouk, Noura, Meijers‐Heijboer, Hanne , Meindl, Alfons , Mensenkamp, Arjen R. , Mickys, Ugnius, Montagna, Marco , Moysich, Kirsten B., Mulligan, Anna Marie , Musinsky, Jacob, Ngeow, Joanne , Niederacher, Dieter , Nielsen, Henriette Roed, Nielsen, Finn C., Offit, Kenneth, Öfverholm, Anna , Ong, Kai‐Ren , Osório, Ana , Papp, J., Pasini, Barbara , Pedersen, Inge Søkilde , Peixoto, Ana , Peruga, Nina, Peterlongo, Paolo , Pohl, Esther, Pradhan, Nisha , Prajzendanc, Karolina , Prieur, Fabienne, Radice, Paolo , Ramus, Susan J. , Rantala, Johanna, Rashid, Muhammad Usman , Rhiem, Kerstin, Rodriguez, Gustavo C. , Rogers, Mark T., Rudaitis, Vilius , Schmidt, Ane Yde , Schmutzler, Rita K., Senter, Leigha , Shah, Payal D. , Side, Lucy, Simard, Jacques , Skytte, Anne‐Bine , Slavin, Thomas P. , Snape, Katie , Sobol, Hagay, Southey, Melissa C. , Sukiennicki, Grzegorz, Sutter, Christian , Tan, Yen Y. , Teixeira, Manuel R. , Terry, Mary Beth , Teulé, Àlex , Thomas, Abigail, Thull, Darcy L. , Tognazzo, Silvia , Toland, Amanda Ewart, Topka, Sabine , Trainer, Alison H. , Hout, Annemieke H. van der, Kolk, Lizet E. van der, Luijt, Rob B. van der , Heetvelde, Mattias Van , Varesco, Liliana, Varon‐Mateeva, Raymonda, Vega, Ana , Villarreal‐Garza, Cynthia , Wachenfeldt, Anna von , Walker, Lisa, Wang‐Gohrke, Shan , Wappenschmidt, Barbara, Yoon, Sook-Yee, Zanzottera, Cristina, Zidan, Jamal, Zorn, Kristin K. , Selkirk, Christina G. , Hulick, Peter J. , Chenevix‐Trench, Georgia , Antoniou, Antonis C. , Nathanson, Katherine L. , Durocher, Francine , Olopade, Olufunmilayo I. , Faivre, Laurence , Białkowska, Katarzyna , Caligo, Maria A , Hulick, Peter J , James, Paul , Lesueur, Fabienne , Peterlongo, Paolo , Ramus, Susan J , Teixeira, Manuel R , Teo, Soo H , van Rensburg, Elizabeth J , Moysich, Kirsten , Vega, Ana , de la Hoya, Miguel , Radice, Paolo , Weitzel, Jeffrey N , Claes, Kathleen B M , Azzollini, Jacopo , Eeles, Rosalind A , Ehrencrona, Hans , Evans, D Gareth , Joseph, Vijai , Konstantopoulou, Irene , Olopade, Olufunmilayo I , Southey, Melissa C , van der Luijt, Rob B , Jakubowska, Anna , Palmero, Edenir I , Torres, Diana , Nathanson, Katherine L , Arason, Adalgeir , Barrowdale, Daniel , Benitez, Javier , Engel, Christoph , Izquierdo, Angel , Lazaro, Conxi , Montagna, Marco , Simard, Jacques , Chenevix-Trench, Georgia , Senter, Leigha , Topka, Sabine , Rebbeck, Timothy R. , Couch, Fergus J. , Parsons, Michael T. , Leslie, Goska , Adlard, Julian , Agata, Simona , Arnold, Norbert , Bonanni, Bernardo , Buys, Saundra S. , Campbell, Ian , Chung, Wendy K. , Cook, Jackie A , Dı́ez, Orland , Domchek, Susan M. , Velázquez, Carolina , EMBRACE, Garber, Judy E. , Collaborators, GEMO Study, Gronwald, Jacek , HEBON, Hentschel, Julia , Hogervorst, Frans B.L., Isaacs, Claudine , John, Esther M. , Karlan, Beth Y. , Lasa, Adriana , Lasset, Christine , Liljegren, Annelie , Meindl, Alfons , Miller, Austin , Moysich, Kirsten B. , Neuhausen, Susan L. , Nevanlinna, Heli , Nguyen, Huu Phuc , Nussbaum, Robert L. , Papi, Laura , Pujol, Pascal , Rhiem, Kerstin , Robson, Mark E. , Sharma, Priyanka , Singer, Christian F. , Sobol, Hagay , Steele, Linda Roslyn , Steinemann, Doris , Szabo, Csilla I. , Tischkowitz, Marc D. , Toland, Amanda Ewart , Tung, Nadine , Asperen, Christi J. van , Varesco, Liliana , Varon-Mateeva, Raymonda, Wappenschmidt, Barbara , Weber, Bernhard H. F. , Yannoukakos, Drakoulis , Spurdle, Amanda B. , Faivre, Laurence , Rashid, Muhammad U , De Leeneer, Kim , Feliubadaló, Lidia , Hauke, Jan , Pasini, Barbara , Ngeow, Joanne , Manoukian, Siranoush , Lubinski, Jan , Terry, Mary Beth , Villarreal-Garza, Cynthia , Balmaña, Judith , Kwong, Ava

Human Mutation | February 15, 2018 | Volume: 39 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 593-620

10.1002/humu.23406 Get It

Common Variants at the 19p13.1 and ZNF365 Loci Are Associated with ER Subtypes of Breast Cancer and Ovarian Cancer Risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2
Gaudet, Mia M. , Antoniou, Antonis C. , Ramus, Susan J. , Kuchenbaecker, Karoline , Soucy, Penny, Chen, Xiaoqing, Kirchhoff, Tomas , McGuffog, Lesley, Barrowdale, Daniel , Healey, Sue, Sinilnikova, Olga M., Andrulis, Irene L. , Özçelik, Hilmi, Mulligan, Anna Marie , Thomassen, Mads , Gerdes, Anne‐Marie , Jensen, Uffe Birk , Skytte, Anne‐Bine , Kruse, Torben A., Caligo, Maria A. , Wachenfeldt, Anna von , Barbany, Gisela , Loman, Niklas, Soller, Maria , Ehrencrona, Hans , Karlsson, Per , Nathanson, Katherine L. , Rebbeck, Timothy R., Jakubowska, Anna , Lubiński, Jan , Jaworska, Katarzyna, Durda, Katarzyna, Złowocka, Elżbieta, Huzarski, Tomasz , Byrski, Tomasz , Cybulski, Cezary, Górski, Bohdan , Osório, Ana , Durán, M. , Tejada, María‐Isabel , Hamann, Ute, Hogervorst, Frans B.L., Os, Theo A. van, Leeuwen, Flora E. van , Meijers‐Heijboer, Hanne , Blok, Marinus J. , Kets, Marleen, Hooning, Maartje J. , Oldenburg, Rogier A., Ausems, Margreet G.E.M. , Peock, Susan, Frost, Debra, Ellis, Steve D., Platte, Radka, Fineberg, Elena, Evans, D. Gareth , Jacobs, Chris , Eeles, Rosalind A. , Adlard, Julian , Davidson, Rosemarie, Eccles, Diana M., Cole, Trevor, Paterson, Joan, Brewer, Carole, Douglas, Fiona, Hodgson, Shirley V. , Walker, Lisa, Porteous, Mary, Kennedy, M. John, Side, Lucy, Bove, Betsy, Fassy-Colcombet, Marion, Castéra, Laurent , Cornelis, François, Mazoyer, Sylvie , Léoné, Mélanie, Boutry‐Kryza, Nadia, Paillerets, Brigitte Bressac–de , Coupier, Isabelle, Delnatte, Capucine, Akloul, Linda, Lynch, Henry T., Snyder, Carrie, Daly, Mary B., Terry, Mary Beth , John, Esther M. , Miron, Alexander, Southey, Melissa C. , Goldgar, David E., Singer, Christian F., Rappaport, Christine , Tea, Muy‐Kheng M., Fink-Retter, Anneliese, Hansen, Thomas van Overeem , Nielsen, Finn C., Arason, Aðalgeir , Vijai, Joseph , Shah, Sohela, Sarrel, Kara , Piedmonte, Marion, Phillips, Kelly, Basil, Jack, Rubinstein, Wendy S. , Boggess, John F., Wakeley, Katie, Montagna, Marco , Imyanitov, Evgeny N., Janavičius, Ramūnas , Lázaro, Conxi , Blanco, Ignacio , Feliubadaló, Lídia , Brunet, Joan , Gayther, Simon A. , Odunsi, Kunle , Walsh, Christine , Oláh, Edith , Teo, Soo‐Hwang , Ganz, Patricia A. , Beattie, Mary, Rensburg, Elizabeth J. van , Dorfling, Cecelia M., Dı́ez, Orland , Kwong, Ava , Schmutzler, Rita K., Wappenschmidt, Barbara, Engel, Christoph , Meindl, Alfons , Ditsch, Nina , Arnold, Norbert , Heidemann, Simone , Niederacher, Dieter , Preisler‐Adams, Sabine, Gadzicki, Dorothea, Varon-Mateeva, Raymonda, Deißler, Helmut , Gehrig, Andrea, Sutter, Christian , Kast, Karin, Fiebig, Britta, Heinritz, Wolfram, Caldes, Trinidad, Hoya, Miguel de la , Muranen, Taru , Nevanlinna, Heli , Spurdle, Amanda B. , Ding, Yuan Chun , Lindor, Noralane M. , Fredericksen, Zachary, Pankratz, V. Shane , Peterlongo, Paolo , Manoukian, Siranoush , Peissel, Bernard , Zaffaroni, Daniela , Barile, Monica, Bernard, Loris, Viel, Alessandra , Giannini, Giuseppe , Varesco, Liliana , Radice, Paolo , Greene, Mark H. , Mai, Phuong L., Easton, Douglas F., Chenevix‐Trench, Georgia , Offit, Kenneth, Simard, Jacques , Durocher, Francine , Eccles, Diana , Thorne, Heather , Phillips, Kelly‐Anne , Couch, Fergus J. , Beesley, Jonathan , Chen, Xiaoqing, Wang, Xianshu , Lee, Andrew , Domchek, Susan M. , Gronwald, Jacek , Benı́tez, Javier , Wijnen, Juul , Eccles, Diana M., Cook, Jackie A , Morrison, Patrick J. , Kennedy, M. John, Godwin, Andrew K. , Stoppa‐Lyonnet, Dominique , Caron, Olivier , Pujol, Pascal , Buys, Saundra S. , Chung, Wendy K. , Hopper, John L. , Singer, Christian F. , Robson, Mark E. , Phillips, Kelly, Toland, Amanda Ewart , Agata, Simona , Isaacs, Claudine , Pharoah, Paul D.P. , Karlan, Beth Y. , Meindl, Alfons , Varon-Mateeva, Raymonda, Caldes, Trinidad, Tischkowitz, Marc D. , Neuhausen, Susan L. , Mai, Phuong L., Nevanlinna, H , Caligo, Maria A , Peterlongo, Paolo , Ramus, Susan J , Spurdle, Amanda B , Teo, Soo H , van Rensburg, Elizabeth J , Eccles, Diana , de la Hoya, Miguel , Diez, Orland , Radice, Paolo , Adlard, Julian , Arnold, Norbert , Brunet, Joan , Eeles, Rosalind A , Ehrencrona, Hans , Evans, D Gareth , John, Esther M , Joseph, Vijai , Southey, Melissa C , Jakubowska, Anna , Muranen, Taru A , Nathanson, Katherine L , Arason, Adalgeir , Barrowdale, Daniel , Engel, Christoph , Lazaro, Conxi , Montagna, Marco , Viel, Alessandra , Simard, Jacques , Chenevix-Trench, Georgia , Huzarski, Tomasz , Feliubadaló, Lidia , Hansen, Thomas van Overeem , Manoukian, Siranoush , Lubinski, Jan , Phillips, Kelly-Anne , Terry, Mary Beth , Kwong, Ava

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention | March 29, 2012 | Volume: 21 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 645-657

10.1158/1055-9965.epi-11-0888 Get It

Abstract Background: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) identified variants at 19p13.1 and ZNF365 (10q21.2) as risk factors for breast cancer among BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers, respectively. We explored associations with ovarian cancer and with breast cancer by tumor histopathology for these variants in mutation carriers from the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA). Methods: Genotyping data for 12,599 BRCA1 and 7,132 BRCA2 mutation carriers from 40 studies were combined. Results: We confirmed associations between rs8170 at 19p13.1 and breast cancer risk for BRCA1 mutation carriers [HR, 1.17; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.07–1.27; P = 7.42 × 10−4] and between rs16917302 at ZNF365 (HR, 0.84; 95% CI, 0.73–0.97; P = 0.017) but not rs311499 at 20q13.3 (HR, 1.11; 95% CI, 0.94–1.31; P = 0.22) and breast cancer risk for BRCA2 mutation carriers. Analyses based on tumor histopathology showed that 19p13 variants were predominantly associated with estrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer for both BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers, whereas rs16917302 at ZNF365 was mainly associated with ER-positive breast cancer for both BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. We also found for the first time that rs67397200 at 19p13.1 was associated with an increased risk of ovarian cancer for BRCA1 (HR, 1.16; 95% CI, 1.05–1.29; P = 3.8 × 10−4) and BRCA2 mutation carriers (HR, 1.30; 95% CI, 1.10–1.52; P = 1.8 × 10−3). Conclusions: 19p13.1 and ZNF365 are susceptibility loci for ovarian cancer and ER subtypes of breast cancer among BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Impact: These findings can lead to an improved understanding of tumor development and may prove useful for breast and ovarian cancer risk prediction for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 21(4); 645–57. ©2012 AACR.