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Associations of common variants at 1p11.2 and 14q24.1 (RAD51L1) with breast cancer risk and heterogeneity by tumor subtype: findings from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium†
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Human Molecular Genetics | August 18, 2011 | Volume: 20 | Issue: 23 | Pages: 4693-4706
Common Breast Cancer Susceptibility Loci Are Associated with Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Stevens, Kristen N., Vachon, Celine M. , Slager, Susan, Lesnick, Timothy G. , Olswold, Curtis, Fasching, Peter A. , Miron, Penelope , Eccles, Diana , Carpenter, Jane, Winqvist, Robert , Brauch, Hiltrud , Schmidt, Marjanka K. , Cox, Angela , Cross, Simon S. , Sawyer, Elinor J. , Hartmann, Arndt, Beckmann, Matthias W. , Schulz-Wendtland, Rüdiger, Ekici, Arif B. , Tapper, William , Gerty, Susan M. , Durcan, Lorraine , Graham, Nikki , Hein, Rebecca, Nickels, Stephan, Flesch‐Janys, Dieter, Heinz, Judith , Sinn, Hans‐Peter , Konstantopoulou, Irene , Pectasides, Dimitrios , Dimopoulos, Athanasios M., Clarke, Christine L. , Balleine, Rosemary L. , Fredericksen, Zachary, Diasio, Robert B. , Ross, Eric A. , Weaver, JoEllen , Rüdiger, Thomas , Dünnebier, Thomas, Ademuyiwa, Foluso O. , Kulkarni, Swati , Pylkäs, Katri , Jukkola‐Vuorinen, Arja , Ko, Yon‐Dschun, Limbergen, Erik Van, Janssen, Hilde, Peto, Julian , Fletcher, Olivia , Giles, Graham G. , Baglietto, Laura , Verhoef, Senno, Tomlinson, Ian , Kosma, Veli‐Matti , Greco, Dario , Blomqvist, Carl , Irwanto, Astrid , Liu, Jianjun , Blows, Fiona M., Dawson, Sarah‐Jane , Margolin, Sara , Mannermaa, Arto, Martin, Nicholas G. , Montgomery, Grant W. , Lambrechts, Diether , dos‐Santos‐Silva, Isabel , Severi, Gianluca , Hamann, Ute, Easton, Douglas F., Chang‐Claude, Jenny , Yannoukakos, Drakoulis , Nevanlinna, Heli , Dimopoulos, Meletios Α. , Purrington, Kristen S. , Lambrechts, Diether , Vachon, Celine M. , Lee, Adam M. , Godwin, Andrew K. , Ambrosone, Christine B. , Fostira, Florentia , Dimopoulos, Athanasios M., Fountzilas, George , Olson, Janet E. , Pathak, Harsh B. , Försti, Asta , Beesley, Jonathan , Mannermaa, Arto, Pharoah, Paul D.P. , Wang, Xianshu , Couch, Fergus J. , Nevanlinna, H , Lambrechts, Diether , Giles, Graham G , Eccles, Diana , Dimopoulos, Meletios A , Konstantopoulou, Irene , Martin, Nicholas G , Sinn, Peter , Lambrechts, Diether , Cox, Angela , Schmidt, Marjanka K , Severi, Gianluca , Ekici, Arif B , Ademuyiwa, Foluso O , Pylkäs, Katri , Yannoukakos, Drakoulis , Baglietto, Laura , Fletcher, Olivia , Purrington, Kristen S , Brauch, Hiltrud , Sawyer, Elinor J , Liu, Jing
Cancer Research | August 15, 2011 | Volume: 71 | Issue: 19 | Pages: 6240-6249
Abstract Triple-negative breast cancers are an aggressive subtype of breast cancer with poor survival, but there remains little known about the etiologic factors that promote its initiation and development. Commonly inherited breast cancer risk factors identified through genome-wide association studies display heterogeneity of effect among breast cancer subtypes as defined by the status of estrogen and progesterone receptors. In the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Consortium (TNBCC), 22 common breast cancer susceptibility variants were investigated in 2,980 Caucasian women with triple-negative breast cancer and 4,978 healthy controls. We identified six single-nucleotide polymorphisms, including rs2046210 (ESR1), rs12662670 (ESR1), rs3803662 (TOX3), rs999737 (RAD51L1), rs8170 (19p13.1), and rs8100241 (19p13.1), significantly associated with the risk of triple-negative breast cancer. Together, our results provide convincing evidence of genetic susceptibility for triple-negative breast cancer. Cancer Res; 71(19); 6240–9. ©2011 AACR.
Low penetrance breast cancer susceptibility loci are associated with specific breast tumor subtypes: findings from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium
Schmidt, Marjanka K. , Sherman, Mark E., Hopper, John L. , Dite, Gillian S. , Apicella, Carmel, Smith, Letitia, Hammet, Fleur, Southey, Melissa C. , Veer, Laura van ‘t , Smit, Vincent T.H.B.M. , Fasching, Peter A. , Beckmann, Matthias W. , Jud, Sebastian M. , Ekici, Arif B. , Hartmann, Arndt , Hein, Alexander , Schulz-Wendtland, R., Burwinkel, Barbara , Schneeweiß, Andreas , Sinn, Hans‐Peter , Sohn, Christof , Tchatchou, Sandrine, Bojesen, Stig E. , Nordestgaard, Børge G. , Flyger, Henrik, Ørsted, David D., Kaur‐Knudsen, Diljit, Rodríguez, Primitiva Menéndez, Brauch, Hiltrud , Justenhoven, Christina , Ko, Yon‐Dschun, Network, The Genica, Hamann, Ute, Fischer, Hans‐Peter , Brüning, Thomas , Pesch, Beate, Chang‐Claude, Jenny , Wang‐Gohrke, Shan , Bremer, Michael , Karstens, Johann H., Hillemanns, Peter , Dörk, Thilo , Nevanlinna, Heli , Heikkinen, Tuomas , Blomqvist, Carl , Aittomäki, Kristiina, Aaltonen, Kirsimari, Lindblom, Annika , Margolin, Sara , Mannermaa, Arto, Kosma, Veli‐Matti , Kauppinen, Jaana M., Kataja, Vesa , Auvinen, Päivi , Eskelinen, Matti , Soini, Ylermi, Chenevix‐Trench, Georgia , Spurdle, Amanda B. , Beesley, Jonathan, Chen, Xiaoqing, Holland, Helene, kConFab, AOCS, Lambrechts, Diether , Claes, Bart, Vandorpe, T., Neven, Patrick , Wildiers, Hans , Flesch‐Janys, Dieter, Hein, Rebecca, Löning, Thomas , Kosel, Matthew , Fredericksen, Zachary S., Giles, Graham G. , Baglietto, Laura , Severi, Gianluca , McLean, Catriona , Haiman, Christopher A., Henderson, Brian E., Kolonel, Laurence N. , Alnæs, Grethe Grenaker, Kristensen, Vessela, Børresen‐Dale, Anne‐Lise , Hunter, David J. , Hankinson, Susan E. , Andrulis, Irene L. , Mulligan, Anna Marie , O’Malley, Frances P., Huijts, Petra E.A., Tollenaar, Rob A.�E.�M. , Seynaeve, Caroline, Lissowska, Jolanta , Brinton, Louise A. , Pepłońska, Beata , Yang, Xiaohong R. , Hooning, Maartje J. , Hollestelle, Antoinette , Oldenburg, Rogier A., Jager, Agnes , Kriege, Mieke, Ozturk, Bahar, Czene, Kamila , Humphreys, Keith , Liu, Jianjun , Cox, Angela , Connley, Daniel, Cramp, Helen, Balasubramanian, Sabapathy P. , Reed, Malcolm , Dunning, Alison M. , Easton, Douglas F., Humphreys, Manjeet K., Caldas, Carlos , Blows, Fiona M., Driver, Kristy, Provenzano, Elena , Lubiński, Jan , Jakubowska, Anna , Huzarski, Tomasz , Byrski, Tomasz , Górski, Bohdan , Brennan, Paul , Sangrajrang, Suleeporn , Gaborieau, Valérie , Shen, Chen‐Yang , Hsiung, Chia‐Ni , Yu, Jyh‐Cherng , Chen, Shou‐Tung , Hsu, Giu‐Cheng, Hou, Ming‐Feng , Huang, Chiun‐Sheng , García‐Closas, Montserrat , Thorne, Heather , Hartikainen, Jaana M. , Bowtell, David D.L. , Lambrechts, Diether , Broeks, Annegien , Couch, Fergus J. , Veer, Laura J. van’t , Groot, Renate H. M. de , Marmé, Frederik , Milne, Roger L. , Pérez, José Ignacio Arias , Zamora, Pilar M. , Benı́tez, Javier , Network, The Genica, Heikkilä, Päivi , Mannermaa, Arto, Chen, Xiaoqing, kConFab, AOCS, Wang, Xianshu , Marchand, Loı̈c Le , Kristensen, Vessela N. , Devilee, Peter , Asperen, Christi J. van , Chanock, Stephen Jacob , Figueroa, Jonine D. , Leenders, Geert J.L.H. van , Hall, Per N , Cross, Simon S. , Cybulski, Cezary , Gronwald, Jacek , Anton‐Culver, Hoda , Ziogas, Argyrios , Pharoah, Paul D.P. , Nevanlinna, H , Dörk, Thilo , Lambrechts, Diether , Giles, Graham G , Spurdle, Amanda B , Hein, Alexander , Hillemanns, Peter , Lissowska, Jolanta , Caldas, Carlos , Southey, Melissa C , Sinn, Peter , Dunning, Alison M , Jakubowska, Anna , Lambrechts, Diether , Cox, Angela , García-Closas, Montserrat , Schmidt, Marjanka K , Severi, Gianluca , Ekici, Arif B , Hartikainen, Jaana M , Chenevix-Trench, Georgia , Huzarski, Tomasz , Czene, Kamila , Bowtell, David D , Lubinski, Jan , Baglietto, Laura , Bojesen, Stig E , Huang, Chiun-Sheng , Wildiers, Hans , Mclean, Catriona , Brauch, Hiltrud , Lindblom, Annika , Liu, Jing
Human Molecular Genetics | May 19, 2011 | Volume: 20 | Issue: 16 | Pages: 3289-3303
Risks of Lynch Syndrome Cancers for MSH6 Mutation Carriers
Baglietto, Laura , Lindor, Noralane M. , Dowty, James G. , White, Darren M., Gómez, E. , Vriends, A. H. J. T., Group, Dutch Lynch Syndrome Study, Cartwright, Nicola, Barnetson, Rebecca A., Farrington, Susan M. , Tenesa, Albert , Buchanan, Daniel D. , Arnold, Sven, Young, Joanne , Walsh, Michael D. , Jass, Jeremy R., Antill, Yoland , Winship, Ingrid , Giles, Graham G. , Goldblatt, Jack, Parry, Susan, Suthers, Graeme , Leggett, Barbara , Butz, Malinda L., Aronson, Melyssa , Poynter, Jenny N. , Gallinger, Steve, Potter, John D. , Chapelle, Albert de la , Vasen, Hans F. A. , Dunlop, Malcolm G. , Thibodeau, Stephen N. , Jenkins, Mark A. , Wagner, Anja , Group, Dutch Lynch Syndrome Study, Hampel, Heather , Macrae, Finlay , Baron, John A. , Marchand, Loı̈c Le , Haile, Robert W. , Hopper, John L. , Buchanan, Daniel D , Giles, Graham G , Jenkins, Mark A , Potter, John D , Winship, Ingrid M , Gómez-García, Encarna B , Baglietto, Laura
JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute | December 22, 2009 | Volume: 102 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 193-201
Five Polymorphisms and Breast Cancer Risk: Results from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium
Gaudet, Mia M., Cox, Angela , Camp, Nicola J. , Goode, Ellen L. , Humphreys, Manjeet K., Dunning, Alison M. , Giles, Graham G. , Severi, Gianluca , Baglietto, Laura , English, Dallas R. , Chang‐Claude, Jenny , Flesch‐Janys, Dieter, Abbas, Sascha, Salazar, Ramona, Mannermaa, Arto, Kataja, Vesa , Kosma, Veli-Matti, Lindblom, Annika , Margolin, Sara , Heikkinen, Tuomas , Kämpjärvi, Kati, Aaltonen, Kirsimari, Nevanlinna, Heli , Bogdanova, Natalia , Coinac, Irina, Schürmann, Peter , Dörk, Thilo , Bartram, Claus R., Schmutzler, Rita K., Tchatchou, Sandrine, Burwinkel, Barbara , Brauch, Hiltrud , Torres, Diana , Hamann, Ute, Justenhoven, Christina , Ribas, Gloría , Flyger, Henrik L., Peto, Julian , Fletcher, Olivia , Johnson, Nichola , dos‐Santos‐Silva, Isabel , Fasching, Peter A. , Beckmann, Matthias W. , Strick, Reiner , Ekici, Arif B. , Schmidt, Marjanka K. , Leeuwen, Flora E. van , Veer, Laura J. van’t , Southey, Melissa C. , Hopper, John L. , Apicella, Carmel, Haiman, Christopher A., Henderson, Brian E., Kolonel, Laurence N. , Kristensen, Vessela N. , Alnæs, Grethe Grenaker, Hunter, David J. , Cox, David G. , Hankinson, Susan E. , Seynaeve, Caroline, Tollenaar, Rob A.�E.�M. , Lissowska, Jolanta , Brinton, Louise A. , Pepłońska, Beata , Czene, Kamila , Li, Yuqing , Liu, Jianjun , Balasubramanian, Sabapathy P. , Rafii, Saeed , Reed, Malcolm , Pooley, Karen A. , Conroy, Don, Baynes, Caroline, Kang, Daehee , Yoo, Keun-Young, Noh, Dong‐Young , Ahn, Sei-Hyun, Shen, Chen‐Yang , Wang, Hui‐Chun , Yu, Jyh-Cherng, Wu, Pei-Ei, Ziogoas, Argyrios, Egan, Kathleen M. , Titus‐Ernstoff, Linda, Dietz, Amy Trentham, Sigurdson, Alice J., Bhatti, Parveen , Allen‐Brady, Kristina , Cannon‐Albright, Lisa , Wong, Jathine , Group, Australian Ovarian Cancer Study, Chenevix‐Trench, Georgia , Spurdle, Amanda B. , Beesley, Jonathan, Easton, Doug , García‐Closas, Montserrat , Thorne, Heather , Li, Yuqing , Milne, Roger L. , Morrison, Jonathan J. , Couch, Fergus J. , Olson, Janet E. , Wang, Xianshu , Mannermaa, Arto, Arias, José Ignacio , Benı́tez, Javier , Bojesen, Stig E. , Nordestgaard, Børge G. , Flyger, Henrik, Broeks, Annegien , Marchand, Loı̈c Le , Kraft, Peter , Vreeswijk, Maaike P.G. , Devilee, Peter , Chanock, Stephen Jacob , Hall, Per N , Anton‐Culver, Hoda , Newcomb, Polly A. , Alexander, Bruce H. , Group, Australian Ovarian Cancer Study, Pharoah, Paul D.P. , Nevanlinna, H , Dörk, Thilo , Giles, Graham G , Spurdle, Amanda B , Lissowska, Jolanta , Southey, Melissa C , English, Dallas R , Cannon-Albright, Lisa A , Dunning, Alison M , Cox, Angela , Torres, Diana , García-Closas, Montserrat , Schmidt, Marjanka K , Severi, Gianluca , Ekici, Arif B , Bogdanova, Natalia V , Chenevix-Trench, Georgia , Bhatti, Parveen , Czene, Kamila , Rafii, Saeed , Baglietto, Laura , Fletcher, Olivia , Brauch, Hiltrud , Lindblom, Annika , Liu, Jing , Kang, Daehee
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention | May 7, 2009 | Volume: 18 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 1610-1616
Abstract Previous studies have suggested that minor alleles for ERCC4 rs744154, TNF rs361525, CASP10 rs13010627, PGR rs1042838, and BID rs8190315 may influence breast cancer risk, but the evidence is inconclusive due to their small sample size. These polymorphisms were genotyped in more than 30,000 breast cancer cases and 30,000 controls, primarily of European descent, from 30 studies in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium. We calculated odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) as a measure of association. We found that the minor alleles for these polymorphisms were not related to invasive breast cancer risk overall in women of European descent: ECCR4 per-allele OR (95% CI) = 0.99 (0.97-1.02), minor allele frequency = 27.5%; TNF 1.00 (0.95-1.06), 5.0%; CASP10 1.02 (0.98-1.07), 6.5%; PGR 1.02 (0.99-1.06), 15.3%; and BID 0.98 (0.86-1.12), 1.7%. However, we observed significant between-study heterogeneity for associations with risk for single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in CASP10, PGR, and BID. Estimates were imprecise for women of Asian and African descent due to small numbers and lower minor allele frequencies (with the exception of BID SNP). The ORs for each copy of the minor allele were not significantly different by estrogen or progesterone receptor status, nor were any significant interactions found between the polymorphisms and age or family history of breast cancer. In conclusion, our data provide persuasive evidence against an overall association between invasive breast cancer risk and ERCC4 rs744154, TNF rs361525, CASP10 rs13010627, PGR rs1042838, and BID rs8190315 genotypes among women of European descent. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2009;18(5):1610–6)
Multiple Novel Prostate Cancer Predisposition Loci Confirmed by an International Study: The PRACTICAL Consortium
Easton, Douglas F. , Stanford, Janet L. , Ostrander, Elaine A. , Schleutker, Johanna , Schaid, Daniel J. , Thibodeau, Stephen N. , Dörk, Thilo , Neal, David E. , Cox, Angela , Maier, Christiane, Guy, Michelle, Lophatananon, Artitaya, Kedda, Mary-Anne, Spurdle, Amanda B. , Steginga, Suzanne K., John, Esther M. , Giles, Graham G. , Chappuis, Pierre O. , Hutter, Pierre, Foulkes, William D. , Hamel, Nancy , Salinas, Claudia A., Karyadi, Danielle M. , Johanneson, Bo, Wahlfors, Tiina , Tammela, Teuvo L.J. , Corral, Román, McDonnell, Shannon K. , Schürmann, Peter , Meyer, Andreas , Kuefer, Rainer, Leongamornlert, Daniel , Tymrakiewicz, Malgorzata, Liu, Jo‐Fen , O’Mara, Tracy A. , Gardiner, Robert A. , Aitken, Joanne F. , Joshi, Amit D. , Severi, Gianluca , English, Dallas R. , Southey, Melissa C. , Edwards, Stephen M., Olama, Ali Amin Al , Eeles, Rosalind A. , Donovan, Jenny , Chambers, Suzanne K. , Kote‐Jarai, Zsofia , Ingles, Sue A. , Vogel, W. , Muir, Kenneth , Hopper, John L. , Koopmeiners, Joseph Stephen , Stern, Mariana Carla , Dörk, Thilo , Giles, Graham G , Spurdle, Amanda B , Foulkes, William D , Eeles, Rosalind A , John, Esther M , Southey, Melissa C , English, Dallas R , Donovan, Jenny L , Schleutker, Johanna , O'Mara, Tracy A , Cox, Angela , Severi, Gianluca , McDonnell, Shannon K
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention | August 15, 2008 | Volume: 17 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 2052-2061
Abstract A recent genome-wide association study found that genetic variants on chromosomes 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 19 and X were associated with prostate cancer risk. We evaluated the most significant single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in these loci using a worldwide consortium of 13 groups (PRACTICAL). Blood DNA from 7,370 prostate cancer cases and 5,742 male controls was analyzed by genotyping assays. Odds ratios (OR) associated with each genotype were estimated using unconditional logistic regression. Six of the seven SNPs showed clear evidence of association with prostate cancer (P = 0.0007-P = 10−17). For each of these six SNPs, the estimated per-allele OR was similar to those previously reported and ranged from 1.12 to 1.29. One SNP on 3p12 (rs2660753) showed a weaker association than previously reported [per-allele OR, 1.08 (95% confidence interval, 1.00-1.16; P = 0.06) versus 1.18 (95% confidence interval, 1.06-1.31)]. The combined risks associated with each pair of SNPs were consistent with a multiplicative risk model. Under this model, and in combination with previously reported SNPs on 8q and 17q, these loci explain 16% of the familial risk of the disease, and men in the top 10% of the risk distribution have a 2.1-fold increased risk relative to general population rates. This study provides strong confirmation of these susceptibility loci in multiple populations and shows that they make an important contribution to prostate cancer risk prediction. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008;17(8):2052–61)