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Genome-wide association study identifies new prostate cancer susceptibility loci

  • F.R. Schumacher
  • , S.I. Berndt
  • , A. Siddiq
  • , K.B. Jacobs
  • , Z. Wang
  • , S. Lindstrom
  • , V.L. Stevens
  • , C. Chen
  • , A.M. Mondul
  • , R.C. Travis
  • , D. Stram
  • , R.A. Eeles
  • , D.F. Easton
  • , G. Giles
  • , J.L. Hopper
  • , D.E. Neal
  • , F.C. Hamdy
  • , J.L. Donovan
  • , K. Muir
  • , A.A.A. Olama
  • Z. Kote-Jarai, M. Guy, G. Severi, H. Grönberg, W.B. Isaacs, R. Karlsson, F. Wiklund, J. Xu, N.E. Allen, G.L. Andriole, A. Barricarte, H. Boing, H.B. Bueno-de-Mesquite, E.D. Crawford, W.R. Diver, J.M. Gonzalez, E.L. Giovannucci, M. Johansson, L.L. Marchand, J. Ma, S. Sieri, P. Stattin, M.J. Stampfer, A. Tjonneland, P. Vineis, J. Virtamo, Ulla Birgitte Vogel, S.J. Weinstein, M. Yeager, M.J. Thun, L.N. Kolonel, B.E. Henderson, D. Albanes, R.B. Hayes, H.S. Feigelson, E. Riboli, D.J. Hunter, S.J. Chanock, C.A. Haiman

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Abstract

Prostate cancer (PrCa) is the most common non-skin cancer diagnosed among males in developed countries and the second leading cause of cancer mortality, yet little is known regarding its etiology and factors that influence clinical outcome. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of PrCa have identified at least 30 distinct loci associated with small differences in risk. We conducted a GWAS in 2782 advanced PrCa cases (Gleason grade = 8 or tumor stage C/D) and 4458 controls with 571 243 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Based on in silico replication of 4679 SNPs (Stage 1, P <0.02) in two published GWAS with 7358 PrCa cases and 6732 controls, we identified a new susceptibility locus associated with overall PrCa risk at 2q37.3 (rs2292884, P= 4.3 × 10-8). We also confirmed a locus suggested by an earlier GWAS at 12q13 (rs902774, P= 8.6 × 10-9). The estimated per-allele odds ratios for these loci (1.14 for rs2292884 and 1.17 for rs902774) did not differ between advanced and non-advanced PrCa (case-only test for heterogeneity P= 0.72 and P= 0.61, respectively). Further studies will be needed to assess whether these or other loci are differentially associated with PrCa subtypes.
Original languageEnglish
JournalHuman Molecular Genetics
Volume20
Issue number19
Pages (from-to)3867-3875
Number of pages9
ISSN0964-6906
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

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