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Identification of six new susceptibility loci for invasive epithelial ovarian cancer

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EMBRACE, Kuchenbaecker, Karoline B, GEMO Study Collaborators, Breast Cancer Family Registry, HEBON, KConFab Investigators, Australian Cancer Study (Ovarian Cancer Investigators), Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group +289 more·2015·Nature Genetics

Abstract

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 12 epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) susceptibility alleles. The pattern of association at these loci is consistent in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers who are at high risk of EOC. After imputation to 1000 Genomes Project data, we assessed associations of 11 million genetic variants with EOC risk from 15,437 cases unselected for family history and 30,845 controls and from 15,252 BRCA1 mutation carriers and 8,211 BRCA2 mutation carriers (3,096 with ovarian cancer), and we combined the results in a meta-analysis. This new study design yielded increased statistical power, leading to the discovery of six new EOC susceptibility loci. Variants at 1p36 (nearest gene, WNT4), 4q26 (SYNPO2), 9q34.2 (ABO) and 17q11.2 (ATAD5) were associated with EOC risk, and at 1p34.3 (RSPO1) and 6p22.1 (GPX6) variants were specifically associated with the serous EOC subtype, all with P < 5 × 10(-8). Incorporating these variants into risk assessment tools will improve clinical risk predictions for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.

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EMBRACE, Kuchenbaecker, K. B., Collaborators, G. S., Breast Cancer Family Registry, HEBON, KConFab Investigators, Australian Cancer Study (Ovarian Cancer Investigators), Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group, the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1 and BRCA2, Ramus, S. J., Tyrer, J., Lee, A., Shen, H. C., Beesley, J., Lawrenson, K., McGuffog, L., Healey, S., Lee, J. M., Spindler, T. J., Lin, Y. G., Pejovic, T., Bean, Y., Li, Q., Coetzee, S., Hazelett, D., Miron, A., Southey, M., Terry, M. B., Goldgar, D. E., Buys, S. S., Janavicius, R., Dorfling, C. M., van Rensburg, E. J., Neuhausen, S. L., Ding, Y. C., Hansen, T. V. O., Jønson, L., Gerdes, A.-M., Ejlertsen, B., Barrowdale, D., Dennis, J., Benitez, J., Osorio, A., Garcia, M. J., Komenaka, I., Weitzel, J. N., Ganschow, P., Peterlongo, P., Bernard, L., Viel, A., Bonanni, B., Peissel, B., Manoukian, S., Radice, P., Papi, L., Ottini, L., Fostira, F., Konstantopoulou, I., Garber, J., Frost, D., Perkins, J., Platte, R., Ellis, S., Godwin, A. K., Schmutzler, R. K., Meindl, A., Engel, C., Sutter, C., Sinilnikova, O. M., Damiola, F., Mazoyer, S., Stoppa-Lyonnet, D., Claes, K., De Leeneer, K., Kirk, J., Rodriguez, G. C., Piedmonte, M., O'Malley, D. M., de la Hoya, M., Caldes, T., Aittomäki, K., Nevanlinna, H., Collée, J. M., Rookus, M. A., Oosterwijk, J. C., Tihomirova, L., Tung, N., Hamann, U., Isaccs, C., Tischkowitz, M., Imyanitov, E. N., Caligo, M. A., Campbell, I. G., Hogervorst, F. B. L., Olah, E., Diez, O., Blanco, I., Brunet, J., Lazaro, C., Pujana, M. A., Jakubowska, A., Gronwald, J., Lubinski, J., Sukiennicki, G., Barkardottir, R. B., Plante, M., Simard, J., Soucy, P., Montagna, M., Tognazzo, S., Teixeira, M. R., Pankratz, V. S., Wang, X., Lindor, N., Szabo, C. I., Kauff, N., Vijai, J., Aghajanian, C. A., Pfeiler, G., Berger, A., Singer, C. F., Tea, M.-K., Phelan, C. M., Greene, M. H., Mai, P. L., Rennert, G., Mulligan, A. M., Tchatchou, S., Andrulis, I. L., Glendon, G., Toland, A. E., Jensen, U. B., Kruse, T. A., Thomassen, M., Bojesen, A., Zidan, J., Friedman, E., Laitman, Y., Soller, M., Liljegren, A., Arver, B., Einbeigi, Z., Stenmark-Askmalm, M., Olopade, O. I., Nussbaum, R. L., Rebbeck, T. R., Nathanson, K. L., Domchek, S. M., Lu, K. H., Karlan, B. Y., Walsh, C., Lester, J., Hein, A., Ekici, A. B., Beckmann, M. W., Fasching, P. A., Lambrechts, D., Van Nieuwenhuysen, E., Vergote, I., Lambrechts, S., Dicks, E., Doherty, J. A., Wicklund, K. G., Rossing, M. A., Rudolph, A., Chang-Claude, J., Wang-Gohrke, S., Eilber, U., Moysich, K. B., Odunsi, K., Sucheston, L., Lele, S., Wilkens, L. R., Goodman, M. T., Thompson, P. J., Shvetsov, Y. B., Runnebaum, I. B., Dürst, M., Hillemanns, P., Dörk, T., Antonenkova, N., Bogdanova, N., Leminen, A., Pelttari, L. M., Butzow, R., Modugno, F., Kelley, J. L., Edwards, R. P., Ness, R. B., du Bois, A., Heitz, F., Schwaab, I., Harter, P., Matsuo, K., Hosono, S., Orsulic, S., Jensen, A., Kjaer, S. K., Hogdall, E., Hasmad, H. N., Azmi, M. A. N., Teo, S.-H., Woo, Y.-L., Fridley, B. L., Goode, E. L., Cunningham, J. M., Vierkant, R. A., Bruinsma, F., Giles, G. G., Liang, D., Hildebrandt, M. A. T., Wu, X., Levine, D. A., Bisogna, M., Berchuck, A., Iversen, E. S., Schildkraut, J. M., Concannon, P., Weber, R. P., Cramer, D. W., Terry, K. L., Poole, E. M., Tworoger, S. S., Bandera, E. V., Orlow, I., Olson, S. H., Krakstad, C., Salvesen, H. B., Tangen, I. L., Bjorge, L., van Altena, A. M., Aben, K. K. H., Kiemeney, L. A., Massuger, L. F. A. G., Kellar, M., Brooks-Wilson, A., Kelemen, L. E., Cook, L. S., Le, N. D., Cybulski, C., Yang, H., Lissowska, J., Brinton, L. A., Wentzensen, N., Hogdall, C., Lundvall, L., Nedergaard, L., Baker, H., Song, H., Eccles, D., McNeish, I., Paul, J., Carty, K., Siddiqui, N., Glasspool, R., Whittemore, A. S., Rothstein, J. H., McGuire, V., Sieh, W., Ji, B.-T., Zheng, W., Shu, X.-O., Gao, Y.-T., Rosen, B., Risch, H. A., McLaughlin, J. R., Narod, S. A., Monteiro, A. N., Chen, A., Lin, H.-Y., Permuth-Wey, J., Sellers, T. A., Tsai, Y.-Y., Chen, Z., Ziogas, A., Anton-Culver, H., Gentry-Maharaj, A., Menon, U., Harrington, P., Lee, A. W., Wu, A. H., Pearce, C. L., Coetzee, G., Pike, M. C., Dansonka-Mieszkowska, A., Timorek, A., Rzepecka, I. K., Kupryjanczyk, J., Freedman, M., Noushmehr, H., Easton, D. F., Offit, K., Couch, F. J., Gayther, S., Pharoah, P. P., Antoniou, A. C., & Chenevix-Trench, G.
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Corresponding author
  • Kuchenbaecker, Karoline B
  • Ramus, Susan J
  • Tyrer, Jonathan
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Nature Genetics
Published
2015-01-12
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47
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2
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164-171
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  • 1061-4036 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1718
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W2095936660
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  • Ovarian Cancer Research Fund
  • Wellcome Trust (076113)
  • Francis Crick Institute (10124)
  • Cancer Research UK (11174, C1287‐A10118, 12677, 16561, 16565, C12292/A11174, 17523, 16563, 10124, 15960)
  • Norges Forskningsråd
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Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Keywords
epithelial ovarian cancer, cancer susceptibility loci, BRCA1 mutation carriers, BRCA2 mutation carriers, genetic risk variants, serous ovarian cancer, Wnt4, Turku, ATAD5, RSPO1, risk prediction, 1p36, 17q11.2
MeSH terms
Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial, Adolescent, Adult, Alleles, Female, Genotype, Heterozygote, Humans, Mutation, Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial, Ovarian Neoplasms, Risk, Genes, Reporter, BRCA1 Protein, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, BRCA2 Protein, Quantitative Trait Loci, Genome-Wide Association Study, Young Adult

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