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1. BRCAness digitalMLPA profiling predicts benefit of intensified platinum-based chemotherapy in triple-negative and luminal-type breast cancer

Author: Esther H. Lips, Anne Benard-Slagter, Jelle Wesseling, Suvi Savola, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Petra M. Nederlof, Sabine C. Linn, Mark Opdam, and Caroline E. Scheerman
Subjects: Oncology, Organoplatinum Compounds, endocrine system diseases, Receptor, ErbB-2, medicine.medical_treatment, Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms, law.invention, 0302 clinical medicine, Breast cancer, Randomized controlled trial, law, Surgical oncology, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, Multiplex, Luminal type, skin and connective tissue diseases, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, 0303 health sciences, BRCA1 Protein, Genetic analysis, Hazard ratio, lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, Survival Rate, Predictive biomarker, Receptors, Estrogen, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Female, Receptors, Progesterone, Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques, Research Article, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, digitalMLPA, DNA Copy Number Variations, Copy number analysis, Chemotherapy prediction, lcsh:RC254-282, 03 medical and health sciences, Predictive Value of Tests, Internal medicine, Biomarkers, Tumor, medicine, Humans, 030304 developmental biology, BRCA2 Protein, Chemotherapy, business.industry, medicine.disease, BRCA1, BRCA2, Mutation, business, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract: Background We previously showed that BRCA-like profiles can be used to preselect individuals with the highest risk of carrying BRCA mutations but could also indicate which patients would benefit from double-strand break inducing chemotherapy. A simple, robust, and reliable assay for clinical use that utilizes limited amounts of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tumor tissue to assess BRCAness status in both ER-positive and ER-negative breast cancer (BC) is currently lacking. Methods A digital multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (digitalMLPA) assay was designed to detect copy number alterations required for the classification of BRCA1-like and BRCA2-like BC. The BRCA1-like classifier was trained on 71 tumors, enriched for triple-negative BC; the BRCA2-like classifier was trained on 55 tumors, enriched for luminal-type BC. A shrunken centroid-based classifier was developed and applied on an independent validation cohort. A total of 114 cases of a randomized controlled trial were analyzed, and the association of the classifier result with intensified platinum-based chemotherapy response was assessed. Results The digitalMLPA BRCA1-like classifier correctly classified 91% of the BRCA1-like samples and 82% of the BRCA2-like samples. Patients with a BRCA-like tumor derived significant benefit of high-dose chemotherapy (adjusted hazard ratio (HR) 0.12, 95% CI 0.04–0.44) which was not observed in non-BRCA-like patients (HR 0.9, 95% CI 0.37–2.18) (p = 0.01). Analysis stratified for ER status showed borderline significance. Conclusions The digitalMLPA is a reliable method to detect a BRCA1- and BRCA2-like pattern on clinical samples and predicts platinum-based chemotherapy benefit in both triple-negative and luminal-type BC.
Published: 2020
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2. Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses

Author: Ana Peixoto, Ian Tomlinson, Thérèse Truong, Amanda E. Toland, Anna Marie Mulligan, Michael Untch, Susan J. Ramus, Kenneth Offit, John J. Spinelli, Clarice R. Weinberg, Kyriaki Michailidou, Javier Benitez, Rita K. Schmutzler, Lizet E. van der Kolk, Heli Nevanlinna, Annika Lindblom, Sara Margolin, Stella Koutros, Elza Khusnutdinova, Diana Eccles, Lenka Foretova, Wolfgang Janni, Jennifer T. Loud, Roger L. Milne, Patrick Neven, Thomas U. Ahearn, Hedy S. Rennert, Karolina Prajzendanc, Melissa C. Southey, Ramunas Janavicius, Finn Cilius Nielsen, Pascal Guénel, Antoinette Hollestelle, Jolanta Lissowska, Ni Zhao, Melissa Christiaens, Hoda Anton-Culver, Ans M.W. van den Ouweland, Christopher A. Haiman, Debra Frost, Vessela N. Kristensen, Bernard Peissel, Muhammad Usman Rashid, Noura Mebirouk, Claudine Isaacs, Matthias W. Beckmann, Sofia Khan, Xia Jiang, Jack A. Taylor, Peter Hillemanns, Robert Winqvist, Susan L. Neuhausen, Marina Bermisheva, Alicja Wolk, Katherine L. Nathanson, Judy Garber, Siranoush Manoukian, Simon S. Cross, Flavio Lejbkowicz, Manjeet K. Bolla, Goska Leslie, Saundra S. Buys, Banu Arun, Xiaohong R. Yang, Peter Schürmann, Irene Konstantopoulou, Mia M. Gaudet, Rob A. E. M. Tollenaar, Joe Dennis, Louise Izatt, David E. Goldgar, Anna Jakubowska, Alicja Lukomska, Fabienne Lesueur, Susanna C. Larsson, Peter Devilee, Helen Byers, Bernd Holleczek, Marc Tischkowitz, Arif B. Ekici, Austin Miller, Carl Blomqvist, Christopher R. Hake, Paul D.P. Pharoah, Harvey A. Risch, Kristin K. Zorn, Mehdi Manoochehri, Kamila Czene, Peter A. Fasching, Trinidad Caldés, Hanna Huebner, Agnes Jager, William G. Newman, Lesley McGuffog, Maren T. Scheuner, Nick Orr, Susan M. Domchek, Antonis C. Antoniou, Peter Kraft, Pooja Middha Kapoor, Daniel R. Barnes, Christine L. Clarke, Douglas F. Easton, Bernadette A M Heemskerk-Gerritsen, Ross L. Prentice, Mark E. Sherman, Elizabeth J. van Rensburg, Michael Jones, Åke Borg, Diether Lambrechts, Mark H. Greene, Mark S. Goldberg, Peter J. Hulick, Maria Elena Martinez, Arto Mannermaa, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Christian F. Singer, Johanna Rantala, Esther M. John, Jesse Nodora, Wendy K. Chung, Csilla Szabo, Mads Thomassen, Tracy A. O'Mara, Kelly-Anne Phillips, Manuela Gago-Dominguez, Jacques Simard, John L. Hopper, Jacopo Azzollini, Rudolf Kaaks, Haoyu Zhang, Eitan Friedman, Heiko Becher, János Papp, Thomas Rüdiger, Alison M. Dunning, Daniele Campa, Alfons Meindl, Lothar Häberle, Ana Blanco, Eric Hahnen, Barbara Wappenschmidt, Elaine F. Harkness, Audrey Y. Jung, Guanghao Qi, Zumuruda Abu Ful, Maria A. Caligo, Priyanka Sharma, Håkan Olsson, Elke M van Veen, Marion Piedmonte, Linetta B. Koppert, Usha Menon, Laura Matricardi, Jonine D. Figueroa, Wei Zheng, Milena Jakimovska, Katarzyna Białkowska, Renske Keeman, Matti A. Rookus, William J. Tapper, J. Peto, Paul L. Auer, Andreas Schneeweiss, Xiao-Ou Shu, Miriam Dwek, Elvira Mingazheva, Hermann Brenner, Emilija Lazarova, Atocha Romero, Rulla M. Tamimi, Laura Papi, Hans Wildiers, Catriona McLean, Montserrat Garcia-Closas, Matthias Rübner, Thomas Brüning, Graham G. Giles, Robert J. MacInnis, Hans Christiansen, Sten Cornelissen, Paul A. James, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Tjoung-Won Park-Simon, Nilanjan Chatterjee, D. Gareth Evans, Ignacio Briceño, Mary B. Daly, Annegien Broeks, Evgeny N. Imyanitov, Jonathan Beesley, Snezhana Smichkoska, Thilo Dörk, Yon-Dschun Ko, Paolo Peterlongo, Celine M. Vachon, Claire Mulot, Kristiina Aittomäki, Liene Nikitina-Zake, Manuel R. Teixeira, Edith Olah, Florentia Fostira, Beth N. Peshkin, Pierre Laurent-Puig, M. B. Terry, Michael T. Parsons, Anna González-Neira, Julie Lecarpentier, Jacek Gronwald, Fergus J. Couch, Mariarosaria Calvello, Leigha Senter, Ute Hamann, Brigitte Rack, Marco Montagna, Simon A. Gayther, Barbara Burwinkel, Anne-Vibeke Lænkholm, Irene L. Andrulis, Sabine Behrens, Beth Y. Karlan, Anthony J. Swerdlow, Marjanka K. Schmidt, Cari M. Kitahara, Emmanouil Saloustros, Dijana Plaseska-Karanfilska, Melissa A. Troester, Diana Torres, Daniel Barrowdale, Elinor J. Sawyer, Hiltrud Brauch, Minouk J. Schoemaker, Dale P. Sandler, José A. García-Sáenz, Jennifer Stone, Qin Wang, Conxi Lázaro, Paolo Radice, Jan Lubinski, Jose E. Castelao, Natalia Bogdanova, Drakoulis Yannoukakos, Davide Bondavalli, Kristan J. Aronson, Gad Rennert, Wing-Yee Lo, Robert N. Hoover, Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet, Nadine Tung, Stephen J. Chanock, Andrew K. Godwin, Angela Cox, Maartje J. Hooning, Anthony Howell, Volker Arndt, Penny Soucy, Jenny Chang-Claude, Kathleen Claes, Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, Jeffrey N. Weitzel, Stig E. Bojesen, Sara Y Brucker, Darcy L. Thull, Darya Prokofyeva, Taru A. Muranen, Ben Schöttker, Orland Diez, Susan M. Gapstur, Sarah Sampson, Bernardo Bonanni, Per Hall, Ana Vega, Medical Oncology, Surgery, and Clinical Genetics
Subjects: Oncology, medicine.medical_specialty, Linkage disequilibrium, Carcinogenesis, Estrogen receptor, Genome-wide association study, Breast Neoplasms, Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms, Biology, Gene mutation, Linkage Disequilibrium, Càncer de mama, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Breast cancer, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Internal medicine, Genetics, Genetic predisposition, medicine, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Carcinogènesi, Triple-negative breast cancer, 030304 developmental biology, Medicinsk genetik, 0303 health sciences, Genetic heterogeneity, BRCA1 Protein, medicine.disease, 3. Good health, Case-Control Studies, Female, Mutation, Genome-Wide Association Study, Medical Genetics, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: Genome-wide analysis identifies 32 loci associated with breast cancer susceptibility, accounting for estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 status and tumor grade. Breast cancer susceptibility variants frequently show heterogeneity in associations by tumor subtype(1-3). To identify novel loci, we performed a genome-wide association study including 133,384 breast cancer cases and 113,789 controls, plus 18,908 BRCA1 mutation carriers (9,414 with breast cancer) of European ancestry, using both standard and novel methodologies that account for underlying tumor heterogeneity by estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 status and tumor grade. We identified 32 novel susceptibility loci (P < 5.0 x 10(-8)), 15 of which showed evidence for associations with at least one tumor feature (false discovery rate < 0.05). Five loci showed associations (P < 0.05) in opposite directions between luminal and non-luminal subtypes. In silico analyses showed that these five loci contained cell-specific enhancers that differed between normal luminal and basal mammary cells. The genetic correlations between five intrinsic-like subtypes ranged from 0.35 to 0.80. The proportion of genome-wide chip heritability explained by all known susceptibility loci was 54.2% for luminal A-like disease and 37.6% for triple-negative disease. The odds ratios of polygenic risk scores, which included 330 variants, for the highest 1% of quantiles compared with middle quantiles were 5.63 and 3.02 for luminal A-like and triple-negative disease, respectively. These findings provide an improved understanding of genetic predisposition to breast cancer subtypes and will inform the development of subtype-specific polygenic risk scores.
Published: 2020
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3. Breast cancer risks associated with missense variants in breast cancer susceptibility genes

Author: Douglas F. Easton, Manuela Gago-Dominguez, Marina Bermisheva, Marike Gabrielson, Michael J. Madsen, Antoinette Hollestelle, Joe Dennis, Roger L. Milne, Per Hall, Andreas Hadjisavvas, Muriel A. Adank, Melissa C. Southey, Anthony Howell, Qin Wang, Thilo Dörk, Elza Khusnutdinova, Nicola J. Camp, Miguel de la Hoya, Pascal Guénel, Archie Campbell, Gord Glendon, Javier Benitez, Sgbcc Investigators, Manjeet K. Bolla, Jonine D. Figueroa, Paolo Radice, Maaike P.G. Vreeswijk, William G. Newman, Soo Hwang Teo, Anna Jakubowska, Paul D.P. Pharoah, Sara Margolin, Thomas U. Ahearn, Mitul Shah, Eric Hahnen, Matthias W. Beckmann, Dimitrios Mavroudis, Elinor J. Sawyer, Paolo Peterlongo, Artitaya Lophatananon, Melanie Gündert, Maria A. Loizidou, Xueling Sim, Irene L. Andrulis, Ignacio Briceño, Mehdi Manoochehri, Rita K. Schmutzler, Maija Suvanto, Sara Carvalho, Amanda B. Spurdle, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Marjanka K. Schmidt, Graham G. Giles, Peter A. Fasching, Inge M. M. Lakeman, Vessela N. Kristensen, Leila Dorling, Annika Lindblom, Harald Surowy, Jan C. Oosterwijk, Diana Torres, Nur Aishah Taib, Xiaohong R. Yang, D. Gareth Evans, Päivi Auvinen, Heli Nevanlinna, Sabine Behrens, Arto Mannermaa, Christi J. van Asperen, Anna González-Neira, Ian Tomlinson, Thérèse Truong, Heiko Becher, J. Margriet Collée, Jenny Chang-Claude, Mikael Hartman, Michael T. Parsons, Jamie Allen, Henrik Flyger, Sue K. Park, Craig Luccarini, Sung-Won Kim, Stephan M. Heijl, Montserrat Garcia-Closas, Cristina Fortuno, Jingmei Li, Peter Devilee, Yon-Dschun Ko, Reiner Hoppe, Stig E. Bojesen, Regina Waltes, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Alison M. Dunning, Kenneth Muir, Mikael Eriksson, Bas Vroling, Jan Lubinski, Jose E. Castelao, Stephen J. Chanock, Natalia Bogdanova, Anders Kvist, Michael Bremer, Emmanouil Saloustros, Kamila Czene, kConFab Investigators, Elaine F. Harkness, Audrey Y. Jung, and Ute Hamann
Subjects: Genetics, 0303 health sciences, PALB2, Biology, medicine.disease, Logistic regression, Lower risk, Breast cancer susceptibility genes, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Breast cancer, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, medicine, Missense mutation, CHEK2, Gene, 030304 developmental biology
Abstract: BACKGROUNDProtein truncating variants in ATM, BRCA1, BRCA2, CHEK2 and PALB2 are associated with increased breast cancer risk, but risks associated with missense variants in these genes are uncertain.METHODSCombining 59,639 breast cancer cases and 53,165 controls, we sampled training (80%) and validation (20%) sets to analyze rare missense variants in ATM (1,146 training variants), BRCA1 (644), BRCA2 (1,425), CHEK2 (325) and PALB2 (472). We evaluated breast cancer risks according to five in-silico prediction-of-deleteriousness algorithms, functional protein domain, and frequency, using logistic regression models and also mixture models in which a subset of variants was assumed to be risk-associated.RESULTSThe most predictive in-silico algorithms were Helix (BRCA1, BRCA2 and CHEK2) and CADD (ATM). Increased risks appeared restricted to functional protein domains for ATM (FAT and PIK domains) and BRCA1 (RING and BRCT domains). For ATM, BRCA1 and BRCA2, data were compatible with small subsets (approximately 7%, 2% and 0.6%, respectively) of rare missense variants giving similar risk to those of protein truncating variants in the same gene. For CHEK2, data were more consistent with a large fraction (approximately 60%) of rare missense variants giving a lower risk (OR 1.75, 95% CI (1.47-2.08)) than CHEK2 protein truncating variants. There was little evidence for an association with risk for missense variants in PALB2. The best fitting models were well calibrated in the validation set.CONCLUSIONSThese results will inform risk prediction models and the selection of candidate variants for functional assays, and could contribute to the clinical reporting of gene panel testing for breast cancer susceptibility.
Published: 2021
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4. Characterization of the Cancer Spectrum in Men with Germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 Pathogenic Variants:Results from the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA)

Author: Christi J. van Asperen, Leigha Senter, Javier Benitez, Kenneth Offit, Marco Montagna, Irene L. Andrulis, Phuong L. Mai, Yen Y. Tan, Lidia Moserle, Sara Torres-Esquius, Trinidad Caldés, Orland Diez, Daniel R. Barnes, Åke Borg, Daniel Barrowdale, Joanne Ngeow, Siranoush Manoukian, Soo Hwang Teo, Maria A. Caligo, Inge Søkilde Pedersen, Jennifer T. Loud, Marta Santamariña, Amanda E. Toland, Anna Marie Mulligan, Irene Konstantopoulou, Antonis C. Antoniou, Paul A. James, Eitan Friedman, Barbara Wappenschmidt, Marc Tischkowitz, Laura Papi, Ana Osorio, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Eva Machackova, Pedro Pinto, Keivan Majidzadeh-A, Bernardo Bonanni, Kristiina Aittomäki, Berardino Porfirio, Johanna Rantala, Valentina Silvestri, Bent Ejlertsen, Melissa C. Southey, Ramunas Janavicius, Elisabetta Landucci, Liene Nikitina-Zake, Lajos Géczi, Saundra S. Buys, Angela R. Solano, Sarah Colonna, Ana Vega, Fabienne Lesueur, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Goska Leslie, David E. Goldgar, Peter J. Hulick, Rosa B. Barkardottir, Kristin K. Zorn, Elisa Alducci, Miguel de la Hoya, Fergus J. Couch, Laura Ottini, Anne-Marie Gerdes, Uffe Birk Jensen, Ute Hamann, Christoph Engel, Allison W. Kurian, Douglas F. Easton, Annabeth Høgh Petersen, Alessandra Viel, Linda Steele, Zoe Steinsnyder, Ava Kwong, Alicia Barroso, Eric Hahnen, Mads Thomassen, Maria Rossing, Rita K. Schmutzler, Wendy K. Chung, Angel Izquierdo, Barak Rosenzweig, Jeroen Vierstraete, Mark H. Greene, Lenka Foretova, Jeffrey N. Weitzel, Paolo Radice, Muhammad Usman Rashid, Katherine L. Nathanson, Lesley McGuffog, Ian G. Campbell, John L. Hopper, Laura Cortesi, Christian F. Singer, Sook-Yee Yoon, Lídia Feliubadaló, Bjarni A. Agnarsson, Susan M. Domchek, Vijai Joseph, Manuel R. Teixeira, Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet, Nadine Tung, Andrew K. Godwin, Jacques Simard, Yuan Chun Ding, Carlo Capalbo, Florentia Fostira, Greet Wieme, Mary Beth Terry, Kathleen Claes, Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, Pedro Pérez-Segura, Heli Nevanlinna, D. Gareth Evans, Edith Olah, Michael T. Parsons, Claudine Isaacs, Miquel Angel Pujana, Timothy R. Rebbeck, Gord Glendon, Susan L. Neuhausen, Judy Kirk, Sue K. Park, Esther M. John, Medicum, Kristiina Aittomäki / Principal Investigator, HUSLAB, Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Helsinki University Hospital Area, University of Helsinki, HUS Gynecology and Obstetrics, Biosciences, and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subjects: Male, Cancer Research, endocrine system diseases, GUIDELINES, 0302 clinical medicine, Neoplasms, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Prospective cohort study, skin and connective tissue diseases, GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION, Original Investigation, RISK, Aged, 80 and over, education.field_of_study, BRCA1 Protein, Middle Aged, BRCA2 Protein/genetics, 3. Good health, PROSTATE-CANCER, Phenotype, Oncology, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Male breast cancer, Cohort study, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Population, 3122 Cancers, MUTATION CARRIERS, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, Breast cancer, Internal medicine, BREAST-CANCER, Humans, education, Germ-Line Mutation, Aged, Retrospective Studies, BRCA2 Protein, business.industry, Cancer, Correction, Retrospective cohort study, Odds ratio, medicine.disease, BRCA1 Protein/genetics, business, Neoplasms/diagnosis
Abstract: Importance The limited data on cancer phenotypes in men with germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variants (PVs) have hampered the development of evidence-based recommendations for early cancer detection and risk reduction in this population. Objective To compare the cancer spectrum and frequencies between male BRCA1 and BRCA2 PV carriers. Design, Setting, and Participants Retrospective cohort study of 6902 men, including 3651 BRCA1 and 3251 BRCA2 PV carriers, older than 18 years recruited from cancer genetics clinics from 1966 to 2017 by 53 study groups in 33 countries worldwide collaborating through the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA). Clinical data and pathologic characteristics were collected. Main Outcomes and Measures BRCA1/2 status was the outcome in a logistic regression, and cancer diagnoses were the independent predictors. All odds ratios (ORs) were adjusted for age, country of origin, and calendar year of the first interview. Results Among the 6902 men in the study (median [range] age, 51.6 [18-100] years), 1634 cancers were diagnosed in 1376 men (19.9%), the majority (922 of 1,376 [67%]) being BRCA2 PV carriers. Being affected by any cancer was associated with a higher probability of being a BRCA2, rather than a BRCA1, PV carrier (OR, 3.23; 95% CI, 2.81-3.70; P
Published: 2020
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5. Clustering of known low and moderate risk alleles rather than a novel recessive high-risk gene in non-BRCA1/2 sib trios affected with breast cancer

Author: Peter Van ‘t Hof, Joe Dennis, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Caro M. Meijers, Kyriaki Michailidou, Petra M. Nederlof, Hailiang Mei, Peter Devilee, Christi J. van Asperen, and Florentine Hilbers
Subjects: Proband, Multifactorial Inheritance, Cancer Research, Population, Breast Neoplasms, polygenic, Biology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, susceptibility, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Breast cancer, breast cancer, Exome Sequencing, medicine, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Allele, 10. No inequality, education, CHEK2, Germ-Line Mutation, Exome sequencing, BRCA2 Protein, Genetics, education.field_of_study, BRCA1 Protein, Siblings, Haplotype, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Family aggregation, recessive, medicine.disease, Pedigree, Checkpoint Kinase 2, Haplotypes, Oncology, Case-Control Studies, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Female, Cancer Epidemiology, exome
Abstract: Breast cancer risk is approximately twice as high in first‐degree relatives of female breast cancer cases than in women in the general population. Less than half of this risk can be attributed to the currently known genetic risk factors. Recessive risk alleles represent a relatively underexplored explanation for the remainder of familial risk. To address this, we selected 19 non‐BRCA1/2 breast cancer families in which at least three siblings were affected, while no first‐degree relatives of the previous or following generation had breast cancer. Germline DNA from one of the siblings was subjected to exome sequencing, while all affected siblings were genotyped using SNP arrays to assess haplotype sharing and to calculate a polygenic risk score (PRS) based on 160 low‐risk variants. We found no convincing candidate recessive alleles among exome sequencing variants in genomic regions for which all three siblings shared two haplotypes. However, we found two families in which all affected siblings carried the CHEK2*1100delC. In addition, the average normalized PRS of the “recessive” family probands (0.81) was significantly higher than that in both general population cases (0.35, P = .026) and controls (P = .0004). These findings suggest that the familial aggregation is, at least in part, explained by a polygenic effect of common low‐risk variants and rarer intermediate‐risk variants, while we did not find evidence of a role for novel recessive risk alleles., What's new? To find new breast cancer susceptibility alleles, these authors tested families in which at least three affected siblings had non‐BRCA1/2 breast cancer. No new susceptibility alleles emerged, but the analysis did reveal that on average, women from these families who had cancer had significantly higher polygenic risk scores than either sporadic cases or controls. This result highlights the importance of moderate risk alleles acting together in familial breast cancer.
Published: 2020

6. Association of genomic domains in BRCA1 and BRCA2 with prostate cancer risk and aggressiveness

Author: Henriette Roed Nielsen, Judith Balmaña, Anne-Marie Gerdes, Ellen Honisch, Melissa C. Southey, Ramunas Janavicius, Finn Cilius Nielsen, Douglas F. Easton, Linda Steele, Ava Kwong, Sung Won Kim, Bjarni A. Agnarsson, Piera Rizzolo, Angela R. Solano, Mads Thomassen, Johannes Lemke, Grazia Artioli, Heli Nevanlinna, Johanna I. Kiiski, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Jong Won Lee, Diana Eccles, Mark H. Greene, Marc Tischkowitz, David E. Goldgar, Angela R. Bradbury, Javier Benitez, Marie Navratilova, Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet, Arjen R. Mensenkamp, Alfons Meindl, Zisun Kim, Nadine Tung, Agnes Jager, Matthew L. Freedman, Ana Osorio, Norbert Arnold, Doris Steinemann, Inge Søkilde Pedersen, Patricia Llovet, Rob B. van der Luijt, Vivek L Patel, Munaza Ahmed, Lidia Moserle, Irene Konstantopoulou, Jackie Cook, Jacques Simard, Joan Brunet, Johanna Rantala, Kai-ren Ong, Carole Brewer, Joe Dennis, Sook-Yee Yoon, Hanne Meijers-Heijboer, Roberta Villa, Katie Snape, Louise Izatt, Ana Peixoto, Susan M. Domchek, Nina Ditsch, D. Gareth Evans, Tara M. Friebel, Sue K. Park, Katherine L. Nathanson, Lenka Foretova, Miguel Angel Pujana, Edith Olah, Hélène Schuster, Raymonda Varon-Mateeva, Silvia Tognazzo, Payal D. Shah, Oskar T. Johannsson, Hans Ehrencrona, Paul Gesta, Ian G. Campbell, Drakoulis Yannoukakos, Mirjam Larsen, Anthony V. D'Amico, Liene Nikitina-Zake, Davide Bondavalli, Valérie Bonadona, Paul A. James, Alan Donaldson, Antonis C. Antoniou, Bernd Auber, Andrew K. Godwin, Denise Molina Gomes, Jihyoun Lee, Laurence Faivre, Almuth Caliebe, Pilar Garre, Siddhartha Yadav, Julika Borde, Pedro Pérez-Segura, Birgitte Bertelsen, Paolo Peterlongo, Michael T. Parsons, John L. Hopper, Bruno Buecher, Goska Leslie, Shan Wang-Gohrke, Amanda B. Spurdle, T.M. Mooij, Juliane Ramser, kConFab Investigators, Lídia Feliubadaló, Susanne E. Boonen, Bernard Peissel, Anna von Wachenfeldt, Timothy R. Rebbeck, Christi J. van Asperen, Víctor Lorca, Estela Carrasco, Elisa Alducci, Ulrike Faust, Karin Kast, Gord Glendon, Saundra S. Buys, Fergus J. Couch, Mariarosaria Calvello, Istvan Bodrogi, Kathryn J. Ruddy, Philipp Wagner, Fabienne Lesueur, Evan L. Busch, Hebon Investigators, Laura Cortesi, Christian F. Singer, Ute Hamann, Giuseppe Damante, Stefania Tommasi, Esther M. John, Jacopo Azzollini, Cristina Zanzottera, Angelica M. Gutierrez-Barrera, Emmanuelle Mouret-Fourme, Claire Saule, Rosa B. Barkardottir, Kristin K. Zorn, Kerstin Rhiem, Uffe Birk Jensen, Mark Pomerantz, Yuan Chun Ding, Alison H. Trainer, Marco Montagna, Vijai Joseph, Domenico Palli, Kwang-Pil Ko, Angel M. Cronin, Susan L. Neuhausen, Dieter Niederacher, Laura Ottini, Angela Toss, Rita K. Schmutzler, Muriel Belotti, Jeffrey N. Weitzel, Caroline M. Seynaeve, Ileana Carnevali, Adalgeir Arason, Rosalind A. Eeles, Annie T W Chu, Florentia Fostira, Greet Wieme, Brita Arver, Charlotte Kvist Lautrup, Christoph Engel, Marion Gauthier-Villars, Daniel Barrowdale, Caroline Maria Rossing, Kenneth Offit, Kathleen Claes, Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, Penny Soucy, Alicia Barroso, Manuel R. Teixeira, Wendy K. Chung, Gero Kramer, Tsun Leung Chan, Agostina Stradella, Debra Frost, Noura Mebirouk, Liselotte P. van Hest, Esther Darder, Valentina Silvestri, Annabeth Høgh Petersen, Lesley McGuffog, Andrea Gehrig, Mary Porteous, Matti A. Rookus, Lizet E. van der Kolk, Siranoush Manoukian, Lone Sunde, Conxi Lázaro, Maria A. Caligo, Priyanka Sharma, Anne-Bine Skytte, Claus-Eric Ott, Christian Sutter, Paolo Radice, Veronica Medici, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Vanesa García-Barberán, Kristiina Aittomäki, Amanda E. Toland, Anna Marie Mulligan, Véronique Mari, Bernd Dworniczak, Lynn Martin, Lara Della Puppa, Phuong L. Mai, George Fountzilas, Yen Y. Tan, Simona Agata, Torben A Kruse, Trinidad Caldés, Rosemarie Davidson, Daniel R. Barnes, Thomas Dyrso Jensen, Åke Borg, Mark E. Robson, Jennifer T. Loud, Vivian Y. Shin, Irene López-Perolio, Leigha Senter, Irene L. Andrulis, Rosa Scarpitta, Angela F. Brady, Annika Lindblom, Diana Torres, Lotte Nylandsted Krogh, Barbara Wappenschmidt, Muhammad Rashid, Jeroen Vierstraete, Mary B. Daly, Annelie Liljegren, Frederieke H. van der Baan, Eunyoung Kang, Alessandra Viel, Santiago Cabezas-Camarero, Eric Hahnen, Laura Matricardi, Marinus J. Blok, Edmond S. K. Ma, Maria Grazia Tibiletti, Catarina Santos, Julian Adlard, Soo Hwang Teo, Giuseppe Giannini, Jan Hauke, Peter J. Hulick, Miguel de la Hoya, Clare Miller, Bernardo Bonanni, Bent Ejlertsen, Lajos Géczi, Liliana Varesco, Orland Diez, N Herold, Christine Lasset, Adrià López-Fernández, Min Hyuk Lee, Medicum, Kristiina Aittomäki / Principal Investigator, HUSLAB, Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, INDIVIDRUG - Individualized Drug Therapy, HUS Gynecology and Obstetrics, Clinicum, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, RS: GROW - R4 - Reproductive and Perinatal Medicine, MUMC+: DA KG Lab Centraal Lab (9), Medical Oncology, Academic Medical Center, ARD - Amsterdam Reproduction and Development, Leslie, Goska [0000-0001-5756-6222], Adlard, Julian [0000-0002-1693-0435], Arnold, Norbert [0000-0003-4523-8808], Auber, Bernd [0000-0003-1880-291X], Azzollini, Jacopo [0000-0002-9364-9778], Barnes, Daniel R [0000-0002-3781-7570], Brunet, Joan [0000-0003-1945-3512], Caligo, Maria A [0000-0003-0589-1829], Campbell, Ian G [0000-0002-7773-4155], Claes, Kathleen BM [0000-0003-0841-7372], Darder, Esther [0000-0002-7764-1397], Dennis, Joe [0000-0003-4591-1214], Dworniczak, Bernd [0000-0003-4981-7903], Eeles, Rosalind A [0000-0002-3698-6241], Ehrencrona, Hans [0000-0002-5589-3622], Ejlertsen, Bent [0000-0001-8761-714X], Evans, D Gareth [0000-0002-8482-5784], Garre, Pilar [0000-0001-8285-4138], Greene, Mark H [0000-0003-1852-9239], Hulick, Peter J [0000-0001-8397-4078], Jager, Agnes [0000-0002-7713-1450], James, Paul [0000-0002-4361-4657], John, Esther M [0000-0003-3259-8003], Joseph, Vijai [0000-0002-7933-151X], Kim, Sung-Won [0000-0002-1413-2800], Kim, Zisun [0000-0002-1413-2800], Konstantopoulou, Irene [0000-0002-0470-0309], Lesueur, Fabienne [0000-0001-7404-4549], Matricardi, Laura [0000-0002-0241-1810], Gomes, Denise Molina [0000-0002-2836-9008], Nevanlinna, Heli [0000-0002-0916-2976], Olopade, Olufunmilayo I [0000-0002-9936-1599], Palli, Domenico [0000-0002-5558-2437], Park, Sue K [0000-0001-5002-9707], Parsons, Michael T [0000-0003-3242-8477], Peterlongo, Paolo [0000-0001-6951-6855], Petersen, Annabeth Høgh [0000-0002-4503-6942], Pujana, Miguel Angel [0000-0003-3222-4044], Ruddy, Kathryn J [0000-0001-6298-332X], Scarpitta, Rosa [0000-0001-7590-3827], Shah, Payal D [0000-0001-5874-3390], Silvestri, Valentina [0000-0003-0712-9379], Southey, Melissa C [0000-0002-6313-9005], Spurdle, Amanda B [0000-0003-1337-7897], Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique [0000-0002-5438-8309], Sunde, Lone [0000-0002-8479-165X], Teixeira, Manuel R [0000-0002-4896-5982], Teo, Soo Hwang [0000-0002-0444-590X], Tommasi, Stefania [0000-0002-2157-2978], Toss, Angela [0000-0002-1854-6701], van der Luijt, Rob B [0000-0002-0018-1089], Vierstraete, Jeroen [0000-0001-7909-6620], Wieme, Greet [0000-0003-2718-5300], Yadav, Siddhartha [0000-0003-4630-9903], Antoniou, Antonis C [0000-0001-9223-3116], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Human genetics, and CCA - Cancer biology and immunology
Subjects: Male, 0301 basic medicine, Oncology, Cancer Research, endocrine system diseases, PHENOTYPE, INCREASE, Prostate cancer, 0302 clinical medicine, Risk Factors, Young adult, skin and connective tissue diseases, Aged, 80 and over, Prostate cancer risk, Women's cancers Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 17], MESSENGER-RNA DECAY, BRCA1 Protein, Genomics, GERMLINE MUTATIONS, Middle Aged, Prognosis, OVARIAN, CARRIERS, 3. Good health, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Adult, Heterozygote, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Tumor suppressor gene, Urology, Association (object-oriented programming), 3122 Cancers, MEDLINE, Article, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, Breast cancer, Germline mutation, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Internal medicine, BRCA1, BRCA2, Prostate Cancer, Pathogenic sequence variant location, Risk estimation, Journal Article, Genetic predisposition, medicine, Humans, BREAST-CANCER, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Risk factor, Genetic Association Studies, Aged, BRCA2 Protein, IDENTIFICATION, business.industry, Prostatic Neoplasms, medicine.disease, GENE, Confidence interval, APC, 030104 developmental biology, Mutation, 3111 Biomedicine, business
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.
Published: 2020
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7. BRCA1-Mutated Estrogen Receptor–Positive Breast Cancer Shows BRCAness, Suggesting Sensitivity to Drugs Targeting Homologous Recombination Deficiency

Author: Rashmie D. Debipersad, Esther H. Lips, Lennart Mulder, Jelle Wesseling, Gabe S. Sonke, Petra M. Nederlof, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Caroline E. Scheerman, and Lizet E. van der Kolk
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Oncology, Cancer Research, medicine.medical_specialty, Mutation, endocrine system diseases, medicine.drug_class, Estrogen receptor, Cancer, Biology, medicine.disease, medicine.disease_cause, BRCA2 Protein, Loss of heterozygosity, 03 medical and health sciences, 030104 developmental biology, 0302 clinical medicine, Breast cancer, Estrogen, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Internal medicine, medicine, skin and connective tissue diseases, Carcinogenesis
Abstract: Purpose: As estrogen receptor–positive (ER+) breast cancer in BRCA1 mutation carriers arises at an older age with less aggressive tumor characteristics than ER-negative (ER−) BRCA1-mutated breast cancer, it has been suggested that these tumors are “sporadic” and not BRCA1 driven. With the introduction of targeted treatments specific for tumors with a nonfunctioning BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene, the question whether the BRCA genes are impaired in the tumor is highly relevant. Therefore, we performed genomic profiling of BRCA1-mutated ER+ tumors. Experimental Design: Genomic profiling, BRCA1 promoter methylation assessment, and loss of heterozygosity analysis were done on 16 BRCA1-mutated ER+ tumors. Results were compared with 57 BRCA1-mutated ER− tumors, 36 BRCA2-mutated ER+-associated tumors, and 182 sporadic ER+ tumors. Results: The genomic profile of BRCA1-mutated ER+ tumors was different from BRCA1-mutated ER− breast tumors, but highly similar to BRCA2-mutated ER+ tumors. In 83% of the BRCA1-mutated ER+ tumors, loss of the wild-type BRCA1 allele was observed. In addition, clinicopathologic variables in BRCA1-mutated ER+ cancer were also more similar to BRCA2-mutated ER+ and sporadic ER+ breast cancer than to BRCA1-mutated ER− cancers. Conclusions: As BRCA1-mutated ER+ tumors show a BRCAness copy number profile and LOH, it is likely that the loss of a functional BRCA1 protein plays a role in tumorigenesis in BRCA1-mutated ER+ tumors. Therefore, we hypothesize that these tumors are sensitive to drugs targeting the BRCA1 gene defect, providing new targeted treatment modalities for advanced BRCA-deficient, ER+ breast cancer. Clin Cancer Res; 23(5); 1236–41. ©2016 AACR.
Published: 2017
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8. BRCA2 Hypomorphic Missense Variants Confer Moderate Risks of Breast Cancer

Author: Ian Tomlinson, Thérèse Truong, Henrik Flyger, Martha J. Shrubsole, Manjeet K. Bolla, Paolo Radice, Janet E. Olson, Xiao-Ou Shu, Ching-Yu Cheng, Kyriaki Michailidou, John L. Hopper, Annika Lindblom, Lizet E. van der Kolk, Paolo Peterlongo, Cora M. Aalfs, Susan L. Neuhausen, Hermela Shimelis, Jonine D. Figueroa, Florentia Fostira, Ji Yeob Choi, Fabienne Calléja, Setareh Moghadasi, Barbara Brouwers, Hui Miao, Pascal Guénel, Graham G. Giles, Roger L. Milne, Gord Glendon, Hidemi Ito, Per Hall, Jingmei Li, Elinor J. Sawyer, Javier Benitez, Isabel dos-Santos-Silva, Melissa C. Southey, Jyh-Cherng Yu, Curtis Olswold, Julian Peto, Valerie Rhenius, Katri Pylkäs, Anne Lise Børresen-Dale, Robert Winqvist, J. Margriet Collée, Mitul Shah, Minouk J. Schoemaker, Barbara Burwinkel, Pharoah Pd, Hermann Brenner, Keitaro Matsuo, Eva Machackova, Caroline M. Seynaeve, David E. Goldgar, Anna Jakubowska, Paul Brennan, Kathleen Claes, Montserrat Garcia-Closas, Vessela N. Kristensen, Douglas F. Easton, Hoda Anton-Culver, Åsa Ehlén, Stig E. Bojesen, Maaike P.G. Vreeswijk, Irene L. Andrulis, Annegien Broeks, Joe Dennis, Daniel O. Stram, Simon S. Cross, Christopher A. Haiman, Hatef Darabi, Veli-Matti Kosma, Daehee Kang, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Alison M. Dunning, Aura Carreira, Antoinette Hollestelle, Kenneth Muir, Susan L. Slager, Thilo Dörk, Jennifer A. Leary, Sara Margolin, Jenna Lilyquist, Jenny Chang-Claude, Liliana Varesco, Amanda B. Spurdle, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Diana Torres, Emily Hallberg, Marjanka K. Schmidt, Kristiina Aittomäki, Harry Vrieling, Loic Le Marchand, Catharina von Nicolai, Angela Cox, Matthias W. Beckmann, Natalia Bogdanova, Volker Arndt, Anja Rudolph, Arto Mannermaa, Heli Nevanlinna, Jamie Hinton, Lenka Foretova, Logan C. Walker, Muhammad Usman Rashid, Wei Zheng, Ying Zheng, Peter Devilee, Lucia Guidugli, Frederik Marme, Jan C. Oosterwijk, Alvaro N.A. Monteiro, Anna H. Wu, Anthony J. Swerdlow, Mikael Hartman, Soo H. Teo, Hiltrud Brauch, Thomas Brüning, Artitaya Lophatananon, Peter A. Fasching, Diether Lambrechts, Christi J. van Asperen, Chen-Yang Shen, Suleeporn Sangrajrang, Huong Meeks, Jan Lubinski, Kah-Nyin Lai, Ana Osorio, Chunling Hu, Qin Wang, Kamila Czene, Romy L. S. Mesman, Fergus J. Couch, Ute Hamann, Charlotte Martin, Dennis, Joe [0000-0003-4591-1214], Dunning, Alison [0000-0001-6651-7166], Pharoah, Paul [0000-0001-8494-732X], Rhenius, Valerie [0000-0003-4215-3235], Easton, Douglas [0000-0003-2444-3247], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Damage and Repair in Cancer Development and Cancer Treatment (DARE), Targeted Gynaecologic Oncology (TARGON), Clinical Genetics, Medical Oncology, Human Genetics, Human genetics, and CCA - Cancer biology and immunology
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Risk, Cancer Research, GENES, endocrine system diseases, Genotype, DNA-BINDING, Mutation, Missense, Breast Neoplasms, Biology, Bioinformatics, OVARIAN-CANCER, CLASSIFICATION, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, Mice, Breast cancer, Germline mutation, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, medicine, UNCLASSIFIED VARIANTS, SEQUENCE VARIANTS, Missense mutation, Animals, Humans, skin and connective tissue diseases, Germ-Line Mutation, Aged, BRCA2 Protein, UNKNOWN CLINICAL-SIGNIFICANCE, Case-control study, Cancer, FUNCTIONAL-EVALUATION, medicine.disease, 3. Good health, 030104 developmental biology, Oncology, CELL-BASED ASSAY, Amino Acid Substitution, UNCERTAIN SIGNIFICANCE, Case-Control Studies, Female, Ovarian cancer
Abstract: Breast cancer risks conferred by many germline missense variants in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, often referred to as variants of uncertain significance (VUS), have not been established. In this study, associations between 19 BRCA1 and 33 BRCA2 missense substitution variants and breast cancer risk were investigated through a breast cancer case–control study using genotyping data from 38 studies of predominantly European ancestry (41,890 cases and 41,607 controls) and nine studies of Asian ancestry (6,269 cases and 6,624 controls). The BRCA2 c.9104A>C, p.Tyr3035Ser (OR = 2.52; P = 0.04), and BRCA1 c.5096G>A, p.Arg1699Gln (OR = 4.29; P = 0.009) variant were associated with moderately increased risks of breast cancer among Europeans, whereas BRCA2 c.7522G>A, p.Gly2508Ser (OR = 2.68; P = 0.004), and c.8187G>T, p.Lys2729Asn (OR = 1.4; P = 0.004) were associated with moderate and low risks of breast cancer among Asians. Functional characterization of the BRCA2 variants using four quantitative assays showed reduced BRCA2 activity for p.Tyr3035Ser compared with wild-type. Overall, our results show how BRCA2 missense variants that influence protein function can confer clinically relevant, moderately increased risks of breast cancer, with potential implications for risk management guidelines in women with these specific variants. Cancer Res; 77(11); 2789–99. ©2017 AACR.
Published: 2017
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9. Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses

Author: Christine L. Clarke, Pierre Laurent-Puig, Mary B. Daly, Jacek Gronwald, Douglas F. Easton, M. B. Terry, Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet, Mads Thomassen, Fergus J. Couch, José A. García-Sáenz, Mariarosaria Calvello, Florentia Fostira, Nadine Tung, Manuela Gago-Dominguez, Gad Rennert, Ute Hamann, Brigitte Rack, Csilla Szabo, Rudolf Kaaks, Kamila Czene, Simon A. Gayther, Sabine Behrens, John L. Hopper, kConFab Investigators, Barbara Burwinkel, Anne-Vibeke Lænkholm, Elaine F. Harkness, Audrey Y. Jung, János Papp, Usha Menon, Stephen J. Chanock, Lenka Foretova, Andrew K. Godwin, Snezhana Smichkoska, William J. Tapper, Melissa Christiaens, Muhammad Usman Rashid, Per Hall, Ana Vega, Elke M van Veen, Kathleen Claes, Pascal Guénel, Jennifer T. Loud, Roger L. Milne, Vessela N. Kristensen, Katarzyna Białkowska, Xia Jiang, Manuel R. Teixeira, Antoinette Hollestelle, Debra Frost, Noura Mebirouk, Beth N. Peshkin, Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, Bernd Holleczek, Andreas Schneeweiss, Hermann Brenner, Jeffrey N. Weitzel, Goska Leslie, Stig E. Bojesen, Peter J. Hulick, Xiaohong R. Yang, Mark S. Goldberg, Ignacio Briceño, Heli Nevanlinna, Maren T. Scheuner, Thilo Dörk, John J. Spinelli, Tracy A. O'Mara, Maria A. Caligo, Claire Mulot, Nick Orr, Anna González-Neira, Sara Y Brucker, Darcy L. Thull, Darya Prokofyeva, Paul L. Auer, Hans Wildiers, Jan Lubinski, Jose E. Castelao, Diana Eccles, Priyanka Sharma, Jonine D. Figueroa, Maria Elena Martinez, Wendy K. Chung, Rulla M. Tamimi, Taru A. Muranen, Wing-Yee Lo, Rob A. E. M. Tollenaar, Thomas Rüdiger, Natalia Bogdanova, Louise Izatt, Ben Schöttker, Thomas U. Ahearn, Hedy S. Rennert, Claudine Isaacs, Embrace Study, Jennifer Stone, Jolanta Lissowska, D. Gareth Evans, Matthias W. Beckmann, Peter Schürmann, Qin Wang, Orland Diez, Christopher R. Hake, Mehdi Manoochehri, Peter A. Fasching, Lesley McGuffog, Haoyu Zhang, Joe Dennis, Hanna Huebner, Judy Garber, Drakoulis Yannoukakos, Kenneth Offit, Yon-Dschun Ko, Celine M. Vachon, Robert N. Hoover, Marc Tischkowitz, Pooja Middha Kapoor, Agnes Jager, Davide Bondavalli, Melissa C. Southey, Ramunas Janavicius, Finn Cilius Nielsen, Marjanka K. Schmidt, Edith Olah, Laura Papi, Conxi Lázaro, Arif B. Ekici, Paolo Radice, Austin Miller, Kristan J. Aronson, Harvey A. Risch, Jack A. Taylor, Robert Winqvist, Jacques Simard, Catriona McLean, Michael T. Parsons, Wei Zheng, Linetta B. Koppert, Susan M. Gapstur, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Susan M. Domchek, Tjoung-Won Park-Simon, Zumuruda Abu Ful, Javier Benitez, Clarice R. Weinberg, Kyriaki Michailidou, Alfons Meindl, Mia M. Gaudet, David E. Goldgar, Anna Jakubowska, Paul D.P. Pharoah, Ana Blanco, Nilanjan Chatterjee, Montserrat Garcia-Closas, Thomas Brüning, Rita K. Schmutzler, Lizet E. van der Kolk, Peter Hillemanns, Beth Y. Karlan, Hoda Anton-Culver, Ans M.W. van den Ouweland, Banu Arun, J. Peto, Anthony J. Swerdlow, Marco Montagna, Ana Peixoto, Emmanouil Saloustros, Peter Kraft, Mark H. Greene, Evgeny N. Imyanitov, Siranoush Manoukian, Diether Lambrechts, Ian Tomlinson, Thérèse Truong, Amanda E. Toland, Anna Marie Mulligan, Milena Jakimovska, Dijana Plaseska-Karanfilska, Kristiina Aittomäki, Johanna Rantala, Kelly-Anne Phillips, Melissa A. Troester, Michael Untch, Susan J. Ramus, Arto Mannermaa, Christian F. Singer, Abctb Investigators, Bernard Peissel, Daniel Barrowdale, Elinor J. Sawyer, Jacopo Azzollini, Leigha Senter, Antonis C. Antoniou, Barbara Wappenschmidt, Hiltrud Brauch, Heiko Becher, Julie Lecarpentier, Sarah Sampson, Jonathan Beesley, Eitan Friedman, Dale P. Sandler, Minouk J. Schoemaker, Irene L. Andrulis, Paolo Peterlongo, Saundra S. Buys, Stella Koutros, Lothar Häberle, Christopher A. Haiman, Fabienne Lesueur, Cari M. Kitahara, Peter Devilee, Kristin K. Zorn, Karolina Prajzendanc, Monica Zuradelli, Simon S. Cross, William G. Newman, Ni Zhao, Jesse Nodora, Susanna C. Larsson, Helen Byers, Flavio Lejbkowicz, Trinidad Caldés, Eric Hahnen, Laura Matricardi, Daniel R. Barnes, Mark E. Sherman, Åke Borg, Angela Cox, Maartje J. Hooning, Anthony Howell, Volker Arndt, Diana Torres, Penny Soucy, Bernardo Bonanni, Ross L. Prentice, Marion Piedmonte, Xiao-Ou Shu, Elvira Mingazheva, Elza Khusnutdinova, Patrick Neven, Renske Keeman, Matti A. Rookus, Manjeet K. Bolla, Atocha Romero, Robert J. MacInnis, Jenny Chang-Claude, Irene Konstantopoulou, Emilija Lazarova, Annegien Broeks, Carl Blomqvist, Annika Lindblom, Bernadette A M Heemskerk-Gerritsen, Matthias Rübner, Graham G. Giles, Hans Christiansen, Liene Nikitina-Zake, Håkan Olsson, Wolfgang Janni, Sofia Khan, Katherine L. Nathanson, Alicja Lukomska, Miriam Dwek, Sara Margolin, Susan L. Neuhausen, Marina Bermisheva, Alicja Wolk, Elizabeth J. van Rensburg, Michael Jones, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Esther M. John, Alison M. Dunning, Daniele Campa, Guanghao Qi, Sten Cornelissen, and Paul A. James
Subjects: 0303 health sciences, Estrogen receptor, Genome-wide association study, Biology, medicine.disease, Tumor heterogeneity, 3. Good health, Tumor Subtype, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Breast cancer, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Progesterone receptor, Susceptibility locus, medicine, Cancer research, Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2, 030304 developmental biology
Abstract: Breast cancer susceptibility variants frequently show heterogeneity in associations by tumor subtype. To identify novel loci, we performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) including 133,384 breast cancer cases and 113,789 controls, plus 18,908 BRCA1 mutation carriers (9,414 with breast cancer) of European ancestry, using both standard and novel methodologies that account for underlying tumor heterogeneity by estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) status and tumor grade. We identified 32 novel susceptibility loci (P-8), 15 of which showed evidence for associations with at least one tumor feature (false discovery rate PIn-silico analyses showed these five loci contained cell-specific enhancers that differed between normal luminal and basal mammary cells. The genetic correlations between five intrinsic-like subtypes ranged from 0.35 to 0.80. The proportion of genome-wide chip heritability explained by all known susceptibility loci was 37.6% for triple-negative and 54.2% for luminal A-like disease. These findings provide an improved understanding of genetic predisposition to breast cancer subtypes and will inform the development of subtype-specific polygenic risk scores.
Published: 2019
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10. Does rapid genetic counseling and testing in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients cause additional psychosocial distress? Results from a randomized clinical trial

Author: Rob B. van der Luijt, Thijs van Dalen, Senno Verhoef, Bart van Ooijen, Neil K. Aaronson, Heiddis Valdimarsdottir, Marijke R. Wevers, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Arjen J. Witkamp, B. C. Vrouenraets, Paul J Borgstein, Wim H. Bouma, Eveline M. A. Bleiker, Eline Vriens, Herman Rijna, Margreet G. E. M. Ausems, Marnix A. de Roos, E. B. M. Theunissen, Jacobien M. Kieffer, Emiel J. Th. Rutgers, Daniela E E Hahn, Titia Brouwer, Johannes P. Vente, and Klinische Psychologie (Psychologie, FMG)
Subjects: Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Pediatrics, Time Factors, Genetic counseling, Genes, BRCA2, Genes, BRCA1, Breast Neoplasms, Genetic Counseling, Newly diagnosed, Research Support, law.invention, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Breast cancer, breast cancer, Randomized controlled trial, Quality of life, law, BRCA1/2, medicine, Journal Article, Humans, Genetics(clinical), Genetic Testing, 030212 general & internal medicine, Non-U.S. Gov't, Genetics (clinical), Aged, business.industry, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, psychosocial distress, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Distress, genetic counseling and testing, quality of life, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Randomized Controlled Trial, Physical therapy, Female, business, Psychosocial
Abstract: Purpose: Female breast cancer patients carrying a BRCA1/2 mutation have an increased risk of second primary breast cancer. Rapid genetic counseling and testing (RGCT) before surgery may influence choice of primary surgical treatment. In this article, we report on the psychosocial impact of RGCT.Methods: Newly diagnosed breast cancer patients at risk for carrying a BRCA1/2 mutation were randomized to an intervention group (offer of RGCT) or a usual care control group (ratio 2:1). Psychosocial impact and quality of life were assessed with the Impact of Events Scale, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Cancer Worry Scale, and the EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-BR23. Assessments took place at study entry and at 6- and 12-month follow-up visits.Results: Between 2008 and 2010, 265 patients were recruited into the study. Completeness of follow-up data was more than 90%. Of the 178 women in the intervention group, 177 had genetic counseling, of whom 71 (40%) had rapid DNA testing and 59 (33%) received test results before surgery. Intention-to-treat and per-protocol analyses showed no statistically significant differences between groups over time in any of the psychosocial outcomes.Conclusions: In this study, RGCT in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients did not have any measurable adverse psychosocial effects.
Published: 2016
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11. Identification of four novel susceptibility loci for oestrogen receptor negative breast cancer

Author: Javier Benitez, Marie Stenmark-Askmalm, Susan L. Neuhausen, Pascal Guénel, Jane Carpenter, Christine B. Ambrosone, Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet, Nadine Tung, Gad Rennert, Stephen J. Chanock, Andrew K. Godwin, Regina M. Santella, Brita Arver, Karoline Kuchenbaecker, Kamila Czene, Vessela N. Kristensen, Natalia Bogdanova, Nazneen Rahman, Jianjun Liu, Federico Canzian, Hoda Anton-Culver, Maya Ghoussaini, Mark E. Robson, Sue K. Park, Manjeet K. Bolla, Roger L. Milne, Veli-Matti Kosma, Siranoush Manoukian, Angela Cox, Daniel F. Schmidt, Kay-Tee Khaw, Rosario Tumino, Melissa C. Southey, Ramunas Janavicius, Irene Konstantopoulou, Carl Blomqvist, John L. Hopper, Sue Healey, Christine Rappaport, Marco Montagna, SA Gayther, Heather Eliassen, Carolien H.M. van Deurzen, Jacques Simard, Emiel J. Rutgers, Jonine Figueroa, Maria A. Caligo, Volker Arndt, Sylvie Mazoyer, Diana Eccles, M.J. Hooning, Antoinette Hollestelle, Mary B. Daly, Robert Winqvist, Antonis C. Antoniou, Patricia A. Ganz, Orland Diez, Priyanka Sharma, Ana Osorio, Daniel Barrowdale, Loic Le Marchand, Drakoulis Yannoukakos, Elinor J. Sawyer, Conxi Lázaro, Soo-Hwang Teo, Penny Soucy, Paolo Radice, John W. M. Martens, Steve Ellis, David E. Goldgar, Anna Jakubowska, Maria Kabisch, Raymonda Varon-Mateeva, Diether Lambrechts, Paul D.P. Pharoah, Leigha Senter, Anna González-Neira, Cecilia M. Dorfling, Brian E. Henderson, Rulla M. Tamimi, Sara Margolin, Susan M. Gapstur, Ian Tomlinson, Thérèse Truong, Robert A.E.M. Tollenaar, Amanda E. Toland, Anna Marie Mulligan, Irene L. Andrulis, Isabelle Romieu, Monica Barile, Florentia Fostira, Johanna Rantala, Enes Makalic, Eitan Friedman, Zhaoming Wang, Mark H. Greene, Noralane M. Lindor, Julie M. Cunningham, Riccardo Dolcetti, Steven N. Hart, Mary Beth Terry, Jenny Chang-Claude, Austin Miller, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Asta Försti, Kathleen E. Malone, Paolo Peterlongo, Lothar Haeberle, Celine M. 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Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Oncology, General Physics and Astronomy, Genome-wide association study, Cyclophilins, Breast cancer, 3123 Gynaecology and paediatrics, Risk Factors, Brjóstakrabbamein, Genotype, BRCA2 MUTATION CARRIERS, Medicine and Health Sciences, CONFER SUSCEPTIBILITY, skin and connective tissue diseases, Cancer, GENE-EXPRESSION, Genetics, RISK, tRNA Methyltransferases, Multidisciplinary, Genome, VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin, sosialmedisin: 801, Loci, BRCA1 Protein, Chromosome Mapping, COMMON VARIANTS, IDENTIFY, PANCREATIC-CANCER, 3. Good health, Multidisciplinary Sciences, Biological sciences, Receptors, Estrogen, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2, Science & Technology - Other Topics, Female, NAF12, medicine.medical_specialty, Heterozygote, Science, 3122 Cancers, Locus (genetics), Breast Neoplasms, Biology, Breast Neoplasms/genetics, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Article, Càncer de mama, 03 medical and health sciences, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Internal medicine, Pancreatic cancer, MD Multidisciplinary, medicine, Genetic predisposition, Journal Article, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, METAANALYSIS, Cancer och onkologi, Science & Technology, VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750::Oncology: 762, General Chemistry, Arfgengi, medicine.disease, TRNA Methyltransferases, VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Onkologi: 762, 030104 developmental biology, Cancer and Oncology, Expression quantitative trait loci, Mutation, TELOMERE LENGTH, 3111 Biomedicine, Gene expression, VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Community medicine, Social medicine: 801, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Common variants in 94 loci have been associated with breast cancer including 15 loci with genome-wide significant associations (P, B.C.A.C. was funded through a European Community Seventh Framework Programme under grant agreement no 223175 (HEALTH-F2-2009-223175; COGS); Cancer Research UK (C1287/A10118, C1287/A10710, C12292/A11174, C1281/A12014, C5047/A8384, C5047/A15007, C5047/A10692); the National Institutes of Health Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Breast Cancer (CA116201), R01 grants (CA128978, CA176785, CA192393), and Post-Cancer GWAS initiative (1U19 CA148537, 1U19 CA148065 and 1U19 CA148112 - the GAME-ON initiative); the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for the CIHR Team in Familial Risks of Breast Cancer, the Breast Cancer Res. Foundation, and the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. CIMBA genotyping was supported by National Institutes of Health grant (CA128978); the Department of Defence (W81XWH-10-1-0341); and the Breast Cancer Res. Foundation. CIMBA data management and data analysis were supported by Cancer Research UK grants C12292/A11174 and C1287/A10118. This study made use of data generated by the Wellcome Trust Case Control consortium. Functional studies were supported by the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation. A full description of funding and acknowledgments is provided in Supplementary Note 1.
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12. Association of Type and Location of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations With Risk of Breast and Ovarian Cancer

Author: Caroline Seynaeve, Katja Harbst, Eric A. Ross, Nandita Mitra, Elisa Alducci, Marco Montagna, Janusz Menkiszak, Marion Gauthier-Villars, Javier Benitez, Carole Brewer, Etienne Rouleau, Inge Søkilde Pedersen, Orland Diez, Anya Kushnir, Antonis C. Antoniou, Christine Rappaport, Florentia Fostira, Maurizio Genuardi, Simona Agata, Mark H. Greene, Mary Beth Terry, Nicola Dikow, David E. Goldgar, Anna Jakubowska, Min Hyuk Lee, Sylvie Mazoyer, Diana Eccles, Shirley Hodgson, Anne-Marie Gerdes, Alexander Miron, Laima Tihomirova, Alan Donaldson, Adalgeir Arason, Rosalind A. Eeles, Fergus J. Couch, Hans Jörg Plendl, Francesca Vignolo-Lutati, Ute Hamann, Jackie Cook, Torben A Kruse, Shani Paluch-Shimon, Lisa Walker, Doris Steinemann, Dorothea Gadzicki, Juul T. Wijnen, Markus C. Fleisch, Kenneth Offit, Mary B. Daly, Jamal Zidan, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Stephanie V. Blank, Marc Tischkowitz, Esther Darder, Annette Fontaine, Louise Izatt, Elżbieta Złowocka-Perłowska, Nadia Boutry-Kryza, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Stefanie Engert, Danièle Muller, Susan M. Domchek, Phuong L. Mai, Senno Verhoef, Bernhard H. F. Weber, Cecilia M. Dorfling, Kathleen Claes, Kristiina Aittomäki, Annemarie H. van der Hout, Sharon Sand, Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, Margreet G. E. M. Ausems, Aleksandra Tołoczko-Grabarek, Trevor Cole, Giulietta Scuvera, Ana Osorio, Niklas Loman, Timothy R. Rebbeck, Riccardo Dolcetti, Marit Beer, Harsh B. Pathak, Douglas F. Easton, Lone Sunde, Conxi Lázaro, Raanan Berger, Paolo Radice, Mads Thomassen, Ignacio Blanco, Joseph Vijai, Kristie Bobolis, János Papp, Jean-Pierre Fricker, Christine Walsh, Patricia A. Ganz, Marie Stenmark-Askmalm, Andrea Gehrig, Vernon S. Pankratz, Atocha Romero, Xianshu Wang, Loris Bernard, Viviana Gismondi, Mary Porteous, Muy-Kheng Tea, Karen H. Lu, Gustavo C. Rodriguez, Bernardo Bonanni, Christoph Mundhenke, Julian Adlard, Bent Ejlertsen, Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet, Nadine Tung, Patrick J. Morrison, Dezheng Huo, Cezary Cybulski, Jack Basil, Georg Pfeiler, Daphne Gschwantler-Kaulich, Heli Nevanlinna, Anders Bojesen, Marion Piedmonte, Katherine L. Nathanson, Amanda E. Toland, Sung-Won Kim, Judy Garber, Amanda B. Spurdle, Noralane M. Lindor, Sanne Traasdahl Moeller, Hans Ehrencrona, Trinidad Caldés, Rosemarie Davidson, Karin Kast, Jenny Lester, Shan Wang-Gohrke, Norbert Arnold, Ana Peixoto, Christine Lasset, Andreas Berger, Olga M. Sinilnikova, Katie Wakely, Claude Houdayer, Mercedes Durán, Robert L. Nussbaum, Ramūnas Janavičius, Christina G. Selkirk, Paolo Aretini, Nina Ditsch, J. Margriet Collée, Rosa B. Barkardottir, Sue Healey, Tomasz Huzarski, Cora M. Aalfs, Gillian Mitchell, Peter J. Hulick, Encarna B. Gomez Garcia, Zakaria Einbeigi, Christian F. Singer, Leigha Senter, Yuan Chun Ding, Dieter Niederacher, Yael Laitman, Siranoush Manoukian, Christoph Engel, Anne De Paepe, Anneliese Fink-Retter, Irene L. Andrulis, Rachel Laframboise, Maria A. Caligo, Priyanka Sharma, Miguel de la Hoya, Teresa Ramón y Cajal, Bruce Poppe, Thomas Hansen, Francesca Damiola, Anne-Bine Skytte, Susan L. Neuhausen, Christian Sutter, Marie-Agnès Collonge-Rame, Johannes J. P. Gille, Barbara Pasini, Wendy K. Chung, Noah D. Kauff, M. John Kennedy, Diana Torres, Salina B. Chan, Mark E. Robson, Elizabeth J. van Rensburg, Eric Hahnen, Barbara Wappenschmidt, Grzegorz Sukiennicki, Esther M. John, Rohini Rau-Murthy, Alice S. Whittemore, Kunle Odunsi, Masoud Azodi, John F. Boggess, Sue K. Park, Rita K. Schmutzler, Muriel Belotti, Jeffrey N. Weitzel, Simon A. Gayther, Fei Wan, Andrew K. Godwin, Arjen R. Mensenkamp, Daniela Zaffaroni, Jacques Simard, Susan Peock, Soo Hwang Teo, Claus R. Bartram, Evgeny N. Imyanitov, Maria-Isabel Tejada, Giuseppe Giannini, Mónica Salinas, Banu Arun, Jan C. Oosterwijk, Jacek Gronwald, Alexandra Becker, Tara M. Friebel, Lenka Foretova, Catherine Noguès, Muhammad Usman Rashid, Valeria Pensotti, Antonella Savarese, Debra Frost, Beatrice Melin, Drakoulis Yannoukakos, Steve Ellis, Jean-Philippe Peyrat, Hagay Sobol, Kim De Leeneer, Radka Platte, Jan Lubinski, Javier Godino, Lesley McGuffog, Tomasz Byrski, Claudine Isaacs, Johanna Rantala, Kelly-Anne Phillips, Carolien M. Kets, Uffe Birk Jensen, Katarzyna Durda, Linda Steele, Beth Y. Karlan, Ava Kwong, Alfons Meindl, Lucia Guidugli, Raymonda Varon-Mateeva, D. Gareth Evans, Edith Olah, Isabelle Mortemousque, Manuel R. Teixeira, Joyce Seldon, Katarzyna Jaworska-Bieniek, Bernard Peissel, Saundra S. Buys, Peter Devilee, Kerstin Rhiem, Eitan Friedman, RS: GROW - Oncology, RS: GROW - R4 - Reproductive and Perinatal Medicine, Damage and Repair in Cancer Development and Cancer Treatment (DARE), Targeted Gynaecologic Oncology (TARGON), Cancer Research UK, National Institutes of Health (US), University of Pennsylvania, Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Human Genetics, Human genetics, and Epidemiology and Data Science
Subjects: endocrine system diseases, Genes, BRCA2, MathematicsofComputing_GENERAL, Genes, BRCA1, cancer risk, Settore MED/03 - GENETICA MEDICA, medicine.disease_cause, MOUSE MODELS, Risk Factors, Tumours of the digestive tract Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 14], Age of Onset, POSITION, skin and connective tissue diseases, Adult, Breast Neoplasms, Female, Heterozygote, Humans, Middle Aged, Nucleotides, Ovarian Neoplasms, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Mutation, Medicine (all), MESSENGER-RNA DECAY, UNKNOWN CLINICAL-SIGNIFICANCE, BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, mutation type and position, cancer risk, TheoryofComputation_GENERAL, General Medicine, GERMLINE MUTATIONS, CARRIERS, 3. Good health, SUSCEPTIBILITY GENE, Medical genetics, Rare cancers Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 9], medicine.medical_specialty, PROTEINS, mutation type and position, BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, DNA-SEQUENCE VARIANTS, Article, REGION, Breast cancer, Germline mutation, medicine, BRCA1 or BRCA2, business.industry, Cancer, Heterozygote advantage, medicine.disease, Cancer research, Age of onset, Ovarian cancer, business
Abstract: CIMBA Consortium et al., PMID: 25849179, [Importance]: Limited information about the relationship between specific mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) and cancer risk exists. [Objective]: To identify mutation-specific cancer risks for carriers of BRCA1/2. [Design, Setting, and Participants]: Observational study ofwomen whowere ascertained between 1937 and 2011 (median, 1999) and found to carry disease-associated BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. The international sample comprised 19 581 carriers of BRCA1 mutations and 11 900 carriers of BRCA2 mutations from 55 centers in 33 countries on 6 continents.We estimated hazard ratios for breast and ovarian cancer based on mutation type, function, and nucleotide position.We also estimated RHR, the ratio of breast vs ovarian cancer hazard ratios. A value of RHR greater than 1 indicated elevated breast cancer risk; a value of RHR less than 1 indicated elevated ovarian cancer risk. [Exposures]: Mutations of BRCA1 or BRCA2. [Main Outcomes and Measures]: Breast and ovarian cancer risks. [Results]: Among BRCA1 mutation carriers, 9052 women (46%) were diagnosed with breast cancer, 2317 (12%) with ovarian cancer, 1041 (5%) with breast and ovarian cancer, and 7171 (37%) without cancer. Among BRCA2 mutation carriers, 6180 women (52%) were diagnosed with breast cancer, 682 (6%) with ovarian cancer, 272 (2%) with breast and ovarian cancer, and 4766 (40%) without cancer. In BRCA1, we identified 3 breast cancer cluster regions (BCCRs) located at c.179 to c.505 (BCCR1; RHR = 1.46; 95%CI, 1.22-1.74; P = 2 × 10-6), c.4328 to c.4945 (BCCR2; RHR = 1.34; 95%CI, 1.01-1.78; P = .04), and c. 5261 to c.5563 (BCCR2', RHR = 1.38; 95%CI, 1.22-1.55; P = 6 × 10-9).We also identified an ovarian cancer cluster region (OCCR) from c.1380 to c.4062 (approximately exon 11) with RHR = 0.62 (95%CI, 0.56-0.70; P = 9 × 10-17). In BRCA2, we observed multiple BCCRs spanning c.1 to c.596 (BCCR1; RHR = 1.71; 95%CI, 1.06-2.78; P = .03), c.772 to c.1806 (BCCR1'; RHR = 1.63; 95%CI, 1.10-2.40; P = .01), and c.7394 to c.8904 (BCCR2; RHR = 2.31; 95%CI, 1.69-3.16; P = .00002).We also identified 3 OCCRs: the first (OCCR1) spanned c.3249 to c.5681 that was adjacent to c.5946delT (6174delT; RHR = 0.51; 95%CI, 0.44-0.60; P = 6 × 10-17). The second OCCR spanned c.6645 to c.7471 (OCCR2; RHR = 0.57; 95%CI, 0.41-0.80; P = .001). Mutations conferring nonsense-mediated decay were associated with differential breast or ovarian cancer risks and an earlier age of breast cancer diagnosis for both BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. [Conclusions and Relevance]: Breast and ovarian cancer risks varied by type and location of BRCA1/2 mutations. With appropriate validation, these data may have implications for risk assessment and cancer prevention decision making for carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations., Dr Antoniou and the CIMBA data management are funded by Cancer Research UK. Dr Easton is a Principal Research Fellow of Cancer Research UK. Dr Rebbeck is supported by R01-CA083855, R01-CA102776, and P50-CA083638 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr Rebbeck, Dr Nathanson, Ms Friebel, and Dr Domchek are supported by the Basser Research Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr Nathanson is supported by the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Drs Domchek and Nathanson are supported by the Rooney Family Foundation. Dr Poppe is supported by R01-CA112520 from NIH. Cancer Research UK provided financial support for this work. Dr Antoniou is a Senior Cancer Research UK Cancer Research Fellow. Dr Phillips is a National Breast Cancer Foundation (Australia) Practitioner Fellow.
Published: 2015
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13. Identification of 12 new susceptibility loci for different histotypes of epithelial ovarian cancer

Author: Eitan Friedman, Mattias Van Heetvelde, Jennifer B. Permuth, Joseph Vijai, Patricia A. Ganz, Jennifer A. Doherty, Argyrios Ziogas, Bernard Peissel, Edwin S. Iversen, Angela Brooks-Wilson, Ingo B. Runnebaum, Amanda B. Spurdle, Heli Nevanlinna, Kenneth Offit, Laura Papi, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Saundra S. Buys, Martin Köbel, Fabienne Lesueur, Elizabeth W. Pugh, Joe Dennis, Sylvie Mazoyer, Diana Eccles, Shirley Hodgson, Jolanta Lissowska, Judy Garber, Pascal Pujol, Kristin K. Zorn, Orland Diez, Marcia Adams, Thomas Conner, Renée T. Fortner, Tjoung-Won Park-Simon, Vanesa García-Barberán, Kerstin Rhiem, Norbert Arnold, Karoline Kuchenbaecker, Susan M. Domchek, María Josefa Mosteiro García, Matthias W. Beckmann, Alex Henderson, Melissa C. Larson, Jane Romm, Anja Rudolph, Steven A. Narod, Mats Jernetz, Jolanta Kupryjanczyk, Natalia Bogdanova, Jacob Musinsky, Helga B. Salvesen, Jonathan Beesley, Paolo Peterlongo, Arif B. Ekici, Clarice R. Weinberg, Marion Piedmonte, Christian F. Singer, Robert L. Nussbaum, Katja K.H. Aben, Michael J. Birrer, Juul T. Wijnen, Elizabeth M. Poole, Phuong L. Mai, David J. Hunter, Tanja Pejovic, Athanassios Vratimos, Barbara Wappenschmidt, Nicolas Wentzensen, Marcus Q. Bernardini, Leigha Senter, Terence Cescon, Daniel W. Cramer, Silvia Tognazzo, Drakoulis Yannoukakos, Jacopo Azzollini, Ignace Vergote, Karen H. Lu, Gustavo C. Rodriguez, Julian Adlard, Tomasz Huzarski, Mark H. Greene, Susan L. Neuhausen, Marina Bermisheva, Alicja Wolk, Paulo C Lyra, Usha Menon, Ralf Bützow, Siddhartha Kar, Manuel R. Teixeira, Conxi Lázaro, Agnieszka Dansonka-Mieszkowska, Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj, Zsofia K. Stadler, Melissa C. Southey, Ramunas Janavicius, Douglas F. Easton, Digna R. Velez Edwards, Jocelyne Chiquette, Karin Kast, Jonathan Tyrer, Georg Pfeiler, Tara M. Friebel, Bruno Buecher, Goska Leslie, Jackie Cook, Catherine M. Phelan, Steve Ellis, Estrid Høgdall, Beth Y. Karlan, Anthony J. Swerdlow, Sarah E. Ferguson, Rosalind Glasspool, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Lotte Nedergaard, Britton Trabert, Jack A. Taylor, Irene L. Andrulis, Paolo Radice, Dennis J. Hazelett, Mads Thomassen, Dong Liang, Joseph H. Rothstein, Loren Lipworth, Melissa A. Merritt, Ana Vega, Petra H.M. Peeters, Claus Høgdall, Anna M. Piskorz, Bernardo Bonanni, Janet M. Lee, Malcolm C. Pike, Clemens Liebrich, Zachary C. Fogarty, Bent Ejlertsen, Yuan Chun Ding, Dieter Niederacher, Michael E. Carney, Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet, Nadine Tung, Curtis Olswold, Ana Osorio, Fiona Bruinsma, Christine Walsh, Fabienne Prieur, Lara E. Sucheston-Campbell, Stephen B. Gruber, Maartje J. Hooning, George Fountzilas, Amanda Black, David E. Goldgar, Anna Jakubowska, Paul D.P. Pharoah, Angela R. Bradbury, Helene Holland, Ruth C. Travis, Susana Banerjee, Penelope M. Webb, Brooke L. Fridley, Clara Bodelon, Mary Anne Rossing, Yen Y. Tan, Rosa B. Barkardottir, Jong Won Lee, Stephen J. Chanock, Bruce Poppe, Sandra Fert Ferrer, Melissa Moffitt, Taymaa May, Gustavo Mendoza-Fandiño, Christopher A. Haiman, Alicia Beeghly-Fadiel, Rebecca Sutphen, Michelle A.T. Hildebrandt, Lambertus A. Kiemeney, Thilo Dörk, Douglas A. Levine, Gerasimos Aravantinos, Celeste Leigh Pearce, Sue K. Park, David Van Den Berg, Louise Izatt, Hannah P. Yang, Graham G. Giles, Linda S. Cook, John R. McLaughlin, Nick Orr, Weiva Sieh, Raymonda Varon-Mateeva, Marco Montagna, Honglin Song, Laura Ottini, Ruea-Yea Huang, Joanna Moes-Sosnowska, Anders Bojesen, David M. O'Malley, Andrew K. Godwin, Lucy Side, Sung-Won Kim, Lukasz Szafron, Christoph Engel, Harvey A. Risch, Alexander Hein, Penny Soucy, Elza Khusnutdinova, Ana Peixoto, Arto Leminen, Cora M. Aalfs, Matthias Dürst, Mary B. Daly, Patricia Rice, Nadeem Siddiqui, Dale P. Sandler, Ava Kwong, Madalene Earp, Marjorie J. Riggan, Inge Søkilde Pedersen, Susanne K. Kjaer, Mercedes Durán, Joellen M. Schildkraut, James D. Brenton, D. Gareth Evans, Liisa M. Pelttari, Kimberly F. Doheny, Karen Hosking, Miquel Angel Pujana, Salina B. Chan, Joan Brunet, Trinidad Caldés, Rosemarie Davidson, Jessica N. McAlpine, Jenny Lester, Niclas Håkansson, Kai-ren Ong, Ros Eeles, Francesmary Modugno, Martin Gore, Loic Le Marchand, Robert A. Vierkant, Wendy K. Chung, Christopher I. Amos, N. Charlotte Onland-Moret, Brita Arver, Marc Tischkowitz, Craig Luccarini, Daniel Barrowdale, Laima Tihomirova, Louise A. Brinton, Fergus J. Couch, Alfons Meindl, Nerea Larrañaga, Cristina Rodríguez-Antona, Alice S. Whittemore, Johanna I. Kiiski, Todd L. Edwards, Eric Hahnen, Grzegorz Sukiennicki, Els Van Nieuwenhuysen, Elizabeth J. van Rensburg, Michael Jones, Åke Borg, Edith Olah, Ute Hamann, Liv Cecilie Vestrheim Thomsen, Xiaoqing Chen, Ganna Chornokur, Minouk J. Schoemaker, Marc T. Goodman, Fanny Dao, Andrea Gehrig, Hagay Sobol, Nhu D. Le, Esther M. John, Adriaan Vanderstichele, Antonia Trichopoulou, Kunle Odunsi, Yukie Bean, David G. Huntsman, Lidia Pezzani, V. Wendy Setiawan, Marinus J. Blok, Yael Laitman, Mary Porteous, Patricia Harrington, Samantha Poblete, Shashikant Lele, Anne M. van Altena, Mingajeva Elvira, Lene Lundvall, Dominique Leroux, Annemarie H. van der Hout, Darya Prokofyeva, Debra Frost, Yoke-Eng Chiew, Gad Rennert, Stacey J. Winham, Muy-Kheng Tea, Kirsten B. Moysich, Angel Izquierdo, Anna H. Wu, Christine Rappaport-Fuerhauser, Peter Hillemanns, Rob B. van der Luijt, Gord Glendon, Jan Lubinński, Csilla Szabo, Gillian Mitchell, Andrea L. Richardson, Mark E. Robson, Roger L. Milne, Thomas Hansen, Francesca Damiola, Tameka Shelford, Natalia Antonenkova, Julie Lecarpentier, Paul A. James, Claudine Isaacs, Gianluca Severi, Maria A. Caligo, Teodora Goranova, Kate Lawrenson, Sandra Orsulic, Priyanka Sharma, Holly R. Harris, Peter A. Fasching, Christian Sutter, Torben A Kruse, Line Bjørge, Lesley McGuffog, Leon F.A.G. Massuger, Lynne R. Wilkens, Reidun K. Kopperud, Jillian Hung, Iain A. McNeish, Hanne Meijers-Heijboer, Uffe Birk Jensen, Diether Lambrechts, Johanna Rantala, Kelly-Anne Phillips, Michelle M.M. Woo, Kathryn L. Terry, Kathleen Claes, Ellen L. Goode, Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, Darcy L. Thull, Ailith Pirie, Sharon E. Johnatty, Soo Hwang Teo, Aimee A D'Aloisio, Evgeny N. Imyanitov, Domenico Palli, Andrew Berchuck, Banu Arun, Florentia Fostira, Jan Hauke, Jenny Chang-Claude, Pamela J. Thompson, Peter J. Hulick, Per Broberg, Arjen R. Mensenkamp, Xifeng Wu, Alicia A. Tone, Jacques Simard, Ursula Eilber, Jacek Gronwald, Kenneth Blankstein, James M. Flanagan, Alvaro N.A. Monteiro, Timea Pocza, Rita K. Schmutzler, Jeffrey N. Weitzel, Simon A. Gayther, William D. Foulkes, Valerie McGuire, Katherine L. Nathanson, Kevin H. Eng, Anna deFazio, Ian G. Campbell, Capucine Delnatte, Shan Wang-Gohrke, Jenna Lilyquist, Matti A. Rookus, Sakaeva Dina Damirovna, Laure Dossus, Simon G. Coetzee, Catherine J. Kennedy, Roberta B. Ness, James Paul, Andrew Lee, Linda E. Kelemen, Judith Balmaña, Anne-Marie Gerdes, Laure Barjhoux, Håkan Olsson, Lisa Walker, Doris Steinemann, Cecilia M. Dorfling, Julie M. Cunningham, Shelley S. Tworoger, Allan Jensen, Thomas A. Sellers, Javier Benitez, Anthony N. Karnezis, Hoda Anton-Culver, Carole Brewer, Siranoush Manoukian, Dorothea Wand, Ed Dicks, Antonis C. Antoniou, Amanda E. Toland, Anna Marie Mulligan, Päivi Kannisto, Rikki Cannioto, Bernd Dworniczak, Susan J. Ramus, Anna V. Tinker, Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam Reproduction & Development (AR&D), CCA - Cancer biology and immunology, Amsterdam Neuroscience - Complex Trait Genetics, Human genetics, MUMC+: DA KG Lab Centraal Lab (9), RS: GROW - R4 - Reproductive and Perinatal Medicine, Government of Canada, Cancer Research Foundation, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, National Institutes of Health (US), Fonds de Recherche du Québec, Ministry of Health and Welfare (South Korea), Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Deutsche Krebshilfe, Genome Canada, Medical Oncology, Clinical Genetics, Human Genetics, ARD - Amsterdam Reproduction and Development, Centre Léon Bérard [Lyon], Service de Génétique Oncologique, Institut Curie [Paris], CRLCC René Gauducheau, Centre International de Recherche contre le Cancer - International Agency for Research on Cancer (CIRC - IARC), Organisation Mondiale de la Santé / World Health Organization Office (OMS / WHO), Centre Hospitalier Métropole Savoie [Chambéry], CHU Grenoble, Cancer et génome: Bioinformatique, biostatistiques et épidémiologie d'un système complexe, Institut Curie [Paris]-MINES ParisTech - École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), MINES ParisTech - École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon (UNICANCER/CRCL), Centre Léon Bérard [Lyon]-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CHU Saint-Etienne, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier] (CHRU Montpellier), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 - Faculté de médecine (UP11 UFR Médecine), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Institut Gustave Roussy (IGR), Université Paris-Saclay, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Fédération nationale des Centres de lutte contre le Cancer (FNCLCC), Tyrer, Jonathan [0000-0003-3724-4757], Dennis, Joe [0000-0003-4591-1214], Dicks, Ed [0000-0002-0617-0401], Lee, Andrew [0000-0003-0677-0252], Leslie, Goska [0000-0001-5756-6222], Brenton, James [0000-0002-5738-6683], Song, Honglin [0000-0001-5076-7371], Tischkowitz, Marc [0000-0002-7880-0628], Easton, Douglas [0000-0003-2444-3247], Antoniou, Antonis [0000-0001-9223-3116], Pharoah, Paul [0000-0001-8494-732X], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, endocrine system diseases, Epidemiology, Càncer d'ovari, Genome-wide association study, Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial, Genome-wide association studies, susceptibility, Risk Factors, Genotype, Tumours of the digestive tract Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 14], Medicine and Health Sciences, Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial, POPULATION, Genetics & Heredity, Genetics, Ovarian Neoplasms, RISK, education.field_of_study, Women's cancers Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 17], cancer, ovary, BRCA1 Protein, COMMON VARIANTS, 11 Medical And Health Sciences, ASSOCIATION, female genital diseases and pregnancy complications, Women's cancers Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 17], 3. Good health, Serous fluid, ovarian cancer, Urological cancers Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 15], Female, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, epithelial ovarian cancer, BRCA1, BRCA2, Population, Telomere-Binding Proteins, [SDV.CAN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer, Locus (genetics), Biology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Meta-Analysis as Topic, CLEAR-CELL CARCINOMA, Ovarian cancer, medicine, Journal Article, Humans, BREAST-CANCER, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Allele, education, Genotyping, Alleles, METAANALYSIS, BRCA2 Protein, [SDV.GEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics, Science & Technology, MUTATIONS, ENDOMETRIOSIS, Biology and Life Sciences, 06 Biological Sciences, medicine.disease, 030104 developmental biology, Genetic Loci, Mutation, TELOMERE LENGTH, Cancer research, [SDV.MHEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology, Developmental Biology, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: The OCAC OncoArray genotyping project: et al., To identify common alleles associated with different histotypes of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), we pooled data from multiple genome-wide genotyping projects totaling 25,509 EOC cases and 40,941 controls. We identified nine new susceptibility loci for different EOC histotypes: six for serous EOC histotypes (3q28, 4q32.3, 8q21.11, 10q24.33, 18q11.2 and 22q12.1), two for mucinous EOC (3q22.3 and 9q31.1) and one for endometrioid EOC (5q12.3). We then performed meta-analysis on the results for high-grade serous ovarian cancer with the results from analysis of 31,448 BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers, including 3,887 mutation carriers with EOC. This identified three additional susceptibility loci at 2q13, 8q24.1 and 12q24.31. Integrated analyses of genes and regulatory biofeatures at each locus predicted candidate susceptibility genes, including OBFC1, a new candidate susceptibility gene for low-grade and borderline serous EOC., The OCAC OncoArray genotyping project was funded through grants from the US National Institutes of Health (CA1X01HG007491-01 (C.I.A.), U19-CA148112 (T.A.S.), R01-CA149429 (C.M.P.) and R01-CA058598 (M.T.G.)); Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MOP-86727 (L.E.K.)); and the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (A.B.). Funding for the CIMBA OncoArray genotyping was provided by the Government of Canada through Genome Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Ministère de l’Économie, de la Science et de l’Innovation du Québec through Génome Québec, the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation for the PERSPECTIVE project, the US National Institutes of Health (CA1X01HG007491-01 (C.I.A.)), the Odense University Hospital Research Foundation (M.T.), the National R&D Program for Cancer Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea (1420190 (S.K.P.)), the Italian Association for Cancer Research (IG16933 (L.O.)) and German Cancer Aid (110837 (R.K.S.).
Published: 2017
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14. Uptake of prenatal diagnostic testing for retinoblastoma compared to other hereditary cancer syndromes in the Netherlands

Author: Rob B. van der Luijt, Annette C. Moll, Carli M. J. Tops, Christine E. M. de Die-Smulders, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Marianne A. Jonker, Egbert J.W. Redeker, Hanne Meijers-Heijboer, Arjen R. Mensenkamp, Charlotte J. Dommering, Ans M.W. van den Ouweland, Annemarie H. van der Hout, Lidewij Henneman, CCA - Cancer biology and immunology, Human genetics, Amsterdam Reproduction & Development (AR&D), APH - Quality of Care, APH - Personalized Medicine, Ophthalmology, APH - Health Behaviors & Chronic Diseases, Amsterdam Neuroscience - Complex Trait Genetics, ACS - Diabetes & metabolism, Erasmus MC other, Clinical Genetics, RS: GROW - R4 - Reproductive and Perinatal Medicine, MUMC+: DA KG Polikliniek (9), Klinische Genetica, ARD - Amsterdam Reproduction and Development, Human Genetics, Other Research, AGEM - Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism, ACS - Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, CCA - Cancer Treatment and Quality of Life, and ACS - Pulmonary hypertension & thrombosis
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Oncology, Cancer Research, DNA Mutational Analysis, Prenatal diagnosis, Hereditary breast ovarian cancer, 030105 genetics & heredity, SUSCEPTIBILITY, 0302 clinical medicine, Pregnancy, Surveys and Questionnaires, Tumours of the digestive tract Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 14], Genetics(clinical), Genes, Retinoblastoma, INCREASED RISK, MUTATION, Genetics (clinical), Early Detection of Cancer, Netherlands, Familial adenomatous polyposis, ISSUES, Retinoblastoma, Von Hippel–Lindau disease, female genital diseases and pregnancy complications, 3. Good health, Women's cancers Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 17], 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Original Article, Female, ASSISTED REPRODUCTION, Von Hippel-Lindau disease, medicine.medical_specialty, PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS, Genetic Counseling, Preimplantation genetic diagnosis, 03 medical and health sciences, Breast cancer, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary, Internal medicine, medicine, Genetics, Journal Article, Humans, BREAST-CANCER, Genetic Testing, ATTITUDES, Li-Fraumeni syndrome, Retrospective Studies, Gynecology, IDENTIFICATION, business.industry, Cancer, medicine.disease, PREDISPOSITION, Li–Fraumeni syndrome, business
Abstract: Contains fulltext : 174694.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access) Since the 1980s the genetic cause of many hereditary tumor syndromes has been elucidated. As a consequence, carriers of a deleterious mutation in these genes may opt for prenatal diagnoses (PND). We studied the uptake of prenatal diagnosis for five hereditary cancer syndromes in the Netherlands. Uptake for retinoblastoma (Rb) was compared with uptake for Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL), Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS), familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), and hereditary breast ovarian cancer (HBOC). A questionnaire was completed by all nine DNA-diagnostic laboratories assessing the number of independent mutation-positive families identified from the start of diagnostic testing until May 2013, and the number of PNDs performed for these syndromes within these families. Of 187 families with a known Rb-gene mutation, 22 had performed PND (11.8%), this was significantly higher than uptake for FAP (1.6%) and HBOC (
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15. Evaluation of copy-number variants as modifiers of breast and ovarian cancer risk for BRCA1 pathogenic variant carriers

Author: Debra Frost, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Lesley McGuffog, Amanda B. Spurdle, Tracy A. O'Mara, Xiaoqing Chen, Logan C. Walker, Conxi Lázaro, Paolo Radice, Javier Benitez, Kenneth Offit, Trinidad Caldés, Anna Jakubowska, Irene L. Andrulis, Marco Montagna, George A. R. Wiggins, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, John F. Pearson, Antonis C. Antoniou, Daniel Barrowdale, Annika Lindblom, Peter J. Hulick, Robert L. Nussbaum, Andrew K. Godwin, Alfons Meindl, Claudine Isaacs, Beth N. Peshkin, Michael T. Parsons, Louise Marquart, Rita K. Schmutzler, Thomas P. Slavin, Joe Dennis, Katherine L. Nathanson, Fergus J. Couch, National Science Foundation (Estados Unidos), Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer, Fundación Mutua Madrileña, Wellcome Trust, University of Kansas. Cancer Center (Estados Unidos), Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Unión Europea. Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER/ERDF), Netherlands Organization of Scientific Research, and Cancer Council of South (Australia)
Subjects: Adult, Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II, 0301 basic medicine, Heterozygote, DNA Copy Number Variations, endocrine system diseases, Etiology, Càncer d'ovari, Breast Neoplasms, Locus (genetics), Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Biology, Article, Càncer de mama, Transcription Factors, TFII, 03 medical and health sciences, Breast cancer, Ovarian cancer, Genetics, medicine, Humans, Copy-number variation, Cytochrome P450 Family 2, Allele frequency, Genetics (clinical), Genetic association, Ovarian Neoplasms, Genes, Modifier, BRCA1 Protein, Pregnancy-Specific beta 1-Glycoproteins, medicine.disease, DNA-Binding Proteins, 030104 developmental biology, Càncer d'ovaris, Etiologia, Female, Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases, SNP array
Abstract: Genome-wide studies of patients carrying pathogenic variants (mutations) in BRCA1 or BRCA2 have reported strong associations between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and cancer risk. To conduct the first genome-wide association analysis of copy-number variants (CNVs) with breast or ovarian cancer risk in a cohort of 2500 BRCA1 pathogenic variant carriers, CNV discovery was performed using multiple calling algorithms and Illumina 610k SNP array data from a previously published genome-wide association study. Our analysis, which focused on functionally disruptive genomic deletions overlapping gene regions, identified a number of loci associated with risk of breast or ovarian cancer for BRCA1 pathogenic variant carriers. Despite only including putative deletions called by at least two or more algorithms, detection of selected CNVs by ancillary molecular technologies only confirmed 40% of predicted common (>1% allele frequency) variants. These include four loci that were associated (unadjusted P
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16. Association of breast cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers with genetic variants showing differential allelic expression: identification of a modifier of breast cancer risk at locus 11q22.3

Author: Marco Montagna, Bruno Buecher, Goska Leslie, Daniel Barrowdale, Anita Bane, Louise Izatt, Eitan Friedman, Yosr Hamdi, Kenneth Offit, Klaartje van Engelen, Soo Hwang Teo, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Conxi Lázaro, Sylvie Mazoyer, Diana Eccles, Yuan Chun Ding, Laura Papi, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Katarzyna Kaczmarek, Laima Tihomirova, Jacek Gronwald, Jocelyne Chiquette, Patricia A. Ganz, Thomas P. Slavin, Kathleen Claes, Paolo Radice, Elizabeth J. van Rensburg, Adalgeir Arason, Lenka Foretova, Milena Mariani, Johanna Rantala, Pascaline Berthet, Evgeny N. Imyanitov, Claudine Isaacs, Esther M. John, Maite Laurent, Irene L. Andrulis, Juul T. Wijnen, Paolo Peterlongo, Susan M. Domchek, Banu Arun, Amanda E. Toland, Anna Marie Mulligan, Penny Soucy, Kristiina Aittomäki, Orland Diez, Heli Nevanlinna, Anne-Marie Gerdes, Austin Miller, Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, Raymonda Varon-Mateeva, Alfons Meindl, Cecilia M. Dorfling, Niklas Loman, Paul A. James, Susan L. Neuhausen, Muy Kheng Tea, Inge Søkilde Pedersen, Arnaud Droit, D. Gareth Evans, Mark E. Robson, Jennifer T. Loud, Jan C. Oosterwijk, Judy Garber, Douglas F. Easton, Jacques Simard, Mark H. Greene, Pamela S. Ganschow, Edith Olah, Audrey Lemaçon, Norbert Arnold, Catherine M. Phelan, Gad Rennert, Judy Kirk, Johanna Sokolowska, Tomi Pastinen, Robert L. Nussbaum, Simon A. Gayther, Karoline B. Kuchenbaeker, Mads Thomassen, Ros Eeles, Riccardo Dolcetti, Hanne Meijers-Heijboer, Marc Tischkowitz, George Fountzilas, Laure Barjhoux, Kristie Bobolis, Christoph Engel, Bernardo Bonanni, Sue K. Park, Beth Y. Karlan, Nicolas Sevenet, Bent Ejlertsen, Wendy K. Chung, Timothy R. Rebbeck, Amanda B. Spurdle, Peter J. Hulick, Mary B. Daly, Yen Y. Tan, Annelie Liljegren, Carolien M. Kets, Miguel de la Hoya, Gord Glendon, Mieke Kriege, Rita K. Schmutzler, Manuel R. Teixeira, Christine Rappaport-Fuerhauser, Pedro Pérez Segura, William D. Foulkes, Rosemarie Davidson, Steven N. Hart, Javier Benitez, Jenny Lester, Melissa C. Southey, Ramunas Janavicius, Uffe Birk Jensen, Zakaria Einbeigi, Christian F. Singer, Jacopo Azzollini, Alex Teulé, David E. Goldgar, Ans M.W. van den Ouweland, Anna Jakubowska, Angela R. Bradbury, Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet, Carole Brewer, Zsofia K. Stadler, Nadine Tung, Eric Hahnen, Vijai Joseph, Grzegorz Sukiennicki, Siranoush Manoukian, Debra Frost, Maria A. Caligo, Andrew K. Godwin, Christian Sutter, Bernard Peissel, Andrea L. Richardson, Kim De Leeneer, Antonis C. Antoniou, Florentia Fostira, Lesley McGuffog, Matti A. Rookus, Mary Beth Terry, Saundra S. Buys, Fabienne Lesueur, Gustavo C. Rodriguez, Julian Adlard, Barbara Wappenschmidt, Marinus J. Blok, Yael Laitman, Rob B. van der Luijt, Thomas Hansen, Francesca Damiola, Katherine L. Nathanson, Silje Nord, Kai Ren Ong, Ana Osorio, Katie Snape, Fergus J. Couch, John L. Hays, Walter Just, Ute Hamann, Silvia Tognazzo, Payal D. Shah, Valérie Bonadona, Ida Marie Heeholm Sonderstrup, Lídia Feliubadaló, RS: GROW - R4 - Reproductive and Perinatal Medicine, MUMC+: DA KG Lab Centraal Lab (9), European Research Council, Cancer Research UK (Reino Unido), Post-cancer GWAS Initiative, United States Department of Defense, Research Council of Lithuania, Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer, Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa en Cáncer (España), Fondation ARC pour la recherche sur le cancer, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Ministère de Économie, Innovation et Exportation (Canadá), University of Kansas. Cancer Center (Estados Unidos), Deutsche Krebshilfe, Leipzig Research Centre for Civilization Diseases, Non-therapeutic Subject Registry Shared Resource at Georgetown University (NIH/NCI), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Finlands Akademi (Finlandia), Dutch Cancer Society (Holanda), Dutch Research Council (Holanda), Pink Ribbons Project, Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure (Países Bajos), Transcan Grant JTC Cancer, Hungarian Research Grants, Government of Catalonia (España), Ministry of Health and Welfare (Corea del Sur), United States of Department of Health & Human Services, State Budget of the Czech Republic (RECAMO), Charles University (República Checa), Westat (Estados Unidos), Russian Foundation for Basic Research, GOG Foundation. Gynecologic Oncology Group, Italian Association for Cancer Research, Clinical Genetics, CCA - Cancer biology and immunology, Human genetics, Epidemiology and Data Science, Human Genetics, Leslie, Goska [0000-0001-5756-6222], Tischkowitz, Marc [0000-0002-7880-0628], Easton, Douglas [0000-0003-2444-3247], Antoniou, Antonis [0000-0001-9223-3116], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Medicum, Clinicum, Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, HUS Gynecology and Obstetrics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Damage and Repair in Cancer Development and Cancer Treatment (DARE), and Targeted Gynaecologic Oncology (TARGON)
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Genetic modifiers, Cancer Research, Epidemiology, Genes, BRCA2, BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers, Genes, BRCA1, Gene Expression, Gene mutation, DISEASE, Breast cancer, 3123 Gynaecology and paediatrics, Medicine and Health Sciences, INVESTIGATORS, mutation carriers, skin and connective tissue diseases, Genetics, 1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology, 3. Good health, Women's cancers Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 17], Oncology, Female, Differential allelic expression, Risk, Heterozygote, 3122 Cancers, Quantitative Trait Loci, NPAT, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Locus (genetics), Breast Neoplasms, Quantitative trait locus, Biology, OVARIAN-CANCER, 03 medical and health sciences, CYCLIN E-CDK2, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Journal Article, medicine, Genetic predisposition, Genetic susceptibility, Biomarkers, Tumor, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Allele, BRCA1 and BRCA2, Alleles, Genetic association, HUMAN-CELLS, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11, CONSORTIUM, Genetic Variation, DNA, medicine.disease, 030104 developmental biology, Mutation, Cis-regulatory variants, 3111 Biomedicine
Abstract: PURPOSE: Cis-acting regulatory SNPs resulting in differential allelic expression (DAE) may, in part, explain the underlying phenotypic variation associated with many complex diseases. To investigate whether common variants associated with DAE were involved in breast cancer susceptibility among BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers, a list of 175 genes was developed based of their involvement in cancer-related pathways. METHODS: Using data from a genome-wide map of SNPs associated with allelic expression, we assessed the association of ~320 SNPs located in the vicinity of these genes with breast and ovarian cancer risks in 15,252 BRCA1 and 8211 BRCA2 mutation carriers ascertained from 54 studies participating in the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2. RESULTS: We identified a region on 11q22.3 that is significantly associated with breast cancer risk in BRCA1 mutation carriers (most significant SNP rs228595 p = 7 × 10-6). This association was absent in BRCA2 carriers (p = 0.57). The 11q22.3 region notably encompasses genes such as ACAT1, NPAT, and ATM. Expression quantitative trait loci associations were observed in both normal breast and tumors across this region, namely for ACAT1, ATM, and other genes. In silico analysis revealed some overlap between top risk-associated SNPs and relevant biological features in mammary cell data, which suggests potential functional significance. CONCLUSION: We identified 11q22.3 as a new modifier locus in BRCA1 carriers. Replication in larger studies using estrogen receptor (ER)-negative or triple-negative (i.e., ER-, progesterone receptor-, and HER2-negative) cases could therefore be helpful to confirm the association of this locus with breast cancer risk. Funding for the iCOGS infrastructure came from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme under Grant Agreement No. 223175 (HEALTH-F2-2009-223175) (COGS), Cancer Research UK (C1287/A10118, C1287/A 10710, C12292/A11174, C1281/A12014, C5047/A8384, C5047/A15007, C5047/A10692, C8197/A16565), the National Institutes of Health (CA128978) and Post-cancer GWAS Initiative (1U19 CA148537, 1U19 CA148065, and 1U19 CA148112: the GAME-ON Initiative), the Department of Defence (W81XWH-10-1-0341), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for the CIHR Team in Familial Risks of Breast Cancer, Komen Foundation for the Cure, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, and the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. BCFR: this work was supported by Grant UM1 CA164920 from the National Cancer Institute. BFBOCC was supported by Lithuania (BFBOCC-LT): Research Council of Lithuania Grant SEN-18/2015. BIDMC was supported by the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. BRCA-gene mutations and breast cancer in South African women (BMBSA) was supported by Grants from the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) to Elizabeth J. van Rensburg. BRICOH: SLN was partially supported by the Morris and Horowitz Families Endowed Professorship. CNIO: this work was partially supported by Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC08), RTICC 06/0020/1060, FISPI08/1120, Mutua Madrilena Foundation (FMMA), and SAF2010-20493. COH-CCGCRN: patients were recruited for this study from the City of Hope Clinical Cancer Genomics Community Research Network, supported in part by Award Number RC4CA153828 (PI: J. Weitzel) from the National Cancer Institute and the Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health. CONSIT Team: Associazione Italiana Ricerca sul Cancro (AIRC) to P. Peterlongo (IG 2012 Id. 12821) and P. Radice (IG 2014 Id. 15547). Funds from Italian citizens who allocated the 5 9 1000 share of their tax payment in support of the Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, according to Italian laws (INT-Institutional Strategic Projects '5x1000') to S. Manoukian. FiorGen Foundation for Pharmacogenomics to L. Papi. CORE: the CIMBA Data Management and Data Analysis were supported by Cancer Research: UK Grants C12292/A20861, C12292/A11174. ACA is a Cancer Research-UK Senior Cancer Research Fellow. GCT is an NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow. J. Lecarpentier has been financially supported by the Fondation ARC (FONDATION ARC, 9 rue Guy Moquet 94803 Villejuif: France), Grant Number SAE20131200623. This work was supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for the "CIHR Team in Familial Risks of Breast Cancer" Program: Grant No. CRN-87521 and the Ministry of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade: Grant No. PSR-SIIRI-701. The PERSPECTIVE Project was supported by the Government of Canada through Genome Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Ministere de l'Economie, Innovation et Exportation du Quebec through Genome Quebec, and The Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation. This work was also supported by the Ministere de l'Economie, Innovation et Exportation du Quebec: Grant No. PSR-SIIRI-701. DEMOKRITOS: this research has been co-financed by the European Union (European Social Fund: ESF) and Greek National Funds through the Operational Program "Education and Lifelong Learning" of the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF): Research Funding Program of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology: SYN11_10_19 NBCA. Investing in Knowledge Society through the European Social Fund. The DKFZ Study was supported by the DKFZ. EMBRACE was supported by Cancer Research UK Grants C1287/A10118 and C1287/A11990. D. Gareth Evans and Fiona Lalloo were supported by an NIHR Grant to the Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester. The Investigators at The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust were supported by an NIHR Grant to the Biomedical Research Centre at The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. Ros Eeles and Elizabeth Bancroft were supported by Cancer Research UK Grant C5047/A8385. Ros Eeles was also supported by NIHR support to the Biomedical Research Centre at The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. FCCC: the authors acknowledge the support from The University of Kansas Cancer Center (P30 CA168524) and the Kansas Bioscience Authority Eminent Scholar Program. A.K.G. was funded by 5U01CA113916, R01CA140323, and by the Chancellors Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Sciences Professorship. The German Consortium of Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (GC-HBOC) was supported by the German Cancer Aid (Grant No. 110837, Rita K. Schmutzler). This work was supported by the European Regional Development Fund and Free State of Saxony, Germany (LIFE: Leipzig Research Centre for Civilization Diseases, Project Numbers 713-241202, 713-241202, 14505/2470, 14575/2470). GEMO: the study was supported by the Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer; the Association "Le cancer du sein, parlons-en!" Award; the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for the "CIHR Team in Familial Risks of Breast Cancer" Program and the French National Institute of Cancer (INCa). GEORGETOWN: CI received support from the Non-therapeutic Subject Registry Shared Resource at Georgetown University (NIH/NCI Grant P30-CA051008), the Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and Clinical GenomicsResearch, and Swing Fore the Cure. G-FAST: Bruce Poppe is a Senior Clinical Investigator of FWO. Mattias Van Heetvelde obtained funding from IWT. HCSC was supported by a Grant RD12/0036/0006 and 15/00059 from ISCIII (Spain), partially supported by European Regional Development FEDER Funds. The HEBCS was financially supported by the Helsinki University Hospital Research Fund, Academy of Finland (266528), the Finnish Cancer Society and the Sigrid Juselius Foundation. HEBON Study was supported by the Dutch Cancer Society Grants NKI1998-1854, NKI2004-3088, and NKI2007-3756, the Netherlands Organization of Scientific Research Grant NWO 91109024, the Pink Ribbon Grants 110005 and 2014-187.WO76, the BBMRI Grant NWO 184.021.007/CP46, and the Transcan Grant JTC 2012 Cancer 12-054. HEBON thanks the Registration Teams of Dutch Cancer Registry (IKNL; S. Siesling, J. Verloop) and the Dutch Pathology database (PALGA; L. Overbeek) for their help in part of the data collection. HRBCP was supported by the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, Dr. Ellen Li Charitable Foundation, The Kerry Group Kuok Foundation, National Institute of Health 1R 03CA130065, and North California Cancer Center. Hungarian Breast and Ovarian Cancer Study (HUNBOCS) was supported by Hungarian Research Grants KTIA-OTKA CK-80745 and OTKA K-112228. ICO: Contract Grant Sponsor: Asociacion Espanola Contra el Cancer, Spanish Health Research Fund; Carlos III Health Institute; Catalan Health Institute and Autonomous Government of Catalonia. Contract Grant Numbers: ISCIIIRETIC RD06/0020/1051, RD12/0036/008, PI10/01422, PI10/00748, PI13/00285, PIE13/00022, 2009SGR290, and 2014SGR364. The IHCC was supported by Grant PBZ_KBN_122/P05/2004. The ILUH Group was supported by the Icelandic Association "Walking for Breast Cancer Research" and by the Landspitali University Hospital Research Fund. INHERIT: this work was supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for the "CIHR Team in Familial Risks of Breast Cancer" Program: Grant No. CRN-87521 and the Ministry of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade: Grant No. PSR-SIIRI-701. The PERSPECTIVE Project was supported by the Government of Canada through Genome Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Grant GPH-129344), the Ministere de l'Economie, Science et Innovation du Quebec through Genome Quebec, and the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation. IOVHBOCS was supported by Ministero della Salute and "5x1000" Istituto Oncologico Veneto Grant. IPOBCS: this study was in part supported by Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro. kConFab was supported by a Grant from the National Breast Cancer Foundation, and previously by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), the Queensland Cancer Fund, the Cancer Councils of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia, and the Cancer Foundation of Western Australia. KOHBRA was supported by a Grant from the National R&D Program for Cancer Control, Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, Republic of Korea (1020350). MAYO was supported by NIH Grants CA116167, CA192393, and CA176785, an NCI Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Breast Cancer (CA116201), and a Grant from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. MCGILL: Jewish General Hospital Weekend to End Breast Cancer, Quebec Ministry of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade. MODSQUAD was supported by MH CZ: DRO (MMCI, 00209805) and by the European Regional Development Fund and the State Budget of the Czech Republic (RECAMO, CZ.1.05/2.1.00/03.0101) to LF, and by Charles University in Prague Project UNCE204024 (MZ). MSKCC was supported by Grants from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, the Robert and Kate Niehaus Clinical Cancer Genetics Initiative, and the Andrew Sabin Research Fund. NAROD: 1R01 CA149429-01. NCI: the research of Drs. MH Greene and PL Mai was supported by the Intramural Research Program of the US National Cancer Institute, NIH, and by Support Services Contracts NO2-CP-11019-50 and N02-CP-65504 with Westat, Inc., Rockville, MD. NICCC was supported by Clalit Health Services in Israel. Some of its activities were supported by the Israel Cancer Association and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), NY. NNPIO: this work has been supported by the Russian Federation for Basic Research (Grants 15-04-01744 and 16-54-00055). NRG Oncology: this study was supported by NRG Oncology Operations Grant Number U10 CA180868 as well as NRG SDMC Grant U10 CA180822, Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) Administrative Office and the GOG Tissue Bank (CA 27469), and the GOG Statistical and Data Center (CA 37517). Drs. Greene, Mai, and Savage were supported by Funding from the Intramural Research Program, NCI. OSUCCG was supported by the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. PBCS: this work was supported by the Italian Association of Cancer Research (AIRC) [IG 2013 N.14477] and Tuscany Institute for Tumors (ITT) Grant 2014-2015-2016. SEABASS: Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Ministry of Higher Education (UM.C/HlR/MOHE/06), and Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation. The SMC Team was in part sponsored by a Grant from the Israeli Cancer Association to the Israeli Consortium of Hereditary Breast Cancer. SWE-BRCA Collaborators were supported by the Swedish Cancer Society. UCHICAGO was supported by NCI Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Breast Cancer (CA125183), R01 CA142996, 1U01CA161032, and by the Ralph and Marion Falk Medical Research Trust, the Entertainment Industry Fund National Women's Cancer Research Alliance, and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. OIO is an ACS Clinical Research Professor. UCLA: Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Foundation; Breast Cancer Research Foundation. UCSF: UCSF Cancer Risk Program and Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. UKFOCR was supported by a Project Grant from CRUK to Paul Pharoah. UPENN: National Institutes of Health (NIH) (R01-CA102776 and R01-CA083855; Breast Cancer Research Foundation; Susan G. Komen Foundation for the Cure, Basser Research Center for BRCA. VFCTG: Victorian Cancer Agency, Cancer Australia, National Breast Cancer Foundation. WCP: Dr. Karlan was funded by the American Cancer Society Early Detection Professorship (SIOP-06-258-01-COUN) and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), Grant UL1TR000124. Sí
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17. Age- and Tumor Subtype Specific Breast Cancer Risk Estimates for CHEK2*1100delC Carriers

Author: Sten Cornelissen, Richard van Hien, Muriel A. Adank, Argyrios Ziogas, Amy Trentham-Dietz, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Hiltrud Brauch, Alison M. Dunning, Qin Wang, Stig E. Bojesen, Natalia Bogdanova, Hoda Anton-Culver, Sara Margolin, Elza Khusnutdinova, Marjanka K. Schmidt, Elinor J. Sawyer, Kenneth Offit, Lothar Haeberle, Veli-Matti Kosma, Natalia Antonenkova, Taru A. Muranen, Heli Nevanlinna, Polly A. Newcomb, Manjeet K. Bolla, Mieke Schutte, Vessela N. Kristensen, Andy C. H. Lee, Melissa C. Southey, Jenny Chang-Claude, Douglas F. Easton, Marina Bermisheva, Henrik Flyger, Lizet E. van der Kolk, Antonis C. Antoniou, Anna Jakubowska, Paul D.P. Pharoah, Ans M.W. van den Ouweland, Jan Lubinski, Angela Cox, Maartje J. Hooning, Graham G. Giles, Rita K. Schmutzler, Julian Peto, Anthony J. Swerdlow, Volker Arndt, Thilo Dörk, Barbara Burwinkel, Harald Surowy, Ian Tomlinson, Celine M. Vachon, Peter Hillemanns, Mark E. Robson, Michael Jones, Roger L. Milne, Esther M. John, Olivia Fletcher, Julie Soens, Per Hall, Quinten Waisfisz, Jonine D. Figueroa, Julia A. Knight, Rob A. E. M. Tollenaar, Irene L. Andrulis, Annika Lindblom, Annegien Broeks, Alfons Meindl, Peter A. Fasching, Montserrat Garcia-Closas, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Thomas Brüning, Alice S. Whittemore, Caroline M. Seynaeve, Tjoung-Won Park-Simon, Eva Galle, Hermann Brenner, Hanne Meijers, Amanda B. Spurdle, Antoinette Hollestelle, Kamila Czene, Anja Rudolph, John L. Hopper, Arto Mannermaa, Simon S. Cross, Fergus J. Couch, Human genetics, CCA - Cancer biology, Antoniou, Antonis [0000-0001-9223-3116], Dunning, Alison [0000-0001-6651-7166], Lee, Andrew [0000-0003-0677-0252], Pharoah, Paul [0000-0001-8494-732X], Wang, Jean [0000-0002-9139-0627], Easton, Douglas [0000-0003-2444-3247], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Clinical Genetics, and Medical Oncology
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Oncology, Cancer Research, Estrogen receptor, Disease, 0302 clinical medicine, Receptors, 80 and over, Odds Ratio, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, skin and connective tissue diseases, Progesterone, Cancer, Sequence Deletion, Aged, 80 and over, education.field_of_study, Homozygote, Age Factors, ORIGINAL REPORTS, Middle Aged, 3. Good health, Receptors, Estrogen, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Female, Risk assessment, Receptors, Progesterone, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Heterozygote, Clinical Sciences, Oncology and Carcinogenesis, Population, Breast Neoplasms, Risk Assessment, 03 medical and health sciences, Breast cancer, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Clinical Research, Internal medicine, Breast Cancer, Genetics, medicine, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Oncology & Carcinogenesis, education, CHEK2, Aged, business.industry, Case-control study, Odds ratio, medicine.disease, Estrogen, Checkpoint Kinase 2, 030104 developmental biology, Case-Control Studies, business
Abstract: Purpose CHEK2*1100delC is a well-established breast cancer risk variant that is most prevalent in European populations; however, there are limited data on risk of breast cancer by age and tumor subtype, which limits its usefulness in breast cancer risk prediction. We aimed to generate tumor subtype- and age-specific risk estimates by using data from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium, including 44,777 patients with breast cancer and 42,997 controls from 33 studies genotyped for CHEK2*1100delC. Patients and Methods CHEK2*1100delC genotyping was mostly done by a custom Taqman assay. Breast cancer odds ratios (ORs) for CHEK2*1100delC carriers versus noncarriers were estimated by using logistic regression and adjusted for study (categorical) and age. Main analyses included patients with invasive breast cancer from population- and hospital-based studies. Results Proportions of heterozygous CHEK2*1100delC carriers in controls, in patients with breast cancer from population- and hospital-based studies, and in patients with breast cancer from familial- and clinical genetics center–based studies were 0.5%, 1.3%, and 3.0%, respectively. The estimated OR for invasive breast cancer was 2.26 (95%CI, 1.90 to 2.69; P = 2.3 × 10−20). The OR was higher for estrogen receptor (ER)–positive disease (2.55 [95%CI, 2.10 to 3.10; P = 4.9 × 10−21]) than it was for ER-negative disease (1.32 [95%CI, 0.93 to 1.88; P = .12]; P interaction = 9.9 × 10−4). The OR significantly declined with attained age for breast cancer overall (P = .001) and for ER-positive tumors (P = .001). Estimated cumulative risks for development of ER-positive and ER-negative tumors by age 80 in CHEK2*1100delC carriers were 20% and 3%, respectively, compared with 9% and 2%, respectively, in the general population of the United Kingdom. Conclusion These CHEK2*1100delC breast cancer risk estimates provide a basis for incorporating CHEK2*1100delC into breast cancer risk prediction models and into guidelines for intensified screening and follow-up.
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18. A common variant at the TERT-CLPTM1L locus is associated with estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer

Author: Michael F. Press, Asta Försti, Elisa V. Bandera, Hans-Peter Sinn, David Van Den Berg, Foluso O. Ademuyiwa, Veli-Matti Kosma, Loic Le Marchand, Nicholas G. Martin, Douglas F. Easton, Susan E. Hankinson, Timothy R. Rebbeck, Leslie Bernstein, Florentia Fostira, Jenny Chang-Claude, Andrea Holbrook, Christine B. Ambrosone, Arif B. Ekici, Shahana Ahmed, Laura Baglietto, Stephen J. Chanock, Astrid Irwanto, Regina G. Ziegler, Andrew K. Godwin, Julie R. Palmer, Lucy Xia, Diether Lambrechts, Xin Sheng, Heli Nevanlinna, William J. Tapper, Christopher K. Edlund, Sue A. Ingles, Hans Wildiers, Diana Eccles, Julian Peto, Rudolf Kaaks, Federico Canzian, Els Wauters, Penelope Miron, Daniel O. Stram, Sara Margolin, Afshan Siddiq, Sara Lindström, Thomas Dünnebier, Ian Tomlinson, Gary K. Chen, Matthias W. Beckmann, Wei Zheng, Lisa B. Signorello, Adam M. Lee, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Grant W. Montgomery, Rebecca Hein, Alison M. Dunning, Rosemary L. Balleine, Athanasios M. Dimopoulos, Loreall Pooler, Eric A. Ross, Arja Jukkola-Vuorinen, Peter A. Fasching, Laurence N. Kolonel, Irene Konstantopoulou, Jianjun Liu, Carl Blomqvist, Timothy G. Lesnick, Graham G. Giles, Lynn Rosenberg, Christine L. Clarke, Arndt Hartmann, Gianluca Severi, Charles M. Perou, Thomas Rüdiger, Sarah J. Nyante, Paul J. Goodfellow, Angela Cox, Esther M. John, Heather Spencer Feigelson, Robert N. Hoover, Fergus J. Couch, Ute Hamann, Daniel I. Chasman, Brian E. Henderson, Celine M. Vachon, Stephan Nickels, Lorraine Durcan, Jane Carpenter, Swati Kulkarni, Xianshu Wang, Susan L. Slager, Jorge L. Rodriguez-Gil, William J. Blot, Elinor J. Sawyer, Isabel dos Santos Silva, JoEllen Weaver, Christopher A. Haiman, S Gerty, Christine D. Berg, Julie E. Buring, Katri Pylkäs, Peggy Wan, Robert B. Diasio, Marjanka K. Schmidt, Nikki Graham, Rüdiger Schulz-Wendtland, Drakoulis Yannoukakos, Jennifer Ivanovich, Nicola F. Johnson, Lisa A. Carey, Hiltrud Brauch, David J. Hunter, Curtis Olswold, Sandra L. Deming, Harsh B. Pathak, Fredrick R. Schumacher, W. Ryan Driver, Robert C. Millikan, Dimitrios Pectasides, George Fountzilas, Simon S. Cross, Dieter Flesch-Janys, Melissa C. Southey, Robert Winqvist, Paul D.P. Pharoah, Dario Greco, Judith Heinz, Jennifer J. Hu, Peter Kraft, Arto Mannermaa, Kristen N. Stevens, and Yon Ko
Subjects: Oncology, medicine.medical_specialty, Genotype, medicine.drug_class, European Continental Ancestry Group, Estrogen receptor, Locus (genetics), Genome-wide association study, Breast Neoplasms, Biology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, White People, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, Prostate cancer, 0302 clinical medicine, Breast cancer, Internal medicine, Receptors, medicine, Genetics, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Allele, Polymorphism, Telomerase, 030304 developmental biology, Aged, African Americans, 0303 health sciences, Case-Control Studies, Female, Genome-Wide Association Study, Membrane Proteins, Middle Aged, Neoplasm Proteins, Receptors, Estrogen, Genetic Loci, Single Nucleotide, medicine.disease, Estrogen, 3. Good health, Black or African American, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Immunology
Abstract: Estrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer shows a higher incidence in women of African ancestry compared to women of European ancestry. In search of common risk alleles for ER-negative breast cancer, we combined genome-wide association study (GWAS) data from women of African ancestry (1,004 ER-negative cases and 2,745 controls) and European ancestry (1,718 ER-negative cases and 3,670 controls), with replication testing conducted in an additional 2,292 ER-negative cases and 16,901 controls of European ancestry. We identified a common risk variant for ER-negative breast cancer at the TERT-CLPTM1L locus on chromosome 5p15 (rs10069690: per-allele odds ratio (OR) = 1.18 per allele, P = 1.0 × 10(-10)). The variant was also significantly associated with triple-negative (ER-negative, progesterone receptor (PR)-negative and human epidermal growth factor-2 (HER2)-negative) breast cancer (OR = 1.25, P = 1.1 × 10(-9)), particularly in younger women (
Published: 2016
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19. Identification of independent association signals and putative functional variants for breast cancer risk through fine-scale mapping of the 12p11 locus

Author: Kenneth Offit, Hoda Anton-Culver, Ans M.W. van den Ouweland, Siranoush Manoukian, Christine L. Clarke, Kyriaki Michailidou, Antonis C. Antoniou, Maria Kabisch, Isabel dos-Santos-Silva, Douglas F. Easton, Curtis Olswold, Graham G. Giles, Tien Yin Wong, Ursula Eilber, Mads Thomassen, Christopher A. Haiman, Alice J. Sigurdson, Lothar Haeberle, Florence Menegaux, Ana Osorio, Marco Montagna, Katarzyna Jaworska-Bieniek, Eitan Friedman, Simon S. Cross, Daniel Barrowdale, Elinor J. Sawyer, Adam N. Freeman, Caroline Seynaeve, Min Hyuk Lee, Arnaud Droit, Per Hall, Minouk J. Schoemaker, Trinidad Caldés, Peter Hillemanns, Frederik Marmé, Jenny Lester, Michele M. Doody, Bernard Peissel, Peter Kraft, Elza Khusnutdinova, Anna H. Wu, Stéphanie Peeters, Georg Pfeiler, Pascal Guénel, Hidemi Ito, Xingyi Guo, Antoinette Hollestelle, Heli Nevanlinna, Kathleen Claes, Ylva Paulsson-Karlsson, Cecilia M. Dorfling, Roger L. Milne, Daehee Kang, Judith S. Brand, Diether Lambrechts, Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, Simona Agata, Saundra S. Buys, Muhammad Usman Rashid, Fabienne Lesueur, Alicia Beeghly-Fadiel, Peter Devilee, Manjeet K. Bolla, Natalia Antonenkova, Irene Konstantopoulou, Claudine Isaacs, Anja Rudolph, Carl Blomqvist, Tjoung Won Park-Simon, Judy Garber, Csilla Szabo, Francois Bacot, Arto Mannermaa, Yu-Tang Gao, Stig E. Bojesen, Susan L. Neuhausen, Marina Bermisheva, Qiuyin Cai, Zakaria Einbeigi, Christian F. Singer, Qin Wang, Kerstin Rhiem, Sofia Khan, Fiona Lalloo, Robert L. Nussbaum, Thilo Dörk, William J. Blot, Sylvie Mazoyer, Julia A. Knight, Katherine L. Nathanson, Clare Turnbull, Nazneen Rahman, Anne Lise Børresen-Dale, Chuen Neng Lee, Annegien Broeks, Martha J. Shrubsole, Ava Kwong, Jirong Long, Ian G. Campbell, Sara Margolin, Fergus J. Couch, Laima Tihomirova, Mary Beth Terry, Jenny Chang-Claude, Alice S. Whittemore, Joseph Vijai, Alfons Meindl, Xiao-Ou Shu, Shan Wang-Gohrke, Wei Zheng, Beth Y. Karlan, Jacques Simard, Angela Cox, Shahana Ahmed, Polly A. Newcomb, Ritu Salani, Chen-Yang Shen, Adalgeir Arason, Sandrine Tchatchou, Ute Hamann, Elizabeth J. van Rensburg, Michael Jones, Mark H. Greene, Anthony J. Swerdlow, Senno Verhoef, Jonine Figueroa, Hermann Brenner, Volker Arndt, Charles Joly Beauparlant, Esther M. John, Nadege Presneau, Jingmei Li, Laura Papi, Marjanka K. Schmidt, Montserrat Garcia-Closas, Uffe Birk Jensen, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Paolo Peterlongo, Penny Soucy, Thomas Brüning, Jaana M. Hartikainen, Siddhartha Kar, Ji Yeob Choi, Manuel R. Teixeira, Phuong L. Mai, Alex Teulé, Jyh Cherng Yu, Paul Brennan, Maya Ghoussaini, Edith Olah, Henrik Flyger, Michael Friedlander, Soo Hwang Teo, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Kathleen M. Egan, David J. Hunter, Kristiina Aittomäki, Joe Dennis, Anna González-Neira, Mikael Hartman, Alison M. Dunning, Doris Steinemann, Debra Frost, Melissa C. Southey, Ramunas Janavicius, Evgeny N. Imyanitov, Catherine M. Phelan, Amanda E. Toland, Anna Marie Mulligan, David ven den Berg, Rita K. Schmutzler, Julian Peto, Irene L. Andrulis, Chenjie Zeng, Kenneth Muir, Peter Schürmann, Saila Kauppila, Banu Arun, Jane Carpenter, Jeffrey N. Weitzel, Yael Laitman, Susan M. Domchek, Robert Winqvist, Caroline Baynes, Brita Arver, Marc Tischkowitz, Kamila Czene, Keitaro Matsuo, Barbara Burwinkel, Miriam Dwek, Kim De Leeneer, David E. Goldgar, Anna Jakubowska, Paul D.P. Pharoah, Peter A. Fasching, Bernd Dworniczak, Susan J. Ramus, Lesley McGuffog, Andrea Gehrig, Michael J. Kerin, Thomas Hansen, Francesca Damiola, John L. Hopper, Loic Le Marchand, Peter J. Hulick, Annika Lindblom, Emily Hallberg, Miguel de la Hoya, Gaetana Gambino, Martine Dumont, Susan L. Slager, Bernardo Bonanni, Bent Ejlertsen, Norhashimah Hassan, Sue Healey, Orland Diez, Mary B. Daly, Carolyn B. Hendricks, Artitaya Lophatananon, Annelie Liljegren, Steven N. Hart, Jan Lubinski, Natalia Bogdanova, Drakoulis Yannoukakos, Steve Ellis, Silje Nord, Hiltrud Brauch, Gad Rennert, Conxi Lázaro, Daniel C. Tessier, Paolo Radice, Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet, Nadine Tung, Andrew K. Godwin, Suleeporn Sangrajrang, Karoline Kuchenbaecker, Javier Benitez, Critical care, Anesthesiology, Peri-operative and Emergency medicine (CAPE), Damage and Repair in Cancer Development and Cancer Treatment (DARE), Targeted Gynaecologic Oncology (TARGON), Medicum, Kristiina Aittomäki / Principal Investigator, Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Clinicum, Department of Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine / Clinical Medicine, Wang, Jean [0000-0002-9139-0627], Dennis, Joe [0000-0003-4591-1214], Tischkowitz, Marc [0000-0002-7880-0628], Pharoah, Paul [0000-0001-8494-732X], Dunning, Alison [0000-0001-6651-7166], Antoniou, Antonis [0000-0001-9223-3116], Easton, Douglas [0000-0003-2444-3247], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Clinical Genetics, Medical Oncology, and Obstetrics & Gynecology
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Fine-scale mapping, Genome-wide association study, HORMONE-RELATED PROTEIN, Epigenesis, Genetic, Breast cancer, Medizinische Fakultät, Databases, Genetic, Genotype, BRCA2 MUTATION CARRIERS, Odds Ratio, Medicine and Health Sciences, Pair 12, Medicine, Genetic risk factor, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Medicine(all), Genetics, BRCA1 Protein, PTHLH-CCDC91, Chromosome Mapping, LOCALIZATION, Single Nucleotide, PTHLH, 3. Good health, Enhancer Elements, Genetic, Population Surveillance, Female, Medical Genetics, BRAC1 mutation carriers, CCDC91, Alleles, Breast Neoplasms, Case-Control Studies, Computational Biology, European Continental Ancestry Group, Haplotypes, Heterozygote, Humans, Mutation, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Quantitative Trait Loci, Risk, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Human, Research Article, EXPRESSION, Enhancer Elements, SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCI, 3122 Cancers, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Chromosomes, White People, OVARIAN-CANCER, Càncer de mama, Promoter Regions, Databases, 03 medical and health sciences, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Genetic, Journal Article, ddc:610, Polymorphism, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, Medicinsk genetik, Genetic association, Cancer och onkologi, business.industry, Haplotype, Case-control study, Biology and Life Sciences, Odds ratio, medicine.disease, ENHANCERS, 030104 developmental biology, Cancer and Oncology, METASTASIS, 3111 Biomedicine, GENETIC MODIFIERS, business, Genètica, Epigenesis
Abstract: Article, Background Multiple recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), rs10771399, at 12p11 that is associated with breast cancer risk. Method We performed a fine-scale mapping study of a 700 kb region including 441 genotyped and more than 1300 imputed genetic variants in 48,155 cases and 43,612 controls of European descent, 6269 cases and 6624 controls of East Asian descent and 1116 cases and 932 controls of African descent in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC; http://bcac.ccge.medschl.cam.ac.uk/), and in 15,252 BRCA1 mutation carriers in the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA). Stepwise regression analyses were performed to identify independent association signals. Data from the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements project (ENCODE) and the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) were used for functional annotation. Results Analysis of data from European descendants found evidence for four independent association signals at 12p11, represented by rs7297051 (odds ratio (OR) = 1.09, 95 % confidence interval (CI) = 1.06–1.12; P = 3 × 10-9), rs805510 (OR = 1.08, 95 % CI = 1.04–1.12, P = 2 × 10-5), and rs1871152 (OR = 1.04, 95 % CI = 1.02–1.06; P = 2 × 10-4) identified in the general populations, and rs113824616 (P = 7 × 10-5) identified in the meta-analysis of BCAC ER-negative cases and BRCA1 mutation carriers. SNPs rs7297051, rs805510 and rs113824616 were also associated with breast cancer risk at P, published version, peerReviewed
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20. No clinical utility of KRAS variant rs61764370 for ovarian or breast cancer

Author: Agnieszka Dansonka-Mieszkowska, Angela Brooks-Wilson, Ingo B. Runnebaum, Kenneth Offit, Melissa C. Southey, Ramunas Janavicius, Finn Cilius Nielsen, Christine Maugard, Marco Montagna, Annette Fontaine, Janusz Menkiszak, Robert Winqvist, Pascal Guénel, Rosalind Glasspool, Usha Menon, Daniel Barrowdale, Elinor J. Sawyer, Anna Jakubowska, Paul D.P. Pharoah, Martha J. Shrubsole, Lambertus A. Kiemeney, Camilla Krakstad, Dong Liang, Minouk J. Schoemaker, Judith S. Brand, Joseph Vijai, Marc T. Goodman, Thomas A. Sellers, David Van Den Berg, Celeste Leigh Pearce, Alice S. Whittemore, Irene L. Andrulis, Radka Platte, Kunle Odunsi, Orland Diez, Estrid Høgdall, Brooke L. Fridley, C. J. van Asperen, Mary Anne Rossing, Vessela N. Kristensen, Jonathan Tyrer, Tara M. Friebel, Douglas F. Easton, Per Hall, Mads Thomassen, Christine Walsh, Thilo Dörk, Louise A. Brinton, Keith Humphreys, Douglas A. Levine, Allison F. Vitonis, Anna H. Wu, Hermann Brenner, Maria Bisogna, Joellen M. Schildkraut, Maria A. Caligo, Jonine D. Figueroa, Lynne R. Wilkens, Grace Friel, Michael G. Schrauder, Evgeny N. Imyanitov, Sune F. Nielsen, Sylvie Mazoyer, Diana Eccles, Andrew Berchuck, Sara Margolin, Mitul Shah, Matthias W. Beckmann, Elizabeth M. Poole, Gad Rennert, Arif B. Ekici, Elisa Alducci, Bjarni A. Agnarsson, Linda S. Cook, Javier Benitez, Paolo Peterlongo, Natalia Antonenkova, Annika Lindblom, Patrick Neven, Julia A. Knight, Alan Ashworth, Matti A. Rookus, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Daniela Zaffaroni, Banu Arun, Sue Healey, Robert P. Edwards, Susanne K. Kjaer, Laura J. van't Veer, John W.M. Martens, Christa Stegmaier, Claudine Isaacs, Daniel W. Cramer, Lars Beckmann, Liisa M. Pelttari, Dieter Flesch-Janys, Irene Orlow, Atocha Romero, Diana Torres, Marjanka K. Schmidt, Simon S. Cross, Alison M. Dunning, Rosemary L. Balleine, Sandra L. Halverson, Benoit Beuselinck, Melissa C. Larson, Senno Verhoef, Jirong Long, Angela Cox, Maartje J. Hooning, Bruce Poppe, Katarzyna Jaworska, Jolanta Kupryjanczyk, Nicolas Wentzensen, Gustavo C. Rodriguez, Tanja Pejovic, Roberta B. Ness, James Paul, Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet, Nadine Tung, Gianluca Severi, Malcolm C. Pike, Hoda Anton-Culver, Ans M.W. van den Ouweland, Mark E. Robson, Roger L. Milne, Jan C. Oosterwijk, Laima Tihomirova, Helen Tsimiklis, Pierre Laurent-Puig, Florian Heitz, Beth Y. Karlan, Ian Tomlinson, Thérèse Truong, Bernardo Bonanni, Frederik Marmé, Qin Wang, Conxi Lázaro, Volker Arndt, Antoinette Hollestelle, Jacek Gronwald, M. Pilar Zamora, Barbara Wappenschmidt, Maren Weischer, Veli-Matti Kosma, Giulietta Scuvera, Jenny Lester, Andreas Berger, Stephen J. Chanock, Line Bjørge, Anthony J. Swerdlow, Andrew K. Godwin, Mervi Grip, Amanda E. Toland, Anna Marie Mulligan, Noralane M. Lindor, Paolo Radice, Bent Ejlertsen, Frederieke H. van der Baan, Lothar Haeberle, Valerie McGuire, Kamila Czene, Rob A. E. M. Tollenaar, Maria Soller, Katherine L. Nathanson, Sandrina Lambrechts, Susan J. Ramus, Anja Rudolph, Penny Soucy, Caroline Weltens, Hiltrud Brauch, Olivia Fletcher, Sara H. Olson, Yael Laitman, Marion Piedmonte, Arto Mannermaa, Agnieszka Budzilowska, Olga M. Sinilnikova, Christian F. Singer, Cezary Cybulski, Weiva Sieh, Ed Dicks, Elizabeth J. van Rensburg, Isabel dos Santos Silva, Hans Ehrencrona, Timothy R. Rebbeck, Jaana M. Hartikainen, Sandra Orsulic, Jingmei Li, Carmel Apicella, Anna deFazio, Ian G. Campbell, Ignace Vergote, Rita K. Schmutzler, Fredrick R. Schumacher, Julian Peto, Nadeem Siddiqui, Brian E. Henderson, Starr R. Guzman, Maria Kabisch, John L. Hopper, Arto Leminen, Jeffrey N. Weitzel, Honglin Song, J. Margriet Collée, Ingvild L. Tangen, Børge G. Nordestgaard, Antonis C. Antoniou, Lara Sucheston, Helena C. van Doorn, Lídia Feliubadaló, Leon F.A.G. Massuger, Iain A. McNeish, Nichola Johnson, Simon A. Gayther, Jennifer A. Doherty, Anders Bojesen, Gord Glendon, Yukie Bean, Celine M. Vachon, Barbara Burwinkel, Edith Olah, Shan Wang-Gohrke, Brita Arver, Marc Tischkowitz, Arja Jukkola-Vuorinen, Martin Gore, Vesa Kataja, Nicola Miller, Pamela J. Thompson, Malcolm W.R. Reed, Michelle A.T. Hildebrandt, Ritu Salani, Janet E. Olson, Catriona McLean, Cecilia M. Dorfling, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Frederique Mariette, Laura Ottini, Fergus J. Couch, Linda E. Kelemen, Nhu D. Le, Michael J. Kerin, Claus Høgdall, Miguel de la Hoya, Jonathan Carter, Mercedes Durán, Inge Søkilde Pedersen, Julie M. Cunningham, Manjeet K. Bolla, Galina Lurie, Loic Le Marchand, Ute Hamann, Muy-Kheng Tea, Karoline Kuchenbaecker, Irene Konstantopoulou, Thomas Hansen, Francesca Damiola, Stefano Fortuzzi, Shelley S. Tworoger, Mikael Eriksson, Carl Blomqvist, Joan Brunet, Allan Jensen, Karen Lu, Elisa V. Bandera, Anne M. van Altena, Anne-Marie Gerdes, Lene Lundvall, Susan L. Neuhausen, Wei Zheng, Ana Osorio, Fiona Bruinsma, Hannah P. Yang, Graham G. Giles, Christoph Engel, Nick Orr, Harvey A. Risch, Jan Lubinski, Jacoba P. Knol-Bout, Phuong L. Mai, Martine Dumont, Xifeng Wu, Christof Sohn, Noah D. Kauff, Kristiina Aittomäki, Natalia Bogdanova, Alexander Hein, Francesmary Modugno, Heli Nevanlinna, Helga B. Salvesen, Adriana Lasa, Daphne Gschwantler Kaulich, Dominiek Smeets, Jenny Permuth-Wey, Josef Herzog, Catherine M. Phelan, Clareann H. Bunker, Steve Ellis, Christopher A. Haiman, Jolanta Lissowska, Judy Garber, Joanna Plisiecka-Halasa, Robert A. Vierkant, Steven A. Narod, Mark H. Greene, Florence Menegaux, Norbert Arnold, Primitiva Menéndez, Robert L. Nussbaum, Katja K.H. Aben, Andreas Schneeweiss, Katri Pylkäs, Els Van Nieuwenhuysen, Tomasz Huzarski, Joe Dennis, Susan M. Domchek, Andreas du Bois, Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj, Florentia Fostira, Mary Beth Terry, Jenny Chang-Claude, Eitan Friedman, Argyrios Ziogas, Hatef Darabi, Kathleen Claes, Ellen L. Goode, Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, Stig E. Bojesen, Jo Perkins, Raanan Berger, Sharon E. Johnatty, Taru A. Muranen, Montserrat Garcia-Closas, Uffe Birk Jensen, Thomas Brüning, Heiko Müller, Debra Frost, Peter A. Fasching, Lesley McGuffog, Diether Lambrechts, Kelly-Anne Phillips, Caroline M. Seynaeve, Kathryn L. Terry, Ira Schwaab, Ralf Bützow, Manuel R. Teixeira, Joseph H. Rothstein, Bernard Peissel, Anna von Wachenfeldt, Saundra S. Buys, Peter Devilee, Alfons Meindl, Laura Baglietto, Kirsten B. Moysich, Arjen R. Mensenkamp, Philipp Harter, Jacques Simard, Generalitat de Catalunya, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Fundación Mutua Madrileña, Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, National Institutes of Health (US), Wellcome Trust, European Commission, National Cancer Institute (US), Medical Oncology, Clinical Genetics, Erasmus MC other, Pediatric Surgery, Pathology, and Neurology
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Oncology, endocrine system diseases, Endometriosis, Breast cancer, Clinical outcome, Genetic association, KRAS variant, Ovarian cancer, Genome-wide association study, Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial, medicine.disease_cause, Prostate, Brjóstakrabbamein, Clinical outcomes, Genotype, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Tumours of the digestive tract Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 14], PROSTATE, Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial, skin and connective tissue diseases, RISK, Ovarian Neoplasms, Women's cancers Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 17], Obstetrics and Gynecology, WOMEN, female genital diseases and pregnancy complications, 3. Good health, medicine.anatomical_structure, Treatment Outcome, Urological cancers Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 15], Female, KRAS, medicine.medical_specialty, SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCI, Breast Neoplasms, Article, Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras), 03 medical and health sciences, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Internal medicine, medicine, Carcinoma, Humans, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, Genetic Association Studies, POLYMORPHISMS, Krabbamein, MICRORNA-BINDING-SITE, IDENTIFICATION, business.industry, ENDOMETRIOSIS, Arfgengi, medicine.disease, 030104 developmental biology, PTT12, Eggjastokkar, business
Abstract: Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium, Breast Cancer Association Consortium, and Consortium of Modifiers of BRCA1 and BRCA2: et al., [Objective]: Clinical genetic testing is commercially available for rs61764370, an inherited variant residing in a KRAS 3' UTR microRNA binding site, based on suggested associations with increased ovarian and breast cancer risk as well as with survival time. However, prior studies, emphasizing particular subgroups, were relatively small. Therefore, we comprehensively evaluated ovarian and breast cancer risks as well as clinical outcome associated with rs61764370. [Methods]: Centralized genotyping and analysis were performed for 140,012 women enrolled in the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium (15,357 ovarian cancer patients; 30,816 controls), the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (33,530 breast cancer patients; 37,640 controls), and the Consortium of Modifiers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 (14,765 BRCA1 and 7904 BRCA2 mutation carriers). [Results]: We found no association with risk of ovarian cancer (OR = 0.99, 95% CI 0.94-1.04, p = 0.74) or breast cancer (OR = 0.98, 95% CI 0.94-1.01, p = 0.19) and results were consistent among mutation carriers (BRCA1, ovarian cancer HR = 1.09, 95% CI 0.97-1.23, p = 0.14, breast cancer HR = 1.04, 95% CI 0.97-1.12, p = 0.27; BRCA2, ovarian cancer HR = 0.89, 95% CI 0.71-1.13, p = 0.34, breast cancer HR = 1.06, 95% CI 0.94-1.19, p = 0.35). Null results were also obtained for associations with overall survival following ovarian cancer (HR = 0.94, 95% CI 0.83-1.07, p = 0.38), breast cancer (HR = 0.96, 95% CI 0.87-1.06, p = 0.38), and all other previously-reported associations. [Conclusions]: rs61764370 is not associated with risk of ovarian or breast cancer nor with clinical outcome for patients with these cancers. Therefore, genotyping this variant has no clinical utility related to the prediction or management of these cancers., The COGS project is funded through a European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme grant (agreement number 223175 — HEALTH-F2-2009-223175). The scientific development and funding for this project were in part supported by the US National Cancer Institute GAME-ON Post-GWAS Initiative (U19-CA148112). Funding for the project was provided by the Wellcome Trust under award 076113. This work was partially supported by Spanish Association against Cancer (AECC08), RTICC 06/0020/1060, FISPI08/1120, Mutua Madrileña Foundation (FMMA) and SAF2010-20493. Was supported by a grant RD12/00369/0006 and 12/00539 from ISCIII (Spain), partially supported by European Regional Development FEDER funds. Contract grant sponsor: Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer, Spanish Health Research Fund; Carlos III Health Institute; Catalan Health Institute and Autonomous Government of Catalonia. Contract grant numbers: ISCIIIRETIC RD06/0020/1051, RD12/0036/008, PI10/01422, PI10/00748, PI13/00285 and 2009SGR290.
Published: 2016
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21. Abstract P4-11-01: Rapid genetic counseling and testing in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients, findings from an RCT

Author: Marianne A. Kuenen, Arjen J. Witkamp, JJ Huisman, Johannes P. Vente, R. B. van der Luijt, Herman Rijna, J van der Sanden-Melis, B. C. Vrouenraets, T. van Dalen, Wevers, S. Verhoef, E. M. A. Bleiker, B. van Ooijen, Titia Brouwer, E. B. M. Theunissen, Neil K. Aaronson, Wim H. Bouma, M.G.E.M. Ausems, De Hahn, Heiddis Valdimarsdottir, E.J.T. Rutgers, Paul J Borgstein, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, and M.A.J. de Roos
Subjects: Cancer Research, medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, Genetic counseling, Cancer, medicine.disease, law.invention, Distress, Breast cancer, Oncology, Quality of life, Randomized controlled trial, law, Internal medicine, Intervention (counseling), medicine, Physical therapy, business, Psychosocial
Abstract: Introduction: Female breast cancer patients carrying a BRCA1/2 mutation have an increased risk of second primary breast and ovarian tumors. Rapid genetic counseling and testing (RGCT) may aid in making informed decisions about therapeutic and preventive surgery and adjuvant treatment. Little is known about the effects of RGCT on treatment decisions and psychosocial well-being. We have performed a randomized controlled trial to investigate these issues. Methods: Newly diagnosed breast cancer patients from 12 Dutch hospitals with at least a 10% risk of carrying a BRCA1/2 mutation were randomized to an intervention group (RGCT) or a usual care control group (ratio 2:1). Study outcomes included uptake of RGCT, choice of type of surgery, cancer risk perception, cancer-specific distress, quality of life and decisional satisfaction. Assessments took place at study entry, and at 6 and 12 months follow-up. Results: Between 2008 and 2010, 271 patients were recruited, of whom 3 subsequently withdrew. The remaining 268 patients were randomized to the intervention (n = 181) or control (n = 87) group. Complete questionnaire data were available for 250 (93%) and 243 (91%) patients at 6 and 12 months follow-up, respectively. Of the 181 women in the intervention group, 180 (98%) underwent genetic counseling after a median of 4 days. One-hundred thirteen (63%) of them opted for accelerated DNA test procedures, of whom 72 underwent rapid testing (results available in Conclusion: The uptake of rapid genetic counseling among high-risk breast cancer patients was high, and the majority of patients underwent accelerated DNA-testing procedures. However, RGCT did not have a significant effect on choice of type of primary surgery. In part, this may be explained by the fact that surgeons and patients often did not wait for DNA test results before primary surgery. Conclusions regarding the psychosocial impact of RGCT will be presented at the time of the conference. Citation Information: Cancer Res 2012;72(24 Suppl):Abstract nr P4-11-01.
Published: 2012
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22. Risk of colorectal and endometrial cancers in EPCAM deletion-positive Lynch syndrome: a cohort study

Author: Tsun Leung Chan, Eugène T P Verwiel, Irma Kluijt, Diana Eccles, Rolf H. Sijmons, Egbert J.W. Redeker, Rachel S. van der Post, Encarna B. Gomez Garcia, Reinhard Büttner, Cora M. Aalfs, Roland P. Kuiper, Johan J.P. Gille, Bernadette P M van Nesselrooij, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Marjolijn J L Ligtenberg, Tracy Graham, Julie O. Culver, Edith Olah, Monique Goossens, Carli M. J. Tops, Elke Holinski-Feder, David J. Bunyan, Marielle E. van Gijn, Frederik J. Hes, Suet Yi Leung, Pierre O. Chappuis, Monika Morak, Edward M Leter, Nils Rahner, Lea Velsher, János Papp, Renee C. Niessen, J. Han van Krieken, Lambertus A. Kiemeney, Ad Geurts van Kessel, Charlotte W. Ockeloen, Nicoline Hoogerbrugge, Marlies Kempers, Iris D. Nagtegaal, Verena Steinke, Hans K. Schackert, Matthias Kloor, Melanie R. Palomares, Sapna Syngal, Pierre Hutter, Elena M. Stoffel, Genetica & Celbiologie, RS: GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Clinical sciences, Human Genetics, ACS - Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, AGEM - Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism, Other Research, Guided Treatment in Optimal Selected Cancer Patients (GUTS), Human genetics, and CCA - Oncogenesis
Subjects: Male, Oncology, Genetics and epigenetic pathways of disease [NCMLS 6], REPAIR GENE HMSH2, Colorectal cancer, FAMILIES, chemistry.chemical_compound, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Colorectal Neoplasms/etiology, risk, Sequence Deletion, Medicine(all), METHYLATION, Epithelial cell adhesion molecule, Middle Aged, Epithelial Cell Adhesion Molecule, Translational research Tissue engineering and pathology [ONCOL 3], Lynch syndrome, Antigens, Neoplasm/genetics, Endometrial Neoplasms/etiology, MutS Homolog 2 Protein, Cohort studies, Female, Duodenal cancer, Colorectal Neoplasms, Cell Adhesion Molecules/genetics, STEM-CELLS, MutS Homolog 2 Protein/genetics, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities, Adolescent, TACSTD1, Hereditary cancer and cancer-related syndromes Genetics and epigenetic pathways of disease [ONCOL 1], MUTATION CARRIERS, MLH1, Genomic disorders and inherited multi-system disorders [IGMD 3], Molecular epidemiology [NCEBP 1], Antigens, Neoplasm, Translational research [ONCOL 3], Internal medicine, SURVEILLANCE, medicine, MANAGEMENT, Humans, Genetics and epigenetic pathways of disease Translational research [NCMLS 6], neoplasms, Aged, Molecular epidemiology Aetiology, screening and detection [NCEBP 1], Gynecology, Hereditary cancer and cancer-related syndromes [ONCOL 1], business.industry, Endometrial cancer, Cancer, nutritional and metabolic diseases, medicine.disease, HYPERMETHYLATION, digestive system diseases, Endometrial Neoplasms, MSH2, MSH6, chemistry, business, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Gene Deletion
Abstract: Summary Background Lynch syndrome is caused by germline mutations in MSH2, MLH1, MSH6 , and PMS2 mismatch-repair genes and leads to a high risk of colorectal and endometrial cancer. We previously showed that constitutional 3′ end deletions of EPCAM can cause Lynch syndrome through epigenetic silencing of MSH2 in EPCAM -expressing tissues, resulting in tissue-specific MSH2 deficiency. We aim to establish the risk of cancer associated with such EPCAM deletions. Methods We obtained clinical data for 194 carriers of a 3′ end EPCAM deletion from 41 families known to us at the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands and compared cancer risk with data from a previously described cohort of 473 carriers from 91 families with mutations in MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 , or a combined EPCAM–MSH2 deletion. Findings 93 of the 194 EPCAM deletion carriers were diagnosed with colorectal cancer; three of the 92 women with EPCAM deletions were diagnosed with endometrial cancer. Carriers of an EPCAM deletion had a 75% (95% CI 65–85) cumulative risk of colorectal cancer before the age of 70 years (mean age at diagnosis 43 years [SD 12]), which did not differ significantly from that of carriers of combined EPCAM–MSH2 deletion (69% [95% CI 47–91], p=0·8609) or mutations in MSH2 (77% [64–90], p=0·5892) or MLH1 (79% [68–90], p=0·5492), but was higher than noted for carriers of MSH6 mutation (50% [38–62], p EPCAM deletions had a 12% [0–27] cumulative risk of endometrial cancer, which was lower than was that noted for carriers of a combined EPCAM–MSH2 deletion (55% [20–90], p MSH2 (51% [33–69], p=0·0006) or MSH6 (34% [20–48], p=0·0309), but did not differ significantly from that noted for MLH1 (33% [15–51], p=0·1193) mutation carriers. This risk seems to be restricted to deletions that extend close to the MSH2 gene promoter. Of 194 carriers of an EPCAM deletion, three had duodenal cancer and four had pancreatic cancer. Interpretation EPCAM deletion carriers have a high risk of colorectal cancer; only those with deletions extending close to the MSH2 promoter have an increased risk of endometrial cancer. These results underscore the effect of mosaic MSH2 deficiency, leading to variable cancer risks, and could form the basis of an optimised protocol for the recognition and targeted prevention of cancer in EPCAM deletion carriers. Funding Sacha Swarttouw-Hijmans Foundation, Dutch Cancer Society, Deutsche Krebshilfe (German Cancer Aid), Hong Kong Cancer Fund, Hungarian Research Grant OTKA, Norwegian EEA Financial Mechanism (Hungarian National Institute of Oncology), and US National Cancer Institute.
Published: 2011
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23. The TP53 Arg72Pro and MDM2 309G > T polymorphisms are not associated with breast cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers

Author: Ignacio Blanco, Heli Nevanlinna, Norbert Arnold, Gad Rennert, Catherine Noguès, Javier Benitez, Etienne Rouleau, Embrace, Gemo, Irene Konstantopoulou, David J. Hughes, Flavio Lejbkowicz, kConFab, Rita K. Schmutzler, Mercedes Durán, Carole Brewer, Beatrix Versmold, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Paolo Radice, Trevor Cole, Alfons Meindl, Ivan Bièche, Rosalind A. Eeles, Isabelle Coupier, Olga M. Sinilnikova, Hebon, A L Laborde, Florence Coulet, Kristiina Aittomäki, M. Cook, Ana Osorio, D. G. Evans, Dieter Schaefer, S. Giraud, Craig Luccarini, Jacques Simard, Hans J. J. P. Gille, Fiona Lalloo, Liliane Demange, Xiaoqing Chen, Florent Soubrier, Susan Peock, Amanda B. Spurdle, Rosemarie Davidson, Lesley McGuffog, T. A. M. van Os, Henry T. Lynch, Jacqueline Cook, Ursula G. Froster, Douglas F. Easton, Sara Dishon, Siranoush Manoukian, Christian Sutter, Gabriella Pichert, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Mélanie Léoné, Jonathan Beesley, Katherine L. Nathanson, Rosette Lidereau, Sue Healey, Daniel Sinnett, Gc-Hboc, Christoph Engel, Joan Paterson, Chrystelle Colas, Mark H. Greene, U Hamann, Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet, Ocgn, Irene L. Andrulis, Helmut Deissler, Jennifer T. Loud, A C Antoniou, Susan M. Domchek, Universitat de Barcelona, Human genetics, and CCA - Oncogenesis
Subjects: Oncology, Cancer Research, endocrine system diseases, Genes, BRCA2, Genes, BRCA1, polymorphism, 0302 clinical medicine, Breast cancer, Risk Factors, Genotype, TP53, skin and connective tissue diseases, risk, 0303 health sciences, Nucleotides, Hazard ratio, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2, 3. Good health, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Female, Breast disease, medicine.medical_specialty, Heterozygote, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Breast Neoplasms, Biology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Càncer de mama, 03 medical and health sciences, breast cancer, MDM2, BRCA1/2, Internal medicine, medicine, Genetics, SNP, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, neoplasms, 030304 developmental biology, Proportional hazards model, Mutació (Biologia), Cancer, Genetics and Genomics, Mutation (Biology), medicine.disease, Genes, p53, Nucleòtids, Mutation, Cancer research, Genètica
Abstract: BACKGROUND: The TP53 pathway, in which TP53 and its negative regulator MDM2 are the central elements, has an important role in carcinogenesis, particularly in BRCA1- and BRCA2-mediated carcinogenesis. A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the promoter region of MDM2 (309T > G, rs2279744) and a coding SNP of TP53 (Arg72Pro, rs1042522) have been shown to be of functional significance. METHODS: To investigate whether these SNPs modify breast cancer risk for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers, we pooled genotype data on the TP53 Arg72Pro SNP in 7011 mutation carriers and on the MDM2 309T > G SNP in 2222 mutation carriers from the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA). Data were analysed using a Cox proportional hazards model within a retrospective likelihood framework. RESULTS: No association was found between these SNPs and breast cancer risk for BRCA1 (TP53: per-allele hazard ratio (HR) = 1.01, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.93-1.10, P(trend) = 0.77; MDM2: HR = 0.96, 95% CI: 0.84-1.09, P(trend) = 0.54) or for BRCA2 mutation carriers (TP53: HR = 0.99, 95% CI: 0.87-1.12, P(trend) = 0.83; MDM2: HR = 0.98, 95% CI: 0.80-1.21, P(trend) = 0.88). We also evaluated the potential combined effects of both SNPs on breast cancer risk, however, none of their combined genotypes showed any evidence of association. CONCLUSION: There was no evidence that TP53 Arg72Pro or MDM2 309T > G, either singly or in combination, influence breast cancer risk in BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers. British Journal of Cancer (2009) 101, 1456-1460. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605279 www.bjcancer.com Published online 25 August 2009 (C) 2009 Cancer Research UK
Published: 2009
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24. Common Breast Cancer-Predisposition Alleles Are Associated with Breast Cancer Risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers

Author: Joanne L. Blum, Lutecia Pereira, Douglas F. Easton, Timothy R. Rebbeck, Frans B L Hogervorst, Javier Benítez, Fiona Douglas, Carol Chu, Susan Peock, Csilla Szabo, Fergus J. Couch, Brigitte Bressac-de Paillerets, Ute Hamann, Roni Milgrom, Maria A. Caligo, W. Hofmann, M. Barile, Patricia A. Ganz, Paolo Radice, Xiaoqing Chen, Radka Platte, Christian Sutter, Sylvie Mazoyer, Diana Eccles, Sue Healey, Corinne Capoulade, Amanda B. Spurdle, Violaine Bourdon, Jonathan Beesley, Gemma Llort, Alfons Meindl, Antonis Antoniou, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Paolo Peterlongo, Olga M. Sinilnikova, Agnès Chompret, Claudine Isaacs, Ana Osorio, Claude Houdayer, Flavio Lejbkowicz, Susan L. Neuhausen, Peggy Manders, Mark H. Greene, Roger L. Milne, Gad Rennert, Henry T. Lynch, Eitan Friedman, Christoph Engel, Irene L. Andrulis, Gail E. Tomlinson, Rosalind A. Eeles, Dieter Niederacher, Marjolijn J L Ligtenberg, Hagay Sobol, Ofra Barnett-Griness, D. Gareth Evans, M. Cook, Gilbert M. Lenoir, Mary B. Daly, Hilmi Ozcelik, Ans M.W. van den Ouweland, François Eisinger, Beatrix Versmold, Bella Kaufman, Helmut Deissler, Trinidad Caldés, Rosemarie Davidson, Susan M. Domchek, Marion Gauthier-Villars, Gabriella Pichert, Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet, Siranoush Manoukian, Andrew K. Godwin, Heli Nevanlinna, Norbert Arnold, Anne-Marie Gerdes, Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, Laure Barjhoux, Katherine L. Nathanson, Yael Laitman, Rita K. Schmutzler, Theresa Wagner, Jeffrey N. Weitzel, Karen A. Pooley, Kati Kämpjärvi, Jacques Simard, and Clinical Genetics
Subjects: Adult, Risk, endocrine system diseases, Genetic counseling, Genes, BRCA2, Population, Genes, BRCA1, MAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 1, Breast Neoplasms, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Biology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Article, Genomic disorders and inherited multi-system disorders [IGMD 3], 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Breast cancer, Germline mutation, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Translational research [ONCOL 3], Genetics, medicine, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genetics(clinical), Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2, skin and connective tissue diseases, education, Germ-Line Mutation, Genetics (clinical), Aged, Molecular diagnosis, prognosis and monitoring [UMCN 1.2], 030304 developmental biology, 0303 health sciences, education.field_of_study, Hereditary cancer and cancer-related syndromes [ONCOL 1], Cancer, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, 3. Good health, TOX3, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Cancer research, Female, Breast disease
Abstract: Contains fulltext : 70697.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) Germline mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 confer high risks of breast cancer. However, evidence suggests that these risks are modified by other genetic or environmental factors that cluster in families. A recent genome-wide association study has shown that common alleles at single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in FGFR2 (rs2981582), TNRC9 (rs3803662), and MAP3K1 (rs889312) are associated with increased breast cancer risks in the general population. To investigate whether these loci are also associated with breast cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers, we genotyped these SNPs in a sample of 10,358 mutation carriers from 23 studies. The minor alleles of SNP rs2981582 and rs889312 were each associated with increased breast cancer risk in BRCA2 mutation carriers (per-allele hazard ratio [HR] = 1.32, 95% CI: 1.20-1.45, p(trend) = 1.7 x 10(-8) and HR = 1.12, 95% CI: 1.02-1.24, p(trend) = 0.02) but not in BRCA1 carriers. rs3803662 was associated with increased breast cancer risk in both BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers (per-allele HR = 1.13, 95% CI: 1.06-1.20, p(trend) = 5 x 10(-5) in BRCA1 and BRCA2 combined). These loci appear to interact multiplicatively on breast cancer risk in BRCA2 mutation carriers. The differences in the effects of the FGFR2 and MAP3K1 SNPs between BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers point to differences in the biology of BRCA1 and BRCA2 breast cancer tumors and confirm the distinct nature of breast cancer in BRCA1 mutation carriers.
Published: 2008
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25. Sequence variant classification and reporting: recommendations for improving the interpretation of cancer susceptibility genetic test results

Author: Sharon E, Plon, Diana M, Eccles, Douglas, Easton, William D, Foulkes, Maurizio, Genuardi, Marc S, Greenblatt, Frans B L, Hogervorst, Nicoline, Hoogerbrugge, Amanda B, Spurdle, and Sean V, Tavtigian
Subjects: Genetics and epigenetic pathways of disease [NCMLS 6], Genetics, Medical, MEDLINE, Biology, Settore MED/03 - GENETICA MEDICA, Bioinformatics, LYNCH-SYNDROME, Article, COLORECTAL-CANCER, Molecular epidemiology [NCEBP 1], Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary, Risk Factors, Translational research [ONCOL 3], Genetic variation, UNCLASSIFIED VARIANTS, Genetics, medicine, Humans, BREAST-CANCER, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Clinical significance, Genetic Testing, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, Genetics (clinical), Genetic testing, Sequence (medicine), Molecular diagnosis, prognosis and monitoring [UMCN 1.2], Base Sequence, medicine.diagnostic_test, Hereditary cancer and cancer-related syndromes [ONCOL 1], UNKNOWN CLINICAL-SIGNIFICANCE, MLH1, Genetic Variation, Cancer susceptibility, Cancer, GERMLINE MUTATIONS, BRCA1, medicine.disease, MSH2, Test (assessment), Genes, Neoplasm
Abstract: Contains fulltext : 71043.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) Genetic testing of cancer susceptibility genes is now widely applied in clinical practice to predict risk of developing cancer. In general, sequence-based testing of germline DNA is used to determine whether an individual carries a change that is clearly likely to disrupt normal gene function. Genetic testing may detect changes that are clearly pathogenic, clearly neutral, or variants of unclear clinical significance. Such variants present a considerable challenge to the diagnostic laboratory and the receiving clinician in terms of interpretation and clear presentation of the implications of the result to the patient. There does not appear to be a consistent approach to interpreting and reporting the clinical significance of variants either among genes or among laboratories. The potential for confusion among clinicians and patients is considerable and misinterpretation may lead to inappropriate clinical consequences. In this article we review the current state of sequence-based genetic testing, describe other standardized reporting systems used in oncology, and propose a standardized classification system for application to sequence-based results for cancer predisposition genes. We suggest a system of five classes of variants based on the degree of likelihood of pathogenicity. Each class is associated with specific recommendations for clinical management of at-risk relatives that will depend on the syndrome. We propose that panels of experts on each cancer predisposition syndrome facilitate the classification scheme and designate appropriate surveillance and cancer management guidelines. The international adoption of a standardized reporting system should improve the clinical utility of sequence-based genetic tests to predict cancer risk.
Published: 2008
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26. Do MDM2 SNP309 and TP53 R72P Interact in Breast Cancer Susceptibility? A Large Pooled Series from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium

Author: Douglas F. Easton, Catherine S. Healey, Scarlett Reincke, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Alison M. Dunning, Julian Peto, Heli Nevanlinna, Linde M. Braaf, Paul D.P. Pharoah, Thilo Dörk, Johanna Tommiska, Laura J. van't Veer, Annegien Broeks, Olivia Fletcher, Carl Blomqvist, Nichola Johnson, Marjanka K. Schmidt, and Rob A. E. M. Tollenaar
Subjects: Adult, Oncology, Cancer Research, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Tumor suppressor gene, Breast Neoplasms, Biology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Breast cancer, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, SNP, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Risk factor, Aged, Genetic association, Aged, 80 and over, Age Factors, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2, Odds ratio, Middle Aged, Genes, p53, medicine.disease, Confidence interval, Receptors, Estrogen, MDM2 SNP309 Allele, Case-Control Studies, Cancer research, Female
Abstract: Association studies in large series of breast cancer patients can be used to identify single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) contributing to breast cancer susceptibility. Previous studies have suggested associations between variants in TP53 (R72P) and MDM2 (SNP309) and cancer risk. Data from molecular studies suggest a functional interaction between these genes. We therefore investigated the effect of TP53 R72P and MDM2 SNP309 on breast cancer risk and age at onset of breast cancer in a pooled series of 5,191 cases and 3,834 controls from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC). Breast cancer risk was not found to be associated with the combined variant alleles [odds ratio (OR), 1.00; 95% confidence interval (95% CI), 0.81–1.23]. Estimated ORs were 1.01 (95% CI, 0.93–1.09) per MDM2 SNP309 allele and 0.98 (95% CI, 0.91–1.04) for TP53 R72P. Although we did find evidence for a 4-year earlier age at onset for carriers of both variant alleles in one of the breast cancer patient series of the BCAC (the German series), we were not able to confirm this effect in the pooled analysis. Even so, carriers of both variant alleles did not have different risk estimates for bilateral or estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer. In conclusion, in this large collaborative study, we did not find an association of MDM2 SNP309 and TP53 R72P, separately or in interaction, with breast cancer. This suggests that any effect of these two variants would be very small and possibly confined to subgroups that were not assessed in our present study. [Cancer Res 2007;67(19):9584–90]
Published: 2007
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27. The spectrum of ATM missense variants and their contribution to contralateral breast cancer

Author: Angelina Huseinovic, Marjanka K. Schmidt, Flora E. van Leeuwen, Nicola S. Russell, Annegien Broeks, Laura van 't Veer, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, and Linde M. Braaf
Subjects: Adult, Risk, Oncology, Heterozygote, Cancer Research, medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.medical_treatment, DNA Mutational Analysis, Mutation, Missense, Breast Neoplasms, Cell Cycle Proteins, Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Biology, Bioinformatics, medicine.disease_cause, Germline, Preclinical Study, Breast cancer, Missense variants, Germline mutation, Internal medicine, parasitic diseases, Genotype, medicine, Humans, Missense mutation, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Germ-Line Mutation, Mutation, Radiotherapy, Tumor Suppressor Proteins, Genetic Variation, Cancer, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, DNA-Binding Proteins, Radiation therapy, Treatment Outcome, ATM, Female
Abstract: Heterozygous carriers of ATM mutations are at increased risk of breast cancer. In this case-control study, we evaluated the significance of germline ATM missense variants to the risk of contralateral breast cancer (CBC). We have determined the spectrum and frequency of ATM missense variants in 443 breast cancer patients diagnosed before age 50, including 247 patients who subsequently developed CBC. Twenty-one per cent of the women with unilateral breast cancer and 17% of the women with CBC had at least one ATM germline missense variant, indicating no significant difference in variant frequency between these two groups. We have found that carriers of an ATM missense mutation, who were treated with radiotherapy for the first breast tumour, developed their second tumour on average in a 92-month interval compared to a 136-month mean interval for those CBC patients who neither received RT nor carried a germline variant, (p = 0.029). Our results indicate that the presence of ATM variants does not have a major impact on the overall risk of CBC. However, the combination of RT and (certain) ATM missense variants seems to accelerate tumour development.
Published: 2007
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28. Mechanisms of Therapy Resistance in Patient-Derived Xenograft Models of BRCA1-Deficient Breast Cancer

Author: Katarzyna Jozwiak, Manel Esteller, Julian R. de Ruiter, Catia Moutinho, Ian J. Majewski, Karen Duran, Michiel de Maaker, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Markus J. van Roosmalen, Edwin Cuppen, Esther H. Lips, Nicholas C. Turner, Ute Boon, Petra ter Brugge, Eline van der Burg, Lennart Mulder, Wigard P. Kloosterman, Heidrun Gevensleben, Jos Jonkers, Petra Kristel, Elisabetta Marangoni, and Jelle Wesseling
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Cancer Research, endocrine system diseases, Genes, BRCA1, Gene Expression, Antineoplastic Agents, Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms, Drug resistance, Biology, Piperazines, Olaparib, Fusion gene, 03 medical and health sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, Mice, 0302 clinical medicine, Breast cancer, medicine, Journal Article, Animals, Humans, Epigenetics, Multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification, skin and connective tissue diseases, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Melphalan, Cisplatin, Medicine(all), BRCA1 Protein, DNA Methylation, medicine.disease, Molecular biology, 030104 developmental biology, Nimustine, chemistry, Oncology, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, DNA methylation, Mutation, Cancer research, Phthalazines, Female, Gene Fusion, Corrigendum, Neoplasm Transplantation, medicine.drug
Abstract: Background Although BRCA1-deficient tumors are extremely sensitive to DNA-damaging drugs and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors, recurrences do occur and, consequently, resistance to therapy remains a serious clinical problem. To study the underlying mechanisms, we induced therapy resistance in patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models of BRCA1-mutated and BRCA1-methylated triple-negative breast cancer. Methods A cohort of 75 mice carrying BRCA1-deficient breast PDX tumors was treated with cisplatin, melphalan, nimustine, or olaparib, and treatment sensitivity was determined. In tumors that acquired therapy resistance, BRCA1 expression was investigated using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and immunoblotting. Next-generation sequencing, methylation-specific multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) and Target Locus Amplification (TLA)-based sequencing were used to determine mechanisms of BRCA1 re-expression in therapy-resistant tumors. Results BRCA1 protein was not detected in therapy-sensitive tumors but was found in 31 out of 42 resistant cases. Apart from previously described mechanisms involving BRCA1-intragenic deletions and loss of BRCA1 promoter hypermethylation, a novel resistance mechanism was identified in four out of seven BRCA1-methylated PDX tumors that re-expressed BRCA1 but retained BRCA1 promoter hypermethylation. In these tumors, we found de novo gene fusions that placed BRCA1 under the transcriptional control of a heterologous promoter, resulting in re-expression of BRCA1 and acquisition of therapy resistance. Conclusions In addition to previously described clinically relevant resistance mechanisms in BRCA1-deficient tumors, we describe a novel resistance mechanism in BRCA1-methylated PDX tumors involving de novo rearrangements at the BRCA1 locus, demonstrating that BRCA1-methylated breast cancers may acquire therapy resistance via both epigenetic and genetic mechanisms.
Published: 2015

29. Fine-Scale Mapping of the 4q24 Locus Identifies Two Independent Loci Associated with Breast Cancer Risk

Author: Martine Tranchant, Fergus J. Couch, Meeri Otsukka, Sabine Behrens, Jirong Long, Nadia Obi, Kamila Czene, John L. Hopper, Heather Thorne, Robert Pilarski, Anja Rudolph, Simon S. Cross, Volker Harth, Gabrielle Colleran, Hatef Darabi, Thomas Van Brussel, Eunjung Lee, Anne Lotz, E. Krol-Warmerdam, M. Pilar Zamora, Qin Wang, Andy C. H. Lee, Annie Fung, Kara Sargus, Melissa C. Southey, Katja Butterbach, Nuria Álvarez, Francois Bacot, Jeffrey G. Meyer, Ian W. Brock, Jessica Clague De Hart, Pierre Laurent-Puig, Irene L. Andrulis, Pei Chao, Arnaud Droit, Per Hall, Daniel C. Tessier, Paolo Radice, Frederic Robidoux, Don M. Conroy, Irja Erkkilä, Daniel Vincent, Antoinette Hollestelle, Christopher A. Hilker, Alicia Beeghly-Fadiel, Muhabbet Celik, Peggy Reynolds, Caroline Baynes, Sophia S. Wang, Katri Pylkäs, Kang In Nee, Robert Winqvist, Henrik Flyger, Annette Heemskerk, Sara Margolin, Hui Cai, Julie M. Cunningham, Prat Boonyawongviroj, Bernardo Bonanni, Anthony J. Swerdlow, Dan Connley, Huiyan Ma, Valerie Gaborieau, David O. Nelson, Keitaro Matsuo, Sylvie La Boissière, Pornthep Siriwanarungsan, Hidemi Ito, Ursula Eilber, Matthias W. Beckmann, Sylvia Rabstein, Natalia Bogdanova, Anna Jakubowska, Yves Raoul, Robert A.E.M. Tollenaar, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Hannah L Park, Pierre Kerbrat, Ying Zheng, Paul D.P. Pharoah, Wanqing Wen, Judith Heinz, Annika Lindblom, Christa Stegmaier, Manjeet K. Bolla, Loris Bernard, Anna H. Wu, Alison M. Dunning, Hermann Brenner, A. Green, Thilo Dörk, Chia-Ni Hsiung, Dennis Deapen, Michael G. Schrauder, Gilian Peuteman, S.E. Higham, Sabapathy P. Balasubramanian, Irene Feroce, Christina Justenhoven, Angela Jones, William J. Blot, Nichola Johnson, Petra Seibold, D. Bowtell, Jiajun Shi, Wei Zheng, U Hamann, Pascal Guenel, P. Webb, Soo Hwang Teo, Daniela Zaffaroni, J. Blom, Rita K. Schmutzler, Douglas F. Easton, Yani Lu, Witold Zatonski, Phuah Sze Yee, Susan L. Neuhausen, Kenneth Muir, Sofia Khan, Daehee Kang, Silke Landrith, Helena Kemiläinen, Maggie Angelakos, Rich Pinder, Javier Benitez, Til Olchers, Senno Verhoef, Fred Schumacher, Martha J. Shrubsole, Teresa Selander, Teh Yew Ching, Christof Sohn, Patrick Arveux, Dorota M. Gertig, Saila Kauppila, Mervi Grip, Florentia Fostira, Jenny Chang-Claude, Michael Stagner, Kathleen Corthouts, Ellen Van Der Schoot, H Nevanlinna, Peter Bugert, Christian Baisch, Eija Myöhänen, Sonja Wolf, Hoda Anton-Culver, Nicola Miller, Cheng Har Yip, Neonila Szeszenia-Dabrowska, Nicholas K. Hayward, Dieter Flesch-Janys, Barbara Burwinkel, J. Molenaar, Eileen Williams, Marjanka K. Schmidt, Yon Ko, Anja Nieuwlaat, Chen-Yang Shen, Veli-Matti Kosma, Ian Tomlinson, Thérèse Truong, Amanda E. Toland, Artitaya Lophatananon, Mikael Hartman, Jonathan Beesley, Bernard Peissel, Paolo Peterlongo, Ji Yeob Choi, Craig Luccarini, Rosalind A. Eeles, Niall M. McInerney, Bernard Thienpont, Xiao-Ou Shu, Léa Héguy, Maya Ghoussaini, Sander Canisius, Wing-Yee Lo, Suleeporn Sangrajrang, Nur Aishah Taib, June Yashiki, Kirsimari Aaltonen, Louise A. Brinton, Elinor J. Sawyer, Alina Vrieling, Angela Cox, Frederik Marmé, Matthias Rübner, Graham G. Giles, Sonja Oeser, Hans Christiansen, Andrew Rowan, Ed Dicks, Andeas Schneeweiß, Catriona McLean, Antonis C. Antoniou, B. Pesch, Eveline Niedermayr, Volker Arndt, Janet E. Olson, Dominiek Smeets, Jingmei Li, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Claire Mulot, Siranoush Manoukian, Hans Fischer, Ellen Crepin, Arto Mannermaa, Ali Amin Al Olama, Helen Cramp, Ans M.W. van den Ouweland, Olivia Fletcher, Sharon A. Windebank, Peter Hillemanns, Nayana Weerasooriya, James V. Lacey, Leslie Bernstein, Romuald Le Scodan, Giulietta Scuvera, P. Parsons, Thomas C. Putti, Elaine Ryder-Mills, Sara Benlloch, Beata Peplonska, Stig E. Bojesen, Kimberley Chua, Stefan Nickels, Nick Orr, Roger L. Milne, Tuomas Heikkinen, Christopher A. Haiman, Natalia Antonenkova, Volker Hermann, Maria Kabisch, Kenneth Offit, Julia A. Knight, Angela Maniscalco, Arja Jukkola-Vuorinen, Hartwig Ziegler, Chenjie Zeng, Jacques Simard, Pamela L. Horn-Ross, Daphne S.C. Lee, Xingyi Guo, Jan Lubinski, Michael J. Kerin, Loic Le Marchand, Sune F. Nielsen, Peter Devilee, A. De Fazio, Qiuyin Cai, Annie Turgeon, Yoon Sook-Yee, Silje Nord, Petra Bos, Hiltrud Brauch, Kyriaki Michailidou, Shivaani Mariapun, Kari Mononen, Alfons Meindl, Peter B. Kang, Siddhartha Kar, Alessandra Rossi, G. Chenevix-Trench, Diether Lambrechts, Karl von Smitten, Zsofia Kote-Jarai, Emiel J. Th. Rutgers, Chiu-Chen Tseng, Peter A. Fasching, Lesley McGuffog, Annegien Broekss, Johann H. Karstens, Montserrat Garcia-Closas, Thomas Brüning, David C. Whiteman, Judi Maskiell, Clinical Genetics, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical Oncology, and Obstetrics & Gynecology
Subjects: Genetic Markers, Linkage disequilibrium, Epidemiology, Locus (genetics), Genome-wide association study, Breast Neoplasms, Biology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Article, Breast cancer, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Risk Factors, medicine, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Gene, Genetics, Molecular epidemiology, Case-control study, Chromosome Mapping, medicine.disease, Logistic Models, Oncology, Genetic marker, Genetic Loci, Case-Control Studies, Female, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Background: A recent association study identified a common variant (rs9790517) at 4q24 to be associated with breast cancer risk. Independent association signals and potential functional variants in this locus have not been explored. Methods: We conducted a fine-mapping analysis in 55,540 breast cancer cases and 51,168 controls from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium. Results: Conditional analyses identified two independent association signals among women of European ancestry, represented by rs9790517 [conditional P = 2.51 × 10−4; OR, 1.04; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.02–1.07] and rs77928427 (P = 1.86 × 10−4; OR, 1.04; 95% CI, 1.02–1.07). Functional annotation using data from the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project revealed two putative functional variants, rs62331150 and rs73838678 in linkage disequilibrium (LD) with rs9790517 (r2 ≥ 0.90) residing in the active promoter or enhancer, respectively, of the nearest gene, TET2. Both variants are located in DNase I hypersensitivity and transcription factor–binding sites. Using data from both The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and Molecular Taxonomy of Breast Cancer International Consortium (METABRIC), we showed that rs62331150 was associated with level of expression of TET2 in breast normal and tumor tissue. Conclusion: Our study identified two independent association signals at 4q24 in relation to breast cancer risk and suggested that observed association in this locus may be mediated through the regulation of TET2. Impact: Fine-mapping study with large sample size warranted for identification of independent loci for breast cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 24(11); 1680–91. ©2015 AACR.
Published: 2015

30. Inherited variants in the inner centromere protein (INCENP) gene of the chromosomal passenger complex contribute to the susceptibility of ER-negative breast cancer

Author: Melissa C. Southey, Fredrick R. Schumacher, Robert Winqvist, Simon S. Cross, Katarzyna Durda, Anna Jakubowska, Paul D.P. Pharoah, Judith S. Brand, Christi J. van Asperen, Javier Benitez, Isabel dos-Santos-Silva, Douglas F. Easton, Roger L. Milne, Justo Lorenzo Bermejo, Hermann Brenner, Patrick Neven, Frederik Marmé, Marie Sanchez, Peter Bugert, Maria Kabisch, Anja Rudolph, Arto Mannermaa, Thilo Dörk, Diether Lambrechts, Anna González-Neira, Hoda Anton-Culver, Thomas Dünnebier, Matthias Ruebner, Ian Tomlinson, Thérèse Truong, Amanda E. Toland, Veli-Matti Kosma, Christopher A. Haiman, Dieter Flesch-Janys, Martha J. Shrubsole, Florence Menegaux, Catriona McLean, Olivia Fletcher, Kamila Czene, Mark S. Goldberg, Per Hall, Jacques Simard, Keith Humphreys, Qin Wang, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Katarzyna Jaworska-Bieniek, Jan Lubinski, Loic Le Marchand, Katri Pylkäs, Barbara Perkins, Kristen S. Purrington, Daniel C. Tessier, Paolo Radice, Craig Luccarini, Sune F. Nielsen, Paolo Peterlongo, Nicola Miller, Jonine D. Figueroa, Julia A. Knight, Petra Seibold, Alan Ashworth, John L. Hopper, Annegien Broeks, Kristiina Aittomäki, Mieke Kriege, Sandrine Tchatchou, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Jenny Chang-Claude, Robert A.E.M. Tollenaar, Angela Cox, Maartje J. Hooning, Brian E. Henderson, Seth W. Slettedahl, Montserrat Garcia-Closas, Thomas Brüning, Malcolm W.R. Reed, Francois Bacot, Alison M. Dunning, kConFab Investigators, Julian Peto, Børge G. Nordestgaard, Linetta B. Koppert, Volker Arndt, Rongxi Yang, Celine M. Vachon, Peter Devilee, Qiuyin Cai, Caroline Weltens, Hiltrud Brauch, Heli Nevanlinna, Sara Margolin, Mitul Shah, Matthias W. Beckmann, Stig E. Bojesen, Giulietta Scuvera, Kyriaki Michailidou, Jolanta Lissowska, Marjanka K. Schmidt, Fergus J. Couch, Barbara Burwinkel, Ute Hamann, Jaana M. Hartikainen, Janet E. Olson, Natalia Bogdanova, Irene L. Andrulis, M. Pilar Zamora, Caroline Baynes, Gord Glendon, Wei Zheng, Taru A. Muranen, Drakoulis Yannoukakos, Caroline Seynaeve, Aida Karina Dieffenbach, Stefano Fortuzzi, Mel Maranian, Arif B. Ekici, Nick Orr, Annika Lindblom, Nichola Johnson, Arja Jukkola-Vuorinen, Anthony J. Swerdlow, Peter A. Fasching, Sten Cornelissen, Martine Dumont, Diana Torres, Helen Tsimiklis, Yon-Dschun Ko, Vesa Kataja, Shibo Ying, Jingmei Li, Carmel Apicella, Vessela N. Kristensen, Hatef Darabi, Christa Stegmaier, Stéphanie Peeters, Michael J. Kerin, Graham G. Giles, Elinor J. Sawyer, Minouk J. Schoemaker, Manjeet K. Bolla, Carl Blomqvist, Xianshu Wang, Joe Dennis, Stephen J. Chanock, Mervi Grip, Jose Ignacio Arias Perez, Mikael Eriksson, Daniel Vincent, Antoinette Hollestelle, Pascal Guénel, Shahana Ahmed, Henrik Flyger, Clinical Genetics, Medical Oncology, and Surgery
Subjects: Risk, Cancer Research, Candidate gene, kinase, Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone, Survivin, European Continental Ancestry Group, Estrogen receptor, cytokinesis, Original Manuscript, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Genome-wide association study, Breast Neoplasms, Cell Cycle Proteins, Biology, metaphase, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, White People, Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins, Breast cancer, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Medizinische Fakultät, cleavage furrow, Genotype, medicine, Aurora Kinase B, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, ddc:610, Allele, skin and connective tissue diseases, 3' Untranslated Regions, mitosis, Genetics, INCENP, aurora-b, General Medicine, medicine.disease, segregation, mammaglobin, Receptors, Estrogen, midbody, Case-Control Studies, Female, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: The chromosomal passenger complex (CPC) plays a pivotal role in the regulation of cell division. Therefore, inherited CPC variability could influence tumor development. The present candidate gene approach investigates the relationship between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes encoding key CPC components and breast cancer risk. Fifteen SNPs in four CPC genes (INCENP, AURKB, BIRC5 and CDCA8) were genotyped in 88 911 European women from 39 case-control studies of the Breast Cancer Association Consortium. Possible associations were investigated in fixedeffects meta-analyses. The synonymous SNP rs1675126 in exon 7 of INCENP was associated with overall breast cancer risk per A allele odds ratio (OR) 0.95, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.92-0.98, P = 0.007 and particularly with estrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast tumors (per A allele OR 0.89, 95% CI 0.83-0.95, P = 0.0005). SNPs not directly genotyped were imputed based on 1000 Genomes. The SNPs rs1047739 in the 3' untranslated region and rs144045115 downstream of INCENP showed the strongest association signals for overall (per T allele OR 1.03, 95% CI 1.00-1.06, P = 0.0009) and ER-negative breast cancer risk (per A allele OR 1.06, 95% CI 1.02-1.10, P = 0.0002). Two genotyped SNPs in BIRC5 were associated with familial breast cancer risk (top SNP rs2071214: per G allele OR 1.12, 95% CI 1.04-1.21, P = 0.002). The data suggest that INCENP in the CPC pathway contributes to ER-negative breast cancer susceptibility in the European population. In spite of a modest contribution of CPC-inherited variants to the total burden of sporadic and familial breast cancer, their potential as novel targets for breast cancer treatment should be further investigated. Â© The Author 2015.
Published: 2015

31. Breast and ovarian cancer risks in a large series of clinically ascertained families with a high proportion of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Dutch founder mutations

Author: Douglas F. Easton, Hanne Meijers-Heijboer, Laura J. van't Veer, Christi J. van Asperen, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Jan C. Oosterwijk, Matti A. Rookus, Richard M. Brohet, Encarna B. Gomez Garcia, Caroline Seynaeve, Margreet G. E. M. Ausems, Hebon Resource, Nicoline Hoogerbrugge, Antonis C. Antoniou, Maria E. Velthuizen, Peter Devilee, Margriet Collée, Flora E. van Leeuwen, Senno Verhoef, Fred H. Menko, Clinical Genetics, Medical Oncology, Damage and Repair in Cancer Development and Cancer Treatment (DARE), Targeted Gynaecologic Oncology (TARGON), Klinische Genetica, RS: GROW - Developmental Biology, RS: GROW - R4 - Reproductive and Perinatal Medicine, CCA -Cancer Center Amsterdam, ARD - Amsterdam Reproduction and Development, Human Genetics, Human genetics, and CCA - Oncogenesis
Subjects: Oncology, endocrine system diseases, Genes, BRCA2, Genes, BRCA1, Cohort Studies, Tumours of the digestive tract Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 14], Family history, POSITION, Age of Onset, skin and connective tissue diseases, Genetics (clinical), GENOMIC DELETIONS, POPULATION, Netherlands, Genetics, education.field_of_study, CUMULATIVE RISK, GERMLINE MUTATIONS, Middle Aged, CARRIERS, Penetrance, Founder Effect, PREVALENCE, Pedigree, SUSCEPTIBILITY GENE, Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome, Female, Cohort study, Adult, Risk, medicine.medical_specialty, PENETRANCE, Population, Biology, Young Adult, Germline mutation, Breast cancer, Age Distribution, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, education, Aged, LINKAGE ANALYSIS, medicine.disease, Relative risk, Mutation, Ovarian cancer
Abstract: Item does not contain fulltext BACKGROUND: BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations confer increased risks of breast and ovarian cancer, but risks have been found to vary across studies and populations. METHODS: We ascertained pedigree data of 582 BRCA1 and 176 BRCA2 families and studied the variation in breast and ovarian cancer risks using a modified segregation analysis model. RESULTS: The average cumulative breast cancer risk by age 70 years was estimated to be 45% (95% CI 36 to 52%) for BRCA1 and 27% (95% CI 14 to 38%) for BRCA2 mutation carriers. The corresponding cumulative risks for ovarian cancer were 31% (95% CI 17 to 43%) for BRCA1 and 6% (95% CI 2 to 11%) for BRCA2 mutation carriers. In BRCA1 families, breast cancer relative risk (RR) increased with more recent birth cohort (p heterogeneity = 0.0006) and stronger family histories of breast cancer (p heterogeneity < 0.001). For BRCA1, our data suggest a significant association between the location of the mutation and the ratio of breast to ovarian cancer (p
Published: 2014
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32. Functional analysis of MSH2 unclassified variants found in suspected Lynch syndrome patients reveals pathogenicity due to attenuated mismatch repair

Author: Anja Wagner, Judith Prins, Arjen R. Mensenkamp, Ans M.W. van den Ouweland, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Winand N.M. Dinjens, Liselotte P. van Hest, Marjolijn J. L. Ligtenberg, C. Marleen Kets, Rob J. Dekker, Hein te Riele, Eva A. L. Wielders, Jan Hettinger, Senno Verhoef, Fred H. Menko, Hendrikus J. Dubbink, Human genetics, CCA - Oncogenesis, Erasmus MC other, Clinical Genetics, and Pathology
Subjects: Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities, DNA Mutational Analysis, Molecular Sequence Data, Biology, medicine.disease_cause, DNA Mismatch Repair, Cell Line, Mice, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Molecular genetics, Genetics, medicine, Tumours of the digestive tract Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 14], Animals, Humans, Missense mutation, Computer Simulation, Allele, Codon, neoplasms, Embryonic Stem Cells, Genetics (clinical), Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Mutation, Women's cancers Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 17], Base Sequence, nutritional and metabolic diseases, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis, Immunohistochemistry, Penetrance, Lynch syndrome, digestive system diseases, Pedigree, Women's cancers Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 17], MutS Homolog 2 Protein, Amino Acid Substitution, MSH2, Female, DNA mismatch repair
Abstract: Item does not contain fulltext BACKGROUND: Lynch syndrome, an autosomal-dominant disorder characterised by high colorectal and endometrial cancer risks, is caused by inherited mutations in DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes. Mutations fully abrogating gene function are unambiguously disease causing. However, missense mutations often have unknown functional implications, hampering genetic counselling. We have applied a novel approach to study three MSH2 unclassified variants (UVs) found in Dutch families with suspected Lynch syndrome. METHODS: The three mutations were recreated in the endogenous Msh2 gene in mouse embryonic stem cells by oligonucleotide-directed gene modification. The effect of the UVs on MMR activity was then tested using a set of functional assays interrogating the main MMR functions. RESULTS: We recreated and functionally tested three MSH2 UVs: MSH2-Y165D (c.493T>G), MSH2-Q690E (c.2068C>G) and MSH2-M813V (c.2437A>G). We observed reduced levels of MSH2-Y165D and MSH2-Q690E but not MSH2-M813V proteins. MSH2-M813V was able to support all MMR functions similar to wild-type MSH2, whereas MSH2-Y165D and MSH2-Q690E showed partial defects. CONCLUSIONS: Based on the results from our functional assays, we conclude that the MSH2-M813V variant is not disease causing. The MSH2-Y165D and MSH2-Q690E variants affect MMR function and are therefore likely the underlying cause of familial cancer predisposition. Since the MMR defect is partial, these variants may represent low penetrance alleles.
Published: 2014
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33. Multiple independent variants at the TERT locus are associated with telomere length and risks of breast and ovarian cancer

Author: Michael Lush, Hans Wildiers, Christopher A. Haiman, Nils Schoof, Per Hall, Beatrice Melin, Hiltrud Brauch, Liisa M. Pelttari, Angela Brooks-Wilson, Laima Tihomirova, Ingo B. Runnebaum, Hui Cai, Kenneth Offit, Michael P. Lux, Robert Edwards, Julia A. Knight, Ignace Vergote, Arto Leminen, Alan Ashworth, Kyriaki Michailidou, Martha J. Shrubsole, Sophie Giraud, Nadeem Siddiqui, Katri Pylkäs, Sune F. Nielsen, Vernon S. Pankratz, Lenka Foretova, Anna González-Neira, Ian Tomlinson, Thérèse Truong, Anna Marie Mulligan, Andreas du Bois, Christi J. van Asperen, Nuria Álvarez, M. Pilar Zamora, Theo A. Mvan Os, Susan J. Ramus, Olivia Fletcher, Usha Menon, Olivier Caron, Dieter Flesch-Janys, Sara H. Olson, Ellen L. Goode, Yael Laitman, Jingmei Li, Lynne R. Wilkens, Carmel Apicella, Brooke L. Fridley, Robert Luben, Mark S. Goldberg, Mary Anne Rossing, Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet, Jonathan Beesley, Jan Lubinski, Paolo Peterlongo, Phuong L. Mai, Henrik Flyger, Thilo Dörk, Douglas A. Levine, Rob B. van der Luijt, Stig E. Bojesen, Javier Benitez, Natalia Bogdanova, Stephen J. Chanock, Andrew K. Godwin, Sharon E. Johnatty, Helga B. Salvesen, Juliet D. French, Daphne Gschwantler Kaulich, Rod Karevan, Arif B. Ekici, Marc Frenay, Taru A. Muranen, Jirong Long, Catherine S. Healey, Craig Luccarini, Chen-Yang Shen, Lorna Gibson, Pascal Guénel, Hidemi Ito, Nicholas T. Woods, Drakoulis Yannoukakos, Thomas Hansen, Francesca Damiola, Valérie Bonadona, Satoyo Hosono, Marion Piedmonte, Steve Ellis, Suleeporn Sangrajrang, Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj, James McKay, Olga M. Sinilnikova, Jennifer A. Doherty, Xiao-Ou Shu, Curtis Olswold, Nhu D. Le, Michael J. Kerin, Malcolm C. Pike, Jenny Chang-Claude, Gianluca Severi, Michael Jones, Linda E. Kelemen, Loic Le Marchand, Maureen E. Hoatlin, Fredrick R. Schumacher, Dieter Niederacher, Michael E. Carney, Angela Cox, Attila Teoman, Hannah P. Yang, Graham G. Giles, Jianjun Liu, Xiaoqing Chen, Elisa V. Bandera, Tanja Pejovic, Galina Lurie, Karoline Kuchenbaecker, Mariusz Bidziński, Chanel E. Smart, Maartje J. Hooning, Jose Ignacio Arias Perez, Anne-Marie Gerdes, L. Rogmann, Christoph Engel, Harvey A. Risch, Ignacio Blanco, Isabel dos Santos Silva, Hoda Anton-Culver, Camilla Krakstad, Volker Arndt, Foluso O. Ademuyiwa, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Stacey L. Edwards, Florian Heitz, Veli-Matti Kosma, Beth Y. Karlan, Robert A. Vierkant, Irene L. Andrulis, Agnieszka Dansonka-Mieszkowska, Hanne Meijers-Heijboer, Alison M. Dunning, Sabapathy P. Balasubramanian, Penny Soucy, Edwin S. Iversen, Heli Nevanlinna, Celeste Leigh Pearce, Melissa C. Southey, Howard C. Shen, Kenneth Muir, Jolanta Lissowska, Clareann H. Bunker, Judy Garber, David Van Den Berg, Yin Ling Woo, Brigitte Bressac-de Paillerets, Rebecca Hein, Norbert Arnold, Saila Kauppila, Lisa Walker, Cezary Cybulski, Estrid Høgdall, Anthony J. Swerdlow, Robert Winqvist, Susanne K. Kjaer, Christa Stegmaier, Kazuo Tajima, Caroline Baynes, Valerie Gaborieau, Keitaro Matsuo, Ed Dicks, Irene Orlow, Torben A Kruse, Rachel Palmieri Weber, David E. Goldgar, Anna Jakubowska, Honglin Song, Antonis C. Antoniou, Paul D.P. Pharoah, Katja K.H. Aben, Lambertus A. Kiemeney, Laurence Faivre, Stefan Nickels, Joellen M. Schildkraut, Yu Tang Gao, Valerie McGuire, Charles L. Shapiro, Sebastian M. Armasu, Katherine L. Nathanson, Marjanka K. Schmidt, Susan L. Neuhausen, Jolanta Kupryjanczyk, Janet E. Olson, Nicolas Wentzensen, Dong Young Noh, Maya Ghoussaini, Ian G. Campbell, Annegien Broeks, Gustavo C. Rodriguez, Rebecca L. Johnston, Shan Wang-Gohrke, Monica Barile, Vesa Kataja, Melanie Maranian, Shahana Ahmed, Christof Sohn, Julie M. Cunningham, Weiva Sieh, Shani Shimon Paluch, Riccardo Dolcetti, John W.M. Martens, Manjeet K. Bolla, Shelley S. Tworoger, Robert S. Brown, Allan Jensen, Hui Miao, Boris Winterhoff, Mari K. Halle, Arndt Hartmann, Loris Bernard, Brian E. Henderson, Els Wauters, Carl Blomqvist, Daniel O. Stram, Karen A. Pooley, Roberta B. Ness, James Paul, Hilda A. Pickett, Wei Zheng, Sandra Deming-Halverson, Soo Hwang Teo, Andrew Lee, Thomas A. Sellers, Philip Iau, D. Gareth Evans, Françis Bacot, Sunil R. Lakhani, Qin Wang, Nick Orr, Celine M. Vachon, Edith Olah, Gong Yang, Svend Aage Engelholm, Martine Dumont, Linda S. Cook, Daniel C. Tessier, Evgeny N. Imyanitov, Paolo Radice, Mikael Hartman, Annika Lindblom, John R. McLaughlin, Radka Platte, Jenny Permuth-Wey, Keun-Young Yoo, Andrew Berchuck, Roger R. Reddel, M. John Kennedy, Toru Nakanishi, Allison F. Vitonis, Melissa C. Larson, Anna H. Wu, Helmut Deissler, Giuseppe Giannini, Barbara Wappenschmidt, Tomasz Byrski, M. Kamran Ikram, Natalia Antonenkova, Banu Arun, Peter Hillemanns, William Blot, Siti Zawiah Omar, Sue Healey, Trevor Cole, Cheng Har Yip, Matthias Dürst, Mark E. Robson, Roger L. Milne, Timothy R. Rebbeck, Jaana M. Hartikainen, Mieke Kriege, C. Ellen van der Schoot, Hansjoerg Plendl, Yasushi Yatabe, Jan C. Oosterwijk, Claus Høgdall, Rob A. E. M. Tollenaar, Jacek Gronwald, Yi Lu, Kate Lawrenson, Michael D. Stutz, Chia-Ni Hsiung, Alvaro N.A. Monteiro, Maren Weischer, Philipp Harter, Nicola Miller, Lisa B. Signorello, Katarzyna Durda, Peter Lichtner, Ritu Salani, Alfons Meindl, Montserrat Garcia-Closas, George Fountzilas, Uffe Birk Jensen, Thomas Brüning, Laura Baglietto, Anne M. van Altena, Kristine M. Hillman, Bernard Peissel, Trinidad Caldés, Rosemarie Davidson, Julian Barwell, Peter Devilee, Jenny Lester, Qiuyin Cai, Heiko Müller, Jyh Cherng Yu, Kerstin Rhiem, Muy Kheng Tea, Sharon A. Savage, Åke Borg, Daniel Vincent, Antoinette Hollestelle, Katarzyna Jaworska, Mat Adenan Noor Azmi, Yon Ko, Kimberly R. Kalli, Debra Frost, Martin Gore, Chiu-Chen Tseng, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Pornthep Siriwanarangsan, Evelyn Despierre, Fergus J. Couch, Vijayalakshmi Shridhar, Artitaya Lophatananon, Amanda B. Spurdle, Joe Dennis, Ute Hamann, Vessela N. Kristensen, Frederik Marmé, Jonathan Tyrer, Arja Jukkola-Vuorinen, Wei Lu, Peter A. Fasching, Bruno Buecher, Kristiina Aittomäki, Kirsten B. Moysich, Lesley McGuffog, Mine S. Cicek, Guillermo Pita, Arjen R. Mensenkamp, Agnes Jager, Catherine M. Phelan, Jacques Simard, Ming-Feng Hou, Hiroji Iwata, James M. Flanagan, Elena Fineberg, Susan M. Domchek, Csilla Szabo, Diether Lambrechts, Anja Rudolph, Daehee Kang, Gottfried E. Konecny, Eitan Friedman, Argyrios Ziogas, Arto Mannermaa, Susan Peock, Matti A. Rookus, Christian F. Singer, Claire Mulot, Siranoush Manoukian, Johanna Rantala, Helen Tsimiklis, Gord Glendon, Pierre Laurent-Puig, Barbara Brouwers, Filomena Ficarazzi, Jonine D. Figueroa, Anne-Bine Skytte, Caroline Seynaeve, Christian Sutter, Rita K. Schmutzler, Julian Peto, Jeffrey N. Weitzel, Kathryn L. Terry, Børge G. Nordestgaard, Simon A. Gayther, Barbara Burwinkel, Ira Schwaab, Steven A. Narod, Elisabeth Wik, Ralf Bützow, Marco Montagna, Mark H. Greene, Linde M. Braaf, Janusz Menkiszak, Kamila Czene, Sarah Stewart-Brown, Kees E. P. van Roozendaal, Andreas Schneeweiss, Daniel Barrowdale, Elinor J. Sawyer, Alice S. Whittemore, Marc T. Goodman, Judith E. Brown, Kunle Odunsi, John L. Hopper, Nina Ditsch, Leon F.A.G. Massuger, Hermann Brenner, Joaquin J. Garcia, Xianshu Wang, Susan L. Slager, Aleksandra Tołoczko-Grabarek, Sylvie Mazoyer, Diana Eccles, Yik Ying Teo, Iwona K. Rzepecka, Bernardo Bonanni, Sara Margolin, Daniela Zaffaroni, Yew Ching Teh, Ans M Wvan Den Ouweland, Bent Ejlertsen, Maria Soller, Mitul Shah, Matthias W. Beckmann, Elizabeth M. Poole, J. Margriet Collée, Lorna Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Sandrina Lambrechts, Daniel W. Cramer, Douglas F. Easton, Virginie Caux-Moncoutier, Mads Thomassen, Keith Humphreys, ~, Landsteiner Laboratory, Clinical Haematology, CCA -Cancer Center Amsterdam, ARD - Amsterdam Reproduction and Development, Human Genetics, MUMC+: DA KG Lab Centraal Lab (9), Genetica & Celbiologie, RS: GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Human genetics, CCA - Oncogenesis, Damage and Repair in Cancer Development and Cancer Treatment (DARE), Targeted Gynaecologic Oncology (TARGON), Clinical Genetics, Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Medical Oncology
Subjects: Telomerase, Messenger, Càncer d'ovari, Estrogen receptor, Aetiology, screening and detection [ONCOL 5], 0302 clinical medicine, Breast cancer, Risk Factors, Alternative Splicing, Biomarkers, Tumor, Breast Neoplasms, Case-Control Studies, Chromatin, DNA Methylation, Female, Gene Expression Profiling, Genetic Loci, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genotype, Humans, Luciferases, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Ovarian Neoplasms, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, RNA, Messenger, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Telomere, Genetics, BUCCAL CELLS, 0303 health sciences, Tumor, Telòmer, GENETIC-VARIATION, COMMON VARIANTS, Single Nucleotide, tert-clptm1l locus, genome-wide association, genetic-variation, susceptibility loci, buccal cells, fibroblasts, common variants, carcinoma, reverse-transcriptase htert, metaanalysis, Aetiology, screening and detection Immune Regulation [ONCOL 5], 3. Good health, Tumor Markers, Biological, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, FIBROBLASTS, SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCI, CARCINOMA, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Biology, Article, Càncer de mama, 03 medical and health sciences, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Translational research [ONCOL 3], Ovarian cancer, medicine, Polymorphism, Allele, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, METAANALYSIS, 030304 developmental biology, Molecular epidemiology Aetiology, screening and detection [NCEBP 1], Breast cancer susceptibility, Hereditary cancer and cancer-related syndromes [ONCOL 1], Translational research Genomic disorders and inherited multi-system disorders [ONCOL 3], medicine.disease, Molecular biology, TERT-CLPTM1L LOCUS, Minor allele frequency, RNA, Biomarkers, REVERSE-TRANSCRIPTASE HTERT
Abstract: Journal article TERT-locus SNPs and leukocyte telomere measures are reportedly associated with risks of multiple cancers. Using the Illumina custom genotyping array iCOGs, we analyzed ~480 SNPs at the TERT locus in breast (n = 103,991), ovarian (n = 39,774) and BRCA1 mutation carrier (n = 11,705) cancer cases and controls. Leukocyte telomere measurements were also available for 53,724 participants. Most associations cluster into three independent peaks. The minor allele at the peak 1 SNP rs2736108 associates with longer telomeres (P = 5.8 × 10!-7), lower risks for estrogen receptor (ER)-negative (P = 1.0 × 10!-8) and BRCA1 mutation carrier (P = 1.1 × 10!-5) breast cancers and altered promoter assay signal. The minor allele at the peak 2 SNP rs7705526 associates with longer telomeres (P = 2.3 × 10!-14), higher risk of low-malignant-potential ovarian cancer (P = 1.3 × 10!-15) and greater promoter activity. The minor alleles at the peak 3 SNPs rs10069690 and rs2242652 increase ER-negative (P = 1.2 × 10!-12) and BRCA1 mutation carrier (P = 1.6 × 10!-14) breast and invasive ovarian (P = 1.3 × 10!-11) cancer risks but not via altered telomere length. The cancer risk alleles of rs2242652 and rs10069690, respectively, increase silencing and generate a truncated TERT splice variant. European Commission Seventh Framework Programme (agreement 223175-HEALTH-F2-2009-223175); Cancer Research UK (C1287/A10118 and C1287/A12014) peer-reviewed
Published: 2013
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34. Triple-negative breast cancer: BRCAness and concordance of clinical features with BRCA1-mutations carriers

Author: Petra M. Nederlof, A.L.T. Imholz, L. E. van der Kolk, Anne M.M. Oonk, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Lennart Mulder, Sjoerd Rodenhuis, Jelle Wesseling, Esther H. Lips, and Other departments
Subjects: Adult, Oncology, Heterozygote, Cancer Research, medicine.medical_specialty, Pathology, Adolescent, endocrine system diseases, Receptor, ErbB-2, Colorectal cancer, Concordance, DNA Mutational Analysis, Genes, BRCA1, Breast Neoplasms, DCN PAC - Perception action and control, array Comparative Genomic Hybridisation, triple negative, Young Adult, Prostate cancer, breast cancer, Breast cancer, BRCA1 mutation, Internal medicine, BRCAness, Humans, Medicine, skin and connective tissue diseases, Lung cancer, Triple-negative breast cancer, Aged, Cervical cancer, business.industry, Genetics and Genomics, Middle Aged, Prognosis, medicine.disease, Receptors, Estrogen, Female, Skin cancer, Receptors, Progesterone, business, neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Abstract: Background: BRCAness is defined as shared tumour characteristics between sporadic and BRCA-mutated cancers. However, how to exactly measure BRCAness and its frequency in breast cancer is not known. Assays to establish BRCAness would be extremely valuable for the clinical management of these tumours. We assessed BRCAness characteristics frequencies in a large cohort of triple-negative breast cancers (TNBCs). Methods: As a measure of BRCAness, we determined a specific BRCA1-like pattern by array Comparative Genomic Hybridisation (aCGH), and BRCA1 promoter methylation in 377 TNBCs, obtained from 3 different patient cohorts. Clinicopathological data were available for all tumours, BRCA1-germline mutation status and chemotherapy response data were available for a subset. Results: Of the tumours, 66–69% had a BRCA1-like aCGH profile and 27–37% showed BRCA1 promoter methylation. BRCA1-germline mutations and BRCA1 promoter methylation were mutually exclusive events (P=1 × 10−5). BRCAness was associated with younger age and grade 3 tumours. Chemotherapy response was significantly higher in BRCA1-mutated tumours, but not in tumours with BRCAness (63% (12 out of 19) vs 35% (18 out of 52) pathological complete remission rate, respectively). Conclusion: The majority of the TNBCs show BRCAness, and those tumours share clinicopathological characteristics with BRCA1-mutated tumours. A better characterisation of TNBC and the presence of BRCAness could have consequences for both hereditary breast cancer screening and the treatment of these tumours.
Published: 2013
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35. Abstract A27: The genomic profile of BRCA1-associated estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer does not resemble BRCA1-associated triple negative cancers, but is more similar to BRCA2-associated breast cancer

Author: Esther Scheerman, Esther H. Lips, Rashmie D. Debipersad, Lizet E. van der Kolk, Lennart Mulder, Petra M. Nederlof, Jelle Wesseling, and Frans B. L. Hogervorst
Subjects: Cancer Research, endocrine system diseases, Poly ADP ribose polymerase, Wild type, Estrogen receptor, Locus (genetics), Biology, medicine.disease, Breast cancer, Oncology, Genomic Profile, Cancer research, medicine, Allele, skin and connective tissue diseases, Molecular Biology, Gene
Abstract: Background: Most breast cancers arising in BRCA1-mutation carriers are triple negative (TN). Therefore, it has been suggested that TN status is intrinsic to BRCA1-mutated tumors. However, 10 to 20% of BRCA1-associated breast cancers are estrogen receptor positive (ER+). As these tumors arise more often in older patients, and have less aggressive tumor characteristics, it has been suggested that these tumors are ‘sporadic’ and not related to BRCA1 deficiency. With the introduction of targeted treatments specific for tumors with a non-functioning BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene (i.e. PARP-inhibitors), the question whether the BRCA genes are impaired in the tumor, is highly relevant. Therefore, we performed a genomic analysis of a series of BRCA1-associated ER+ tumors, and compared them with BRCA1-associated TN tumors, as well as BRCA2-associated and sporadic breast cancers. Material and Methods: Genomic profiling of 18 BRCA1-associated ER+ tumors was performed using Nimblegen 135K arrays. We previously developed a BRCA1-like and BRCA2-like genomic profile, containing specific copy number alterations for respectively BRCA1-associated and BRCA2-associated breast cancer. These genomic profiles were applied on the current series. In addition, the BRCA1 promoter methylation status was determined, and LOH analysis was performed to assess if the wildtype or mutant allele was lost in the tumor. Results were compared with BRCA1 associated ER- tumors, BRCA2 associated tumors, and sporadic ER+ and TN tumors. Results: Only 2 out of 18 ER+ BRCA1 associated tumors showed a BRCA1-like genomic profile, while 90% of all ER- BRCA1-associated tumors show this genomic profile. Interestingly, 11 out of 18 ER+ BRCA1-associated tumors showed a BRCA2-like genomic profile. BRCA1 promoter methylation was absent in ER+ BRCA1-associated tumors, similar to TN BRCA1-associated tumors. LOH analysis was possible in 12 tumors, loss of the wildtype BRCA1 allele was shown in 10 out of 12 ER+ BRCA1-mutated tumors. One sample showed loss of the mutant allele, while another sample did not show loss at the BRCA1 locus. The genomic profiles of ER+ BRCA1-associated tumors were more similar to BRCA2-associated breast cancers and sporadic ER+ breast tumors than to BRCA1-associated TN tumors. Conclusion: The majority of BRCA1-associated ER+ tumors did not show a BRCA1-like genomic profile, even though LOH analysis indicated that loss of the wildtype BRCA1 allele was a frequent event. Therefore, it is likely that the complete loss of the BRCA1 gene plays a crucial role in tumorgenesis in this group of breast tumors. Remarkably, a BRCA2-like genomic profile was observed in the majority of ER+ BRCA1 associated tumors in this series. A clinical consequence of our findings is that ER+ BRCA1-associated breast tumors are probably highly sensitive to PARP inhibitors, similar to TN BRCA1-associated breast cancers. However, as ER+ BRCA1-mutated tumors clearly have different tumor characteristics compared to TN BRCA1-mutated tumors, they should be considered as a special group, and response to therapies exploiting the BRCA1 gene defect should be specifically monitored in this subgroup. Citation Format: Esther H. Lips, Rashmie Debipersad, Esther Scheerman, Lennart Mulder, Lizet E. van der Kolk, Jelle Wesseling, Frans B.L. Hogervorst, Petra M. Nederlof. The genomic profile of BRCA1-associated estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer does not resemble BRCA1-associated triple negative cancers, but is more similar to BRCA2-associated breast cancer. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR Special Conference on Advances in Breast Cancer Research; Oct 17-20, 2015; Bellevue, WA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Mol Cancer Res 2016;14(2_Suppl):Abstract nr A27.
Published: 2016
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36. The KL-VS sequence variant of Klotho and cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers

Author: Andrew K. Godwin, Douglas F. Easton, Heli Nevanlinna, Susan Peock, Paolo Radice, Rita K. Schmutzler, Katherine L. Nathanson, Lesley McGuffog, Xiaoqing Chen, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Ido Wolf, Johanna Rantala, Karoline Kuchenbaecker, Claudine Isaacs, Fergus J. Couch, Antonis C. Antoniou, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Adalgeir Arason, Maria A. Caligo, Susan L. Neuhausen, Tomas Kirchhoff, Eitan Friedman, Barbara Wappenschmidt, Patricia A. Ganz, Sue Healey, Paolo Peterlongo, Olga M. Sinilnikova, Yael Laitman, and Kenneth Offit
Subjects: Adult, Cancer Research, Heterozygote, endocrine system diseases, Breast Neoplasms, Biology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Article, Breast cancer, Polymorphism (computer science), medicine, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, skin and connective tissue diseases, Klotho, Klotho Proteins, Genetic Association Studies, Aged, Glucuronidase, Proportional Hazards Models, BRCA2 Protein, Ovarian Neoplasms, BRCA1 Protein, BRCA mutation, Case-control study, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, female genital diseases and pregnancy complications, Oncology, Case-Control Studies, Mutation (genetic algorithm), Cancer research, Female, Ovarian cancer
Abstract: Klotho (KL) is a putative tumor suppressor gene in breast and pancreatic cancers located at chromosome 13q12. A functional sequence variant of Klotho (KL-VS) was previously reported to modify breast cancer risk in Jewish BRCA1 mutation carriers. The effect of this variant on breast and ovarian cancer risks in non-Jewish BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation carriers has not been reported. The KL-VS variant was genotyped in women of European ancestry carrying a BRCA mutation: 5,741 BRCA1 mutation carriers (2,997 with breast cancer, 705 with ovarian cancer, and 2,039 cancer free women) and 3,339 BRCA2 mutation carriers (1,846 with breast cancer, 207 with ovarian cancer, and 1,286 cancer free women) from 16 centers. Genotyping was accomplished using TaqMan(®) allelic discrimination or matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Data were analyzed within a retrospective cohort approach, stratified by country of origin and Ashkenazi Jewish origin. The per-allele hazard ratio (HR) for breast cancer was 1.02 (95% CI 0.93-1.12, P = 0.66) for BRCA1 mutation carriers and 0.92 (95% CI 0.82-1.04, P = 0.17) for BRCA2 mutation carriers. Results remained unaltered when analysis excluded prevalent breast cancer cases. Similarly, the per-allele HR for ovarian cancer was 1.01 (95% CI 0.84-1.20, P = 0.95) for BRCA1 mutation carriers and 0.9 (95% CI 0.66-1.22, P = 0.45) for BRCA2 mutation carriers. The risk did not change when carriers of the 6174delT mutation were excluded. There was a lack of association of the KL-VS Klotho variant with either breast or ovarian cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.
Published: 2012

37. Presence of ATM protein and residual kinase activity correlates with the phenotype in ataxia-telangiectasia: a genotype-phenotype study

Author: Mijke M. M. Verhagen, James I. Last, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Dominique F. C. M. Smeets, Nel Roeleveld, Frans Verheijen, Coriene E. Catsman-Berrevoets, Nico M. Wulffraat, Jan M. Cobben, Johan Hiel, Ewout R. Brunt, Els A. J. Peeters, Encarna B. Gómez Garcia, Marjo S. van der Knaap, Carsten R. Lincke, Laura A. E. M. Laan, Marina A. J. Tijssen, Monique A. van Rijn, Danielle Majoor-Krakauer, Marjan Visser, Laura J. van 't Veer, Wim J. Kleijer, Bart P. C. van de Warrenburg, Adilia Warris, Imelda J. M. de Groot, Ronald de Groot, Annegien Broeks, Frank Preijers, Berry H. P. H. Kremer, Corry M. R. Weemaes, Malcolm A. M. R. Taylor, Marcel van Deuren, Michèl A. A. P. Willemsen, ANS - Amsterdam Neuroscience, Other Research, Human Genetics, Paediatric Genetics, Other departments, Psychiatrie & Neuropsychologie, KNO, RS: GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Molecular Neuroscience and Ageing Research (MOLAR), Clinical Genetics, Neurology, Pharmacy, Pediatric Surgery, Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Nutrition and Health, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam - Childhood White Matter Diseases, Internal Medicine Specializations, Human genetics, Pediatric surgery, and NCA - Childhood White Matter Diseases
Subjects: Male, FEATURES, RECOMBINATION, Cell Cycle Proteins, Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins, LYMPHOMA, Missense mutation, Child, Genetics (clinical), RISK, Splice site mutation, GERMLINE MUTATIONS, Middle Aged, Phenotype, Human Movement & Fatigue DCN PAC - Perception action and control [NCEBP 10], genotype-phenotype, Pathogenesis and modulation of inflammation [N4i 1], 5762INS137, DNA-Binding Proteins, Female, Adult, NIJMEGEN BREAKAGE SYNDROME, Adolescent, DCN MP - Plasticity and memory, Quality of nursing and allied health care [NCEBP 6], Biology, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Invasive mycoses and compromised host [N4i 2], Ataxia Telangiectasia, Young Adult, Germline mutation, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Translational research [ONCOL 3], Genetics, medicine, cancer, BREAST-CANCER, Humans, Kinase activity, Genetic Association Studies, BRITISH-ISLES, Tumor Suppressor Proteins, Human Reproducion Genomic disorders and inherited multi-system disorders [NCEBP 12], medicine.disease, GENE, ATM, Immunology, Ataxia-telangiectasia, Cancer research, AT, ataxia-telangietasia, Genetics and epigenetic pathways of disease Genomic disorders and inherited multi-system disorders [NCMLS 6], Nijmegen breakage syndrome
Abstract: Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder with multisystem involvement and cancer predisposition, caused by mutations in the A-T mutated (ATM) gene. To study genotypephenotype correlations, we evaluated the clinical and laboratory data of 51 genetically proven A-T patients, and additionally measured ATM protein expression and kinase activity. Patients without ATM kinase activity showed the classical phenotype. The presence of ATM protein, correlated with slightly better immunological function. Residual kinase activity correlated with a milder and essentially different neurological phenotype, absence of telangiectasia, normal endocrine and pulmonary function, normal immunoglobulins, significantly lower X-ray hypersensitivity in lymphocytes, and extended lifespan. In these patients, cancer occurred later in life and generally consisted of solid instead of lymphoid malignancies. The genotypes of severely affected patients generally included truncating mutations resulting in total absence of ATM kinase activity, while patients with milder phenotypes harbored at least one missense or splice site mutation resulting in expression of ATM with some kinase activity. Overall, the phenotypic manifestations in A-T show a continuous spectrum from severe classical childhood-onset A-T to a relatively mild adult-onset disorder, depending on the presence of ATM protein and kinase activity. Each patient is left with a tremendously increased cancer risk. Hum Mutat 33:561571, 2012. (C) 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Published: 2011
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38. Behavioral and psychosocial effects of rapid genetic counseling and testing in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients: Design of a multicenter randomized clinical trial

Author: Rob B. van der Luijt, Richard van Hillegersberg, Daniela E E Hahn, Neil K. Aaronson, Heiddis B. Valdimarsdottir, Margreet G. E. M. Ausems, Eveline M. A. Bleiker, Marijke R. Wevers, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Emiel J. Th. Rutgers, Senno Verhoef, Klinische Psychologie (Psychologie, FMG), Faculteit der Geneeskunde, and Human Genetics
Subjects: Adult, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Cancer Research, medicine.medical_treatment, Genetic counseling, Breast Neoplasms, Genetic Counseling, Gene mutation, lcsh:RC254-282, law.invention, Study Protocol, Breast cancer, Randomized controlled trial, Patient Education as Topic, law, medicine, Genetics, Humans, Genetic Testing, Mastectomy, Genetic testing, BRCA2 Protein, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, BRCA1 Protein, Oophorectomy, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, Oncology, Mutation, Physical therapy, business, Psychosocial, Risk Reduction Behavior, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract: Background It has been estimated that between 5% and 10% of women diagnosed with breast cancer have a hereditary form of the disease, primarily caused by a BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation. Such women have an increased risk of developing a new primary breast and/or ovarian tumor, and may therefore opt for preventive surgery (e.g., bilateral mastectomy, oophorectomy). It is common practice to offer high-risk patients genetic counseling and DNA testing after their primary treatment, with genetic test results being available within 4-6 months. However, some non-commercial laboratories can currently generate test results within 3 to 6 weeks, and thus make it possible to provide rapid genetic counseling and testing (RGCT) prior to primary treatment. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of RGCT on treatment decisions and on psychosocial health. Methods/Design In this randomized controlled trial, 255 newly diagnosed breast cancer patients with at least a 10% risk of carrying a BRCA gene mutation are being recruited from 12 hospitals in the Netherlands. Participants are randomized in a 2:1 ratio to either a RGCT intervention group (the offer of RGCT directly following diagnosis with tests results available before surgical treatment) or to a usual care control group. The primary behavioral outcome is the uptake of direct bilateral mastectomy or delayed prophylactic contralateral mastectomy. Psychosocial outcomes include cancer risk perception, cancer-related worry and distress, health-related quality of life, decisional satisfaction and the perceived need for and use of additional decisional counseling and psychosocial support. Data are collected via medical chart audits and self-report questionnaires administered prior to randomization, and at 6 month and at 12 month follow-up. Discussion This trial will provide essential information on the impact of RGCT on the choice of primary surgical treatment among women with breast cancer with an increased risk of hereditary cancer. This study will also provide data on the psychosocial consequences of RGCT and of risk-reducing behavior. Trial registration The study is registered at the Netherlands Trial Register (NTR1493) and ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00783822).
Published: 2011
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39. CHEK2*1100delC homozygosity is associated with a high breast cancer risk in women

Author: Hanne Meijers-Heijboer, Saskia E. van Mil, Marjanka K. Schmidt, Aad van der Vaart, Ans M.W. van den Ouweland, Irma Kluijt, Muriel A. Adank, Rogier A. Oldenburg, Wolter J Mooi, Marianne A. Jonker, Johan J.P. Gille, Quinten Waisfisz, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Human genetics, Pathology, CCA - Oncogenesis, Stochastics, Mathematics, Clinical Genetics, Erasmus MC other, and Human Genetics
Subjects: Oncology, Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Heterozygote, Genetic Carrier Screening, Breast Neoplasms, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Breast cancer, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Risk Factors, Molecular genetics, Internal medicine, Genotype, Genetics, medicine, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genetic Testing, Allele, Frameshift Mutation, skin and connective tissue diseases, CHEK2, Genetics (clinical), Alleles, Genetic testing, Aged, BRCA2 Protein, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, BRCA1 Protein, Homozygote, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Pedigree, Checkpoint Kinase 2, Relative risk, Female, business
Abstract: Background Mutations in the CHEK2 gene confer a moderately increased breast cancer risk. The risk for female carriers of the CHEK2* 1100delC mutation is twofold increased. Breast cancer risk for carrier women is higher in a familial breast cancer setting which is due to coinheritance of additional genetic risk factors. This study investigated the occurrence of homozygosity for the CHEK2* 1100delC allele among familial breast cancer cases and the associated breast cancer risk. Methods and results Homozygosity for the CHEK2* 1100delC allele was identified in 8/2554 Dutch independent familial non-BRCA1/2 breast cancer cases. The genotype relative risk for breast cancer of homozygous and heterozygous familial breast cancer cases was 101.34 (95% CI 4.47 to 121 000) and 4.04 (95% CI 0.88 to 21.0), respectively. Female homozygotes appeared to have a greater than twofold increased breast cancer risk compared to familial CHEK2* 1100delC heterozygotes (p = 0.044). These results and the occurrence of multiple primary tumours in 7/10 homozygotes indicate a high cancer risk in homozygous women from non-BRCA1/2 families. Conclusions Intensive breast surveillance is therefore justified in these homozygous women. It is concluded that diagnostic testing for biallelic mutations in CHEK2 is indicated in non-BRCA1/2 breast cancer families, especially in populations with a relatively high prevalence of deleterious mutations in CHEK2.
Published: 2011
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40. Recurrence and Variability of Germline EPCAM Deletions in Lynch Syndrome

Author: Ramprasath Venkatachalam, Aline Haufe, Tracy Graham, Marielle E. van Gijn, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Beate Betz, Hans K. Schackert, Lisenka E.L.M. Vissers, Matthias Kloor, Carli M. J. Tops, Iris D. Nagtegaal, Tsun Leung Chan, Verena Steinke, Julie O. Culver, J. Han van Krieken, Eveline J. Kamping, Elke Holinski-Feder, Nicoline Hoogerbrugge, Eveline Hoenselaar, Ans M.W. van den Ouweland, Renee C. Niessen, Nils Rahner, Monique Goossens, Danielle Bodmer, Monika Morak, Johan J.P. Gille, Marjolijn J L Ligtenberg, David J. Bunyan, Roland P. Kuiper, Ad Geurts van Kessel, Susanne Stemmler, Philip Kahl, Sapna Syngal, Pierre Hutter, B. Redeker, Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center [Nijmegen], Pathology, Surgical Research, Technische Universität Dresden = Dresden University of Technology (TU Dresden), Department of Genetics, University Medical Center, University of Groningen, DNA diagnostic laboratory of the Family Cancer Clinic, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, VU University Medical Center [Amsterdam], Clinical Genetics, Academic Medical Centre, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Medical Genetics, University Medical Center [Utrecht], ErasmusMC, Institute of Human Genetics, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilians University, University Hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, Medizinische Klinik â€' Innenstadt, Lehrstuhl fÃ¼r Endokrinologie/Diabetologie, Center of Medical Genetics, Applied Tumor Biology, Heidelberg University Hospital [Heidelberg], Department of Human Genetics, Ruhr-Universität Bochum [Bochum], Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf = Heinrich Heine University [Düsseldorf], Institute Central des Hopitaux Valaisans, Molecular Genetics, National Genetics Reference Laboratory (Wessex), Harvard Medical School [Boston] (HMS), Clinical Cancer Genetics, City of Hope, Odette Cancer Center, Human genetics, CCA - Oncogenesis, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Surgery, Internal Medicine, ACS - Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, AGEM - Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism, and Other Research
Subjects: Germline, Exon, 0302 clinical medicine, FREQUENT CAUSE, Recurrence, MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Genetics (clinical), GENOMIC DELETIONS, Netherlands, Sequence Deletion, Genetics, 0303 health sciences, COLON-CANCER, MLH1, Life Sciences, NONPOLYPOSIS COLORECTAL-CANCER, Epithelial Cell Adhesion Molecule, Translational research Tissue engineering and pathology [ONCOL 3], Lynch syndrome, 3. Good health, EPIMUTATION, MutS Homolog 2 Protein, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, DNA mismatch repair, congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities, TACSTD1, Molecular Sequence Data, Hereditary cancer and cancer-related syndromes Genetics and epigenetic pathways of disease [ONCOL 1], Non-allelic homologous recombination, Biology, ANTISENSE RNA, 03 medical and health sciences, Antigens, Neoplasm, Translational research [ONCOL 3], medicine, Genetics and epigenetic pathways of disease Translational research [NCMLS 6], neoplasms, Germ-Line Mutation, 030304 developmental biology, Molecular epidemiology Aetiology, screening and detection [NCEBP 1], Base Sequence, Models, Genetic, Hereditary cancer and cancer-related syndromes [ONCOL 1], EPCAM, Breakpoint, Genetic Variation, nutritional and metabolic diseases, DNA Methylation, Alu-mediated recombination, medicine.disease, Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis, digestive system diseases, MSH2, NAHR, MISMATCH-REPAIR GENES, Genetics and epigenetic pathways of disease Genomic disorders and inherited multi-system disorders [NCMLS 6], Cell Adhesion Molecules
Abstract: Contains fulltext : 96266.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) Recently, we identified 3' end deletions in the EPCAM gene as a novel cause of Lynch syndrome. These truncating EPCAM deletions cause allele-specific epigenetic silencing of the neighboring DNA mismatch repair gene MSH2 in tissues expressing EPCAM. Here we screened a cohort of unexplained Lynch-like families for the presence of EPCAM deletions. We identified 27 novel independent MSH2-deficient families from multiple geographical origins with varying deletions all encompassing the 3' end of EPCAM, but leaving the MSH2 gene intact. Within The Netherlands and Germany, EPCAM deletions appeared to represent at least 2.8% and 1.1% of the confirmed Lynch syndrome families, respectively. MSH2 promoter methylation was observed in epithelial tissues of all deletion carriers tested, thus confirming silencing of MSH2 as the causative defect. In a total of 45 families, 19 different deletions were found, all including the last two exons and the transcription termination signal of EPCAM. All deletions appeared to originate from Alu-repeat mediated recombination events. In 17 cases regions of microhomology around the breakpoints were found, suggesting nonallelic homologous recombination as the most likely mechanism. We conclude that 3' end EPCAM deletions are a recurrent cause of Lynch syndrome, which should be implemented in routine Lynch syndrome diagnostics.
Published: 2011
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41. Subtypes of familial breast tumours revealed by expression and copy number profiling

Author: Mohammed S. Orloff, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Max Yan, Lynne Reid, Jeremy Arnold, Cameron N. Johnstone, Leonard Da Silva, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Nic Waddell, Peter T. Simpson, Andrew K. Godwin, Guillaume Assié, Anna Marsh, Sunil R. Lakhani, Charis Eng, Sibylle Cocciardi, James M. Flanagan, Patricia Keith, Kum Kum Khanna, Stephen B. Fox, Peter Devilee, kConFab Investigators, Fergus J. Couch, Sean M. Grimmond, and Joan Riley
Subjects: Cancer Research, Pathology, medicine.medical_specialty, Heredity, endocrine system diseases, Gene Dosage, Loss of Heterozygosity, Breast Neoplasms, BRCA1 and BRCA2 Molecular subtypes Familial breast cancer Gene expression Copy number aberrations comparative genomic hybridization brca1 promoter methylation hidden-markov model snp genotyping data gene-expression sporadic breast molecular portraits tissue microarray ovarian-cancer immunohistochemical markers, Biology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Gene dosage, Cohort Studies, Loss of heterozygosity, Breast cancer, medicine, Cluster Analysis, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, skin and connective tissue diseases, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, BRCA2 Protein, Chromosome Aberrations, Comparative Genomic Hybridization, Tissue microarray, BRCA1 Protein, Gene Expression Profiling, Cancer, DNA Methylation, Prognosis, medicine.disease, Pedigree, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Gene expression profiling, Oncology, Cancer research, Female, Breast disease, Comparative genomic hybridization
Abstract: Extensive expression profiling studies have shown that sporadic breast cancer is composed of five clinically relevant molecular subtypes. However, although BRCA1-related tumours are known to be predominantly basal-like, there are few published data on other classes of familial breast tumours. We analysed a cohort of 75 BRCA1, BRCA2 and non-BRCA1/2 breast tumours by gene expression profiling and found that 74% BRCA1 tumours were basal-like, 73% of BRCA2 tumours were luminal A or B, and 52% non-BRCA1/2 tumours were luminal A. Thirty-four tumours were also analysed by single nucleotide polymorphism-comparative genomic hybridization (SNP-CGH) arrays. Copy number data could predict whether a tumour was basal-like or luminal with high accuracy, but could not predict its mutation class. Basal-like BRCA1 and basal-like non-BRCA1 tumours were very similar, and contained the highest number of chromosome aberrations. We identified regions of frequent gain containing potential driver genes in the basal (8q and 12p) and luminal A tumours (1q and 17q). Regions of homozygous loss associated with decreased expression of potential tumour suppressor genes were also detected, including in basal tumours (5q and 9p), and basal and luminal tumours (10q). This study highlights the heterogeneity of familial tumours and the clinical consequences for treatment and prognosis.
Published: 2010

42. Prediction of BRCA2-association in hereditary breast carcinomas using array-CGH

Author: Kim I. M. Brandwijk, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Jelle Wesseling, Simon A. Joosse, Peter Devilee, Petra M. Nederlof, and Senno Verhoef
Subjects: Oncology, Cancer Research, Pathology, Heredity, endocrine system diseases, Loss of Heterozygosity, Loss of heterozygosity, Promoter Regions, Genetic, skin and connective tissue diseases, Netherlands, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Aged, 80 and over, Comparative Genomic Hybridization, medicine.diagnostic_test, BRCA1 Protein, Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast, Genomic signature, Middle Aged, BRCA2 Protein, Immunohistochemistry, female genital diseases and pregnancy complications, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Phenotype, Receptors, Estrogen, Female, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, DNA Copy Number Variations, Breast Neoplasms, Sensitivity and Specificity, Breast cancer, Germline mutation, Predictive Value of Tests, Internal medicine, medicine, Biomarkers, Tumor, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Neoplasm Invasiveness, Genetic Testing, Genetic testing, Aged, Chromosome Aberrations, business.industry, Gene Expression Profiling, Reproducibility of Results, DNA Methylation, medicine.disease, Mutation, Ovarian cancer, business, Comparative genomic hybridization
Abstract: Germline mutations in BRCA1/2 increase the lifetime risk for breast and ovarian cancer dramatically. Identification of such mutations is important for optimal treatment decisions and pre-symptomatic mutation screening in family members. Although current DNA diagnostics is able to identify many different mutations, it remains unclear, how many BRCA2-associated breast cancer cases remain unidentified as such. In addition, mutation scanning detects many unclassified variants (UV) for which the clinical relevance is uncertain. Therefore, our aim was to develop a test to identify BRCA2-association in breast tumors based on the genomic signature. A BRCA2-classifier was built using array-CGH profiles of 28 BRCA2-mutated and 28 sporadic breast tumors. The classifier was validated on an independent group of 19 BRCA2-mutated and 19 sporadic breast tumors. Subsequently, we tested 89 breast tumors from suspected hereditary breast (and ovarian) cancer (HBOC) families, in which either no BRCA1/2 mutation or an UV had been found by routine diagnostics. The classifier showed a sensitivity of 89% and specificity of 84% on the validation set of known BRCA2-mutation carriers and sporadic tumor cases. Of the 89 HBOC cases, 17 presented a BRCA2-like profile. In three of these cases additional indications for BRCA2-deficiency were found. Chromosomal aberrations that were specific for BRCA2-mutated tumors included loss on chromosome arm 13q and 14q, and gain on 17q. Since we could separate BRCA1-like, BRCA2-like, and sporadic-like tumors, using our current BRCA2- and previous BRCA1-classifier, this method of breast tumor classification could be applied as additional test for current diagnostics to help clinicians in decision making and classifying sequence variants of unknown significance.
Published: 2010

43. TP53 germline mutation testing in 180 families suspected of Li-Fraumeni syndrome: mutation detection rate and relative frequency of cancers in different familial phenotypes

Author: Encarna Gomez Garcia, Anja Wagner, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Annemarie H. van der Hout, Hanne Meijers-Heijboer, Rolf H. Sijmons, Cora M. Aalfs, Leo P. ten Kate, Senno Verhoef, Fred H. Menko, Laura J. van't Veer, Margreet G. E. M. Ausems, Roelof Pruntel, Matti A. Rookus, Marielle W. G. Ruijs, Nicoline Hoogerbrugge, Irma Kluijt, Christi J. van Asperen, Human genetics, CCA - Oncogenesis, EMGO - Quality of care, Human Genetics, Clinical Genetics, Internal Medicine, Genetica & Celbiologie, RS: GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Guided Treatment in Optimal Selected Cancer Patients (GUTS), and Faculteit der Geneeskunde
Subjects: Oncology, Male, Genetics and epigenetic pathways of disease [NCMLS 6], DNA Mutational Analysis, Germline, Li-Fraumeni Syndrome, Gene Frequency, Risk Factors, CRITERIA, breast-cancer p53 mutations tissue tumors gene neoplasms carcinoma criteria sarcomas risk, Genetics (clinical), Netherlands, Genetics, RISK, education.field_of_study, P53 MUTATIONS, Middle Aged, TUMORS, Phenotype, Mutation (genetic algorithm), Colonic Neoplasms, Female, NEOPLASMS, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Genotype, CARCINOMA, Population, Molecular epidemiology [NCEBP 1], Young Adult, Breast cancer, Germline mutation, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, BREAST-CANCER, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genetic Testing, education, Allele frequency, neoplasms, Germ-Line Mutation, Family Health, Hereditary cancer and cancer-related syndromes [ONCOL 1], business.industry, Cancer, medicine.disease, GENE, Pancreatic Neoplasms, SARCOMAS, Li–Fraumeni syndrome, TISSUE, Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, business
Abstract: Contains fulltext : 89059.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) BACKGROUND Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a rare autosomal dominant cancer predisposition syndrome. Most families fulfilling the classical diagnostic criteria harbour TP53 germline mutations. However, TP53 germline mutations may also occur in less obvious phenotypes. As a result, different criteria are in use to decide which patients qualify for TP53 mutation analysis, including the LFS, Li-Fraumeni-like (LFL) and Chompret criteria. We investigated which criteria for TP53 mutation analysis resulted in the highest mutation detection rate and sensitivity in Dutch families. We describe the tumour spectrum in TP53-positive families and calculated tumour type specific relative risks. METHOD A total of 180 Dutch families referred for TP53 mutation analysis were evaluated. Tumour phenotypes were verified by pathology reports or clinical records. RESULTS A TP53 germline mutation was identified in 24 families. When the Chompret criteria were used 22/24 mutations were detected (sensitivity 92%, mutation detection rate 21%). In LFS and LFL families 18/24 mutations were found (sensitivity 75%). The two mutations detected outside the 'Chompret group' were found in a child with rhabdomyosarcoma and a young woman with breast cancer. In the mutation carriers, in addition to the classical LFS tumour types, colon and pancreatic cancer were also found significantly more often than in the general population. CONCLUSION We suggest TP53 mutation testing for all families fulfilling the Chompret criteria. In addition, TP53 mutation testing can be considered in the event of childhood sarcoma and breast cancer before 30 years. In addition to the risk for established LFS tumour types, TP53-positive individuals may also have an elevated risk for pancreatic and colon cancer. 01 juni 2010
Published: 2010
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44. Common genetic variants and modification of penetrance of BRCA2-Associated breast cancer

Author: Mia M Gaudet, Tomas Kirchhoff, Todd Green, Joseph Vijai, Joshua M Korn, Candace Guiducci, Ayellet V Segrè, Kate McGee, Lesley McGuffog, Christiana Kartsonaki, Jonathan Morrison, Sue Healey, Olga M Sinilnikova, Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet, Sylvie Mazoyer, Marion Gauthier-Villars, Hagay Sobol, Michel Longy, Marc Frenay, GEMO Study Collaborators, Frans B L Hogervorst, Matti A Rookus, J Margriet Collée, Nicoline Hoogerbrugge, Kees E P van Roozendaal, HEBON Study Collaborators, Marion Piedmonte, Wendy Rubinstein, Stacy Nerenstone, Linda Van Le, Stephanie V Blank, Trinidad Caldés, Miguel de la Hoya, Heli Nevanlinna, Kristiina Aittomäki, Conxi Lazaro, Ignacio Blanco, Adalgeir Arason, Oskar T Johannsson, Rosa B Barkardottir, Peter Devilee, Olofunmilayo I Olopade, Susan L Neuhausen, Xianshu Wang, Zachary S Fredericksen, Paolo Peterlongo, Siranoush Manoukian, Monica Barile, Alessandra Viel, Paolo Radice, Catherine M Phelan, Steven Narod, Gad Rennert, Flavio Lejbkowicz, Anath Flugelman, Irene L Andrulis, Gord Glendon, Hilmi Ozcelik, OCGN, Amanda E Toland, Marco Montagna, Emma D'Andrea, Eitan Friedman, Yael Laitman, Ake Borg, Mary Beattie, Susan J Ramus, Susan M Domchek, Katherine L Nathanson, Tim Rebbeck, Amanda B Spurdle, Xiaoqing Chen, Helene Holland, kConFab, Esther M John, John L Hopper, Saundra S Buys, Mary B Daly, Melissa C Southey, Mary Beth Terry, Nadine Tung, Thomas V Overeem Hansen, Finn C Nielsen, Mark H Greene, Phuong L Mai, Ana Osorio, Mercedes Durán, Raquel Andres, Javier Benítez, Jeffrey N Weitzel, Judy Garber, Ute Hamann, EMBRACE, Susan Peock, Margaret Cook, Clare Oliver, Debra Frost, Radka Platte, D Gareth Evans, Fiona Lalloo, Ros Eeles, Louise Izatt, Lisa Walker, Jacqueline Eason, Julian Barwell, Andrew K Godwin, Rita K Schmutzler, Barbara Wappenschmidt, Stefanie Engert, Norbert Arnold, Dorothea Gadzicki, Michael Dean, Bert Gold, Robert J Klein, Fergus J Couch, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Douglas F Easton, Mark J Daly, Antonis C Antoniou, David M Altshuler, Kenneth Offit, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Korn, Joshua Marc, Korn, Joshua M., Green, Todd, Guiducci, Candace, Segre, Ayellet V., Daly, Mark J., Altshuler, David, Clinical Genetics, Internal Medicine, Pediatric Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Genome-Scale Biology (GSB) Research Program, Human genetics, EMGO - Quality of care, MUMC+: DA KG Lab Centraal Lab (9), Klinische Genetica, Genetica & Celbiologie, RS: GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, and Universitat de Barcelona
Subjects: Cancer Research, Linkage disequilibrium, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 20, Genome-wide association study, Penetrance, RECURRENT BRCA1, 312 Clinical medicine, QH426-470, PHENOTYPE, Linkage Disequilibrium, 0302 clinical medicine, Breast cancer, Gene Frequency, Risk Factors, BRCA2 MUTATION CARRIERS, POPULATION, Genetics (clinical), Genetics and Genomics/Genetics of Disease, RISK, Genetics, Genetics and Genomics/Medical Genetics, 0303 health sciences, Genetics and Genomics/Functional Genomics, ASSOCIATION, Middle Aged, 3. Good health, DNA-Binding Proteins, Genetics and Genomics/Gene Function, SUSCEPTIBILITY GENES, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Female, Genetics and Genomics/Gene Discovery, Research Article, Adult, Heterozygote, education, BRCA2 MUTATION CARRIERS, SUSCEPTIBILITY GENES, RECURRENT BRCA1, RISK, POPULATION, MODEL, PREDISPOSITION, ASSOCIATION, PHENOTYPE, FREQUENCY, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Breast Neoplasms, Biology, FREQUENCY, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, White People, Càncer de mama, 03 medical and health sciences, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, medicine, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2, Genetics and Genomics/Genomics, Molecular Biology, Allele frequency, Genetics and Genomics/Cancer Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 030304 developmental biology, BRCA2 Protein, brca2 mutation carriers susceptibility genes recurrent brca1 risk population model predisposition association phenotype frequency, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10, Haplotype, Genetics and Genomics, medicine.disease, PREDISPOSITION, MODEL, Minor allele frequency, Haplotypes, Cancer and Oncology, Mutation, Genome-Wide Association Study, Transcription Factors
Abstract: The considerable uncertainty regarding cancer risks associated with inherited mutations of BRCA2 is due to unknown factors.1 To investigate whether common genetic variants modify penetrance for BRCA2 mutation carriers, we undertook a two-staged genome-wide association study in BRCA2 mutation carriers. In stage 1 using the Affymetrix 6.0 platform, 592,163 filtered SNPs genotyped were available on 899 young (, National Breast Cancer Foundation (U.S.), Starr Cancer Consortium, National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (NCI: P20CA103694-3 ), Lymphoma Foundation
Published: 2010
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45. No evidence that GATA3 rs570613 SNP modifies breast cancer risk

Author: Vernon S. Pankratz, Per Hall, Robert F. Tarrell, Daphne Gschwantler-Kaulich, Manjeet K. Humphreys, Fiona Douglas, Olga M. Sinilnikova, Melissa C. Southey, Noralane M. Lindor, Kirsimari Aaltonen, Graham G. Giles, Carol Chu, Marinus J. Blok, Rob B. van der Luijt, Radka Platte, Andrew K. Godwin, Rosalind A. Eeles, Jonathan Beesley, Anneliese Fink-Retter, Claudine Issacs, Jianjun Liu, Heli Nevanlinna, Antonis C. Antoniou, Christina Justenhoven, Zachary S. Fredericksen, Xiaoqing Chen, Sue Healey, Fiona Lalloo, Tuomas Heikkinen, Carl Blomqvist, Sharon E. Johnatty, D. Gareth Evans, Gabriella Pichert, Trevor Cole, Joan Paterson, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Marjolijn J. L. Ligtenberg, Hans J. J. P. Gille, Maaike P.G. Vreeswijk, Katherine L. Nathanson, Hiltrud Brauch, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Margaret Cook, Kristiina Aittomäki, Rosemarie Davidson, Lesley McGuffog, Yon Ko, Amanda B. Spurdle, Maria A. Caligo, Christian F. Singer, Susan M. Domchek, Theo A. M. van Os, Fergus J. Couch, Ute Hamann, Matti A. Rookus, Susan Peock, Christine Fuerhauser, Jackie Cook, Kamila Czene, Caroline Seynaeve, John L. Hopper, Diana Eccles, Shirley Hodgson, Juul T. Wijnen, Douglas F. Easton, Medical Oncology, Neurology, Human genetics, CCA - Oncogenesis, and Human Genetics
Subjects: Cancer Research, Genotype, Genes, BRCA2, Genes, BRCA1, Estrogen receptor, Breast Neoplasms, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, GATA3 Transcription Factor, Biology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Linkage Disequilibrium, Article, Breast cancer, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Translational research [ONCOL 3], Risk Factors, medicine, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Allele, Hereditary cancer and cancer-related syndromes [ONCOL 1], Cancer, medicine.disease, Oncology, Mutation, Cancer research, Female, Breast disease, Mammary gland morphogenesis
Abstract: Contains fulltext : 81267.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) GATA-binding protein 3 (GATA3) is a transcription factor that is crucial to mammary gland morphogenesis and differentiation of progenitor cells, and has been suggested to have a tumor suppressor function. The rs570613 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in intron 4 of GATA3 was previously found to be associated with a reduction in breast cancer risk in the Cancer Genetic Markers of Susceptibility project and in pooled analysis of two case-control studies from Norway and Poland (P (trend) = 0.004), with some evidence for a stronger association with estrogen receptor (ER) negative tumours [Garcia-Closas M et al. (2007) Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:2269-2275]. We genotyped GATA3 rs570613 in 6,388 cases and 4,995 controls from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC) and 5,617 BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers from the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA). We found no association between this SNP and breast cancer risk in BCAC cases overall (OR(per-allele) = 1.00, 95% CI 0.94-1.05), in ER negative BCAC cases (OR(per-allele) = 1.02, 95% CI 0.91-1.13), in BRCA1 mutation carriers RR(per-allele) = 0.99, 95% CI 0.90-1.09) or BRCA2 mutation carriers (RR(per-allele) = 0.93, 95% CI 0.80-1.07). We conclude that there is no evidence that either GATA3 rs570613, or any variant in strong linkage disequilibrium with it, is associated with breast cancer risk in women.
Published: 2009
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46. Prediction of BRCA1-association in hereditary non-BRCA1/2 breast carcinomas with array-CGH

Author: Hugo M. Horlings, Johannes L. Peterse, Priscilla Axwijk, Nicoline Hoogerbrugge, Ivon H. G. Tielen, Senno Verhoef, Simon A. Joosse, Erik H. van Beers, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Petra M. Nederlof, Lodewyk F. A. Wessels, and Marjolijn J L Ligtenberg
Subjects: Oncology, Adult, Cancer Research, medicine.medical_specialty, Pathology, Tumor suppressor gene, Genetics and epigenetic pathways of disease [NCMLS 6], endocrine system diseases, Genetic counseling, Loss of Heterozygosity, Breast Neoplasms, Immunoenzyme Techniques, Molecular epidemiology [NCEBP 1], 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Breast cancer, Predictive Value of Tests, Translational research [ONCOL 3], Internal medicine, Biomarkers, Tumor, Medicine, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, skin and connective tissue diseases, Germ-Line Mutation, 030304 developmental biology, Aged, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Chromosome Aberrations, 0303 health sciences, Comparative Genomic Hybridization, Hereditary cancer and cancer-related syndromes [ONCOL 1], business.industry, BRCA1 Protein, Cancer, DNA, Neoplasm, DNA Methylation, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, 3. Good health, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Female, Breast disease, business, Ovarian cancer, Breast carcinoma, Comparative genomic hybridization
Abstract: Contains fulltext : 80533.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) BACKGROUND: While new defects in BRCA1 are still being found, it is unclear whether current breast cancer diagnostics misses many BRCA1-associated cases. A reliable test that is able to indicate the involvement of BRCA1 deficiency in cancer genesis could support decision making in genetic counselling and clinical management. To find BRCA1-specific markers and explore the effectiveness of the current diagnostic strategy, we designed a classification method, validated it and examined whether we could find BRCA1-like breast tumours in a group of patients initially diagnosed as non-BRCA1/2 mutation carriers. METHODS: A classifier was built based on array-CGH profiles of 18 BRCA1-related and 32 control breast tumours, and validated on independent sets of 16 BRCA1-related and 16 control breast carcinomas. Subsequently, we applied the classifier to 48 breast tumours of patients from Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC) families in whom no germ line BRCA1/BRCA2 mutations were identified. RESULTS: The classifier showed an accuracy of 91% when applied to the validation sets. In 48 non-BRCA1/2 patients, only two breast tumours presented a BRCA1-like CGH profile. Additional evidence for BRCA1 dysfunction was found in one of these tumours. CONCLUSION: We here describe the specific chromosomal aberrations in BRCA1-related breast carcinomas. We developed a predictive genetic test for BRCA1-association and show that BRCA1-related tumours can still be identified in HBOC families after routine DNA diagnostics.
Published: 2009

47. Ataxia-telangiectasia patients presenting with hyper-IgM syndrome

Author: Corry M.R. Weemaes, L. J. van't Veer, Nico M Wulffraat, Isabelle Meyts, Ásgeir Haraldsson, Adilia Warris, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, and JG Noordzij
Subjects: Male, Hyper IgM syndrome, DNA Repair, T-Lymphocytes, Eye disease, Hyper-IgM Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Auto-immunity, transplantation and immunotherapy [N4i 4], Subclass, Ataxia Telangiectasia, Immunopathology, medicine, Humans, Lymphocyte Count, Child, Immunodeficiency, Cerebellar ataxia, Vascular disease, business.industry, Infant, medicine.disease, Child, Preschool, Immunoglobulin G, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Immunology, Ataxia-telangiectasia, Female, medicine.symptom, business
Abstract: Contains fulltext : 80305.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) is characterised by progressive neurological abnormalities, oculocutaneous telangiectasias and immunodeficiency (decreased serum IgG subclass and/or IgA levels and lymphopenia). However, 10% of A-T patients present with decreased serum IgG and IgA with normal or raised IgM levels. As cerebellar ataxia and oculocutaneous telangiectasias are not present at very young age, these patients are often erroneously diagnosed as hyper IgM syndrome (HIGM). Eight patients with A-T, showing serum Ig levels suggestive of HIGM on first presentation, are described. All had decreased numbers of T lymphocytes, unusual in HIGM. The diagnosis A-T was confirmed by raised alpha-fetoprotein levels in all patients. To prevent mistaking A-T patients for HIGM it is proposed to add DNA repair disorders as a possible cause of HIGM.
Published: 2009

48. Distinct patterns of germ-line deletions in MLH1 and MSH2: the implication of Alu repetitive element in the genetic etiology of Lynch syndrome (HNPCC)

Author: Susan McVety, Pierre Hutter, Ping Liang, William D. Foulkes, Philip H. Gordon, Lili Li, George Chong, Desirée du Sart, Rami Younan, and Frans B. L. Hogervorst
Subjects: congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities, DNA Mutational Analysis, Molecular Sequence Data, Biology, MLH1, Homology (biology), Germline, Alu Elements, Genetics, medicine, Humans, neoplasms, Gene, Genetics (clinical), Germ-Line Mutation, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Base Sequence, Genome, Human, Breakpoint, Intron, nutritional and metabolic diseases, Nuclear Proteins, Exons, medicine.disease, Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis, digestive system diseases, Lynch syndrome, Introns, MutS Homolog 2 Protein, MSH2, Carrier Proteins, MutL Protein Homolog 1, Gene Deletion
Abstract: A relatively high frequency of germ-line genomic rearrangements in MLH1 and MSH2 has been reported among Lynch Syndrome (HNPCC) patients from different ethnic populations. To investigate the underlying molecular mechanisms, we characterized the DNA breakpoints of 11 germ-line deletions, six for MLH1 and five for MSH2. Distinct deletion patterns were found for the two genes. The five cases of MSH2 deletions result exclusively from intragenic unequal recombination mediated by repetitive Alu sequences. In contrast, five out of the six MLH1 deletions are due to recombinations involving sequences of no significant homology (P=0.015). A detailed analysis of the DNA breakpoints in the two genes, previously characterized by other groups, validated the observation that Alu-mediated unequal recombination is the main type of deletion in MSH2 (n=34), but not in MLH1 (n=21) (P
Published: 2006

49. MUTYH and the mismatch repair system

Author: Marjolijn J. L. Ligtenberg, Frederik J. Hes, J. Ou, Marjan M. Weiss, Carli M. J. Tops, Sandra G. M. Olthof, Jan H. Kleibeuker, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Geertruida H. de Bock, Charles H.C.M. Buys, Robert M.W. Hofstra, Jan Osinga, Rolf H. Sijmons, Renee C. Niessen, Clinical sciences, Medical Genetics, Science in Healthy Ageing & healthcaRE (SHARE), Damage and Repair in Cancer Development and Cancer Treatment (DARE), Life Course Epidemiology (LCE), and Guided Treatment in Optimal Selected Cancer Patients (GUTS)
Subjects: DNA Repair, DNA Mutational Analysis, Gene mutation, VARIANTS, DNA Mismatch Repair, FAMILIES, DNA Glycosylases, Mutation Carrier, MutS Homolog 2 Protein/analysis, MYH, Missense mutation, Genetics (clinical), Molecular diagnosis, prognosis and monitoring [UMCN 1.2], Genetics, Nuclear Proteins, NONPOLYPOSIS COLORECTAL-CANCER, DNA-Binding Proteins/analysis, DEFECTS, Immunohistochemistry, DNA-Binding Proteins, POLYPOSIS, MutS Homolog 2 Protein, Growth and differentiation [NCMLS 3], BASE-EXCISION-REPAIR, Mutation (genetic algorithm), Female, MutL Protein Homolog 1, Mutation, Missense, Biology, Genomic disorders and inherited multi-system disorders [IGMD 3], Germline mutation, DNA Repair/genetics, MUTYH, Translational research [ONCOL 3], Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis/genetics, Nuclear Proteins/analysis, medicine, Humans, Germ-Line Mutation, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Hereditary cancer and cancer-related syndromes [ONCOL 1], Microsatellite instability, medicine.disease, DNA Glycosylases/genetics, Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis, Endometrial Neoplasms, MSH6, MSH6 MUTATIONS, HOMOLOG, Cancer research, Carrier Proteins/analysis, mutation, Carrier Proteins, Endometrial Neoplasms/genetics
Abstract: Contains fulltext : 50644.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) Biallelic germline mutations of MUTYH-a gene encoding a base excision repair protein-are associated with an increased susceptibility of colorectal cancer. Whether monoallelic MUTYH mutations also increase cancer risk is not yet clear, although there is some evidence suggesting a slight increase of risk. As the MUTYH protein interacts with the mismatch repair (MMR) system, we hypothesised that the combination of a monoallelic MUTYH mutation with an MMR gene mutation increases cancer risk. We therefore investigated the prevalence of monoallelic MUTYH mutations in carriers of a germline MMR mutation: 40 carriers of a truncating mutation (group I) and 36 of a missense mutation (group II). These patients had been diagnosed with either colorectal or endometrial cancer. We compared their MUTYH mutation frequencies with those observed in a group of 134 Dutch colorectal and endometrial cancer patients without an MMR gene mutation (0.7%) and those reported for Caucasian controls (1.5%). In group I one monoallelic MUTYH mutation was found (2.5%). In group II five monoallelic germline MUTYH mutations were found (14%), four of them in MSH6 missense mutation carriers (20%). Of all patients with an MMR gene mutation, only those with a missense mutation showed a significantly higher frequency of (monoallelic) MUTYH mutations than the Dutch cancer patients without MMR gene mutations (P=0.002) and the published controls (P=0.001). These results warrant further study to test the hypothesis of mutations in MMR genes (in particular MSH6) and MUTYH acting together to increase cancer risk.
Published: 2006
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50. Discovering genetic profiles by array-CGH in familial breast tumors

Author: Petra M. Nederlof, Simon A. Joosse, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, L.J. van 't Veer, C. J. Cornelisse, Rogier A. Oldenburg, E. H. van Beers, Senno Verhoef, Peter Devilee, and L. F. A. Wessels
Subjects: 0303 health sciences, business.industry, education, 030302 biochemistry & molecular biology, Bioinformatics, medicine.disease, behavioral disciplines and activities, 03 medical and health sciences, Breast cancer, Surgical oncology, Poster Presentation, behavior and behavior mechanisms, medicine, skin and connective tissue diseases, business, psychological phenomena and processes, 030304 developmental biology
Published: 2005
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