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1. Expanding Our Understanding of Ovarian Cancer Risk: The Role of Incomplete Pregnancies. [2021]

  • Lee, Alice W, Rosenzweig, Stacey, Wiensch, Ashley, Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group, Ramus, Susan J, Menon, Usha, Gentry-Maharaj, Aleksandra, Ziogas, Argyrios, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Whittemore, Alice S, Sieh, Weiva, Rothstein, Joseph H, McGuire, Valerie, Wentzensen, Nicolas, Bandera, Elisa V, Qin, Bo, Terry, Kathryn L, Cramer, Daniel W, Titus, Linda, Schildkraut, Joellen M, Berchuck, Andrew, Goode, Ellen L, Kjaer, Susanne K, Jensen, Allan, Jordan, Susan J, Ness, Roberta B, Modugno, Francesmary, Moysich, Kirsten, Thompson, Pamela J, Goodman, Marc T, Carney, Michael E, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Rossing, Mary Anne, Harris, Holly R, Doherty, Jennifer Anne, Risch, Harvey A, Khoja, Lilah, Alimujiang, Aliya, Phung, Minh Tung, Brieger, Katharine, Mukherjee, Bhramar, Pharoah, Paul DP, Wu, Anna H, Pike, Malcolm C, Webb, Penelope M, and Pearce, Celeste Leigh
  • Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 113(3)
Subjects
Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group, Humans, Ovarian Neoplasms, Abortion, Spontaneous, Abortion, Induced, Risk, Case-Control Studies, Parity, Pregnancy, United States, Female, United Kingdom, Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial, Clinical Research, Rare Diseases, Ovarian Cancer, Cancer, Prevention, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Oncology & Carcinogenesis, and Oncology and Carcinogenesis
Abstract
BackgroundParity is associated with decreased risk of invasive ovarian cancer; however, the relationship between incomplete pregnancies and invasive ovarian cancer risk is unclear. This relationship was examined using 15 case-control studies from the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium (OCAC). Histotype-specific associations, which have not been examined previously with large sample sizes, were also evaluated.MethodsA pooled analysis of 10 470 invasive epithelial ovarian cancer cases and 16 942 controls was conducted. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the association between incomplete pregnancies and invasive epithelial ovarian cancer were estimated using logistic regression. All models were conditioned on OCAC study, race and ethnicity, age, and education level and adjusted for number of complete pregnancies, oral contraceptive use, and history of breastfeeding. The same approach was used for histotype-specific analyses.ResultsEver having an incomplete pregnancy was associated with a 16% reduction in ovarian cancer risk (OR = 0.84, 95% CI = 0.79 to 0.89). There was a trend of decreasing risk with increasing number of incomplete pregnancies (2-sided Ptrend < .001). An inverse association was observed for all major histotypes; it was strongest for clear cell ovarian cancer.ConclusionsIncomplete pregnancies are associated with a reduced risk of invasive epithelial ovarian cancer. Pregnancy, including incomplete pregnancy, was associated with a greater reduction in risk of clear cell ovarian cancer, but the result was broadly consistent across histotypes. Future work should focus on understanding the mechanisms underlying this reduced risk.

2. Copy Number Variants Are Ovarian Cancer Risk Alleles at Known and Novel Risk Loci [2022]

  • DeVries, Amber A, Dennis, Joe, Tyrer, Jonathan P, Peng, Pei-Chen, Coetzee, Simon G, Reyes, Alberto L, Plummer, Jasmine T, Davis, Brian D, Chen, Stephanie S, Dezem, Felipe Segato, Aben, Katja K H, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia N, Beckmann, Matthias W, Beeghly-Fadiel, Alicia, Berchuck, Andrew, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bogdanova-Markov, Nadja, Brenton, James D, Butzow, Ralf, Campbell, Ian, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Cook, Linda S, DeFazio, Anna, Doherty, Jennifer A, Dörk, Thilo, Eccles, Diana M, Eliassen, A Heather, Fasching, Peter A, Fortner, Renée T, Giles, Graham G, Goode, Ellen L, Goodman, Marc T, Gronwald, Jacek, Håkansson, Niclas, Hildebrandt, Michelle A T, Huff, Chad, Huntsman, David G, Jensen, Allan, Kar, Siddhartha, Karlan, Beth Y, Khusnutdinova, Elza K, Kiemeney, Lambertus A, Kjaer, Susanne K, Kupryjanczyk, Jolanta, Labrie, Marilyne, Lambrechts, Diether, Le, Nhu D, Lubiński, Jan, May, Taymaa, Menon, Usha, Milne, Roger L, Modugno, Francesmary, Monteiro, Alvaro N, Moysich, Kirsten B, Odunsi, Kunle, Olsson, Håkan, Pearce, Celeste L, Pejovic, Tanja, Ramus, Susan J, Riboli, Elio, Riggan, Marjorie J, Romieu, Isabelle, Sandler, Dale P, Schildkraut, Joellen M, Setiawan, V Wendy, Sieh, Weiva, Song, Honglin, Sutphen, Rebecca, Terry, Kathryn L, Thompson, Pamela J, Titus, Linda, Tworoger, Shelley S, Van Nieuwenhuysen, Els, Edwards, Digna Velez, Webb, Penelope M, Wentzensen, Nicolas, Whittemore, Alice S, Wolk, Alicja, Wu, Anna H, Ziogas, Argyrios, Freedman, Matthew L, Lawrenson, Kate, Pharoah, Paul D P, Easton, Douglas F, Gayther, Simon A, and Jones, Michelle R
  • Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 114(11):1533-1544

3. Outdoor ambient air pollution and breast cancer survival among California participants of the Multiethnic Cohort Study [2022]

  • Cheng, Iona, Yang, Juan, Tseng, Chiuchen, Wu, Jun, Conroy, Shannon M., Shariff-Marco, Salma, Lin Gomez, Scarlett, Whittemore, Alice S., Stram, Daniel O., Le Marchand, Loïc, Wilkens, Lynne R., Ritz, Beate, and Wu, Anna H.
  • In Environment International March 2022 161

4. Identification of 31 loci for mammographic density phenotypes and their associations with breast cancer risk. [2020]

  • Sieh, Weiva, Rothstein, Joseph H, Klein, Robert J, Alexeeff, Stacey E, Sakoda, Lori C, Jorgenson, Eric, McBride, Russell B, Graff, Rebecca E, McGuire, Valerie, Achacoso, Ninah, Acton, Luana, Liang, Rhea Y, Lipson, Jafi A, Rubin, Daniel L, Yaffe, Martin J, Easton, Douglas F, Schaefer, Catherine, Risch, Neil, Whittemore, Alice S, and Habel, Laurel A
  • Nature communications. 11(1)
Subjects
Humans, Breast Neoplasms, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Mammography, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Middle Aged, Female, Genome-Wide Association Study, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Breast Density, Human Genome, Breast Cancer, Genetics, Cancer, Prevention, Aging, and 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors
Abstract
Mammographic density (MD) phenotypes are strongly associated with breast cancer risk and highly heritable. In this GWAS meta-analysis of 24,192 women, we identify 31 MD loci at P

5. Clinical and pathological associations of PTEN expression in ovarian cancer: a multicentre study from the Ovarian Tumour Tissue Analysis Consortium. [2020]

  • Martins, Filipe Correia, Couturier, Dominique-Laurent, Paterson, Anna, Karnezis, Anthony N, Chow, Christine, Nazeran, Tayyebeh M, Odunsi, Adekunle, Gentry-Maharaj, Aleksandra, Vrvilo, Aleksandra, Hein, Alexander, Talhouk, Aline, Osorio, Ana, Hartkopf, Andreas D, Brooks-Wilson, Angela, DeFazio, Anna, Fischer, Anna, Hartmann, Arndt, Hernandez, Brenda Y, McCauley, Bryan M, Karpinskyj, Chloe, de Sousa, Christiani B, Høgdall, Claus, Tiezzi, Daniel G, Herpel, Esther, Taran, Florin Andrei, Modugno, Francesmary, Keeney, Gary, Nelson, Gregg, Steed, Helen, Song, Honglin, Luk, Hugh, Benitez, Javier, Alsop, Jennifer, Koziak, Jennifer M, Lester, Jenny, Rothstein, Joseph H, de Andrade, Jurandyr M, Lundvall, Lene, Paz-Ares, Luis, Robles-Díaz, Luis, Wilkens, Lynne R, Garcia, Maria J, Intermaggio, Maria P, Alcaraz, Marie-Lyne, Brett, Mary A, Beckmann, Matthias W, Jimenez-Linan, Mercedes, Anglesio, Michael, Carney, Michael E, Schneider, Michael, Traficante, Nadia, Pejovic, Nadja, Singh, Naveena, Le, Nhu, Sinn, Peter, Ghatage, Prafull, Erber, Ramona, Edwards, Robert, Vierkant, Robert, Ness, Roberta B, Leung, Samuel, Orsulic, Sandra, Brucker, Sara Y, Kaufmann, Scott H, Fereday, Sian, Gayther, Simon, Winham, Stacey J, Kommoss, Stefan, Pejovic, Tanja, Longacre, Teri A, McGuire, Valerie, Rhenius, Valerie, Sieh, Weiva, Shvetsov, Yurii B, Whittemore, Alice S, Staebler, Annette, Karlan, Beth Y, Rodriguez-Antona, Cristina, Bowtell, David D, Goode, Ellen L, Høgdall, Estrid, Candido Dos Reis, Francisco J, Gronwald, Jacek, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Moysich, Kirsten B, Kelemen, Linda E, Cook, Linda S, Goodman, Marc T, Fasching, Peter A, Crawford, Robin, Deen, Suha, Menon, Usha, Huntsman, David G, Köbel, Martin, Ramus, Susan J, Pharoah, Paul DP, and Brenton, James D
  • British journal of cancer. 123(5)
Subjects
Oncology & Carcinogenesis, Oncology and Carcinogenesis, and Public Health and Health Services
Abstract
BackgroundPTEN loss is a putative driver in histotypes of ovarian cancer (high-grade serous (HGSOC), endometrioid (ENOC), clear cell (CCOC), mucinous (MOC), low-grade serous (LGSOC)). We aimed to characterise PTEN expression as a biomarker in epithelial ovarian cancer in a large population-based study.MethodsTumours from 5400 patients from a multicentre observational, prospective cohort study of the Ovarian Tumour Tissue Analysis Consortium were used to evaluate associations between immunohistochemical PTEN patterns and overall survival time, age, stage, grade, residual tumour, CD8+ tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) counts, expression of oestrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and androgen receptor (AR) by means of Cox proportional hazard models and generalised Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel tests.ResultsDownregulation of cytoplasmic PTEN expression was most frequent in ENOC (most frequently in younger patients; p value = 0.0001) and CCOC and was associated with longer overall survival in HGSOC (hazard ratio: 0.78, 95% CI: 0.65-0.94, p value = 0.022). PTEN expression was associated with ER, PR and AR expression (p values: 0.0008, 0.062 and 0.0002, respectively) in HGSOC and with lower CD8 counts in CCOC (p value

6. Common variants at the CHEK2 gene locus and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer [2016]

  • Iversen, Edwin S., Tyrer, Jonathan, Weber, Rachel Palmieri, Concannon, Patrick, Hazelett, Dennis J., Li, Qiyuan, Marks, Jeffrey R., Berchuck, Andrew, Lee, Janet M., Aben, Katja K. H., Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia, Bandera, Elisa V., Bean, Yukie, Beckmann, Matthias W., Bisogna, Maria, Bjorge, Line, Bogdanova, Natalia, Brinton, Louise A., Brooks-Wilson, Angela, Bruinsma, Fiona, Butzow, Ralf, Campbell, Ian G., Carty, Karen, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Chen, Ann, Cook, Linda S., Cramer, Daniel W., Cunningham, Julie M., Cybulski, Cezary, Plisiecka-Halasa, Joanna, Dennis, Joe, Dicks, Ed, Doherty, Jennifer A., Dörk, Thilo, Du Bois, Andreas, Eccles, Diana, Easton, Douglas T., Edwards, Robert P., Eilber, Ursula, Ekici, Arif B., Fasching, Peter A., Fridley, Brooke L., Gao, Yu-Tang, Gentry-Maharaj, Aleksandra, Giles, Graham G., Glasspool, Rosalind, Goode, Ellen L., Goodman, Marc T., Gronwald, Jacek, Harter, Philipp, Hasmad, Hanis Nazihah, Hein, Alexander, Heitz, Florian, Hildebrandt, Michelle A.T., Hillemanns, Peter, Hogdall, Estrid, Hogdall, Claus, Hosono, Satoyo, Jakubowska, Anna, Paul, James, Jensen, Allan, Karlan, Beth Y., Kjaer, Susanne Kruger, Kelemen, Linda E., Kellar, Melissa, Kelley, Joseph L., Kiemeney, Lambertus A., Krakstad, Camilla, Lambrechts, Diether, Lambrechts, Sandrina, Le, Nhu D., Lee, Alice W., Cannioto, Rikki, Leminen, Arto, Lester, Jenny, Levine, Douglas A., Liang, Dong, Lissowska, Jolanta, Lu, Karen, Lubinski, Jan, Lundvall, Lene, Massuger, Leon F.A.G., Matsuo, Keitaro, McGuire, Valerie, McLaughlin, John R., Nevanlinna, Heli, McNeish, Iain, Menon, Usha, Modugno, Francesmary, Moysich, Kirsten B., Narod, Steven A., Nedergaard, Lotte, Ness, Roberta B., Noor Azmi, Mat Adenan, Odunsi, Kunle, Olson, Sara H., Orlow, Irene, Orsulic, Sandra, Pearce, Celeste L., Pejovic, Tanja, Pelttari, Liisa M., Permuth-Wey, Jennifer, Phelan, Catherine M., PIKE, MALCOLM C., Poole, Elizabeth M., Ramus, Susan J., Risch, Harvey A., Rosen, Barry, Rossing, Mary Anne, Rothstein, Joseph H., Rudolph, Anja, Runnebaum, Ingo B., Rzepecka, Iwona K., Salvesen, Helga B., Budzilowska, Agnieszka, Sellers, Thomas A., Shu, Xiao-Ou, Shvetsov, Yurii B., Siddiqui, Nadeem, Sieh, Weiva, Song, Honglin, Southey, Melissa C., Sucheston, Lara, Tangen, Ingvild L., Teo, Soo-Hwang, Terry, Kathryn L., Thompson, Pamela J., Timorek, Agnieszka, Tworoger, Shelley S., Van Nieuwenhuysen, Els, Vergote, Ignace, Vierkant, Robert A., Wang-Gohrke, Shan, Walsh, Christine, Wentzensen, Nicolas, Whittemore, Alice S., Wicklund, Kristine G., Wilkens, Lynne R., Woo, Yin-Ling, Wu, Xifeng, Wu, Anna H., Yang, Hannah, Zheng, Wei, Ziogas, Argyrios, Coetzee, Gerhard A., Freedman, Matthew L., Monteiro, Alvaro N.A., Moes-Sosnowska, Joanna, Kupryjanczyk, Jolanta, Pharoah, Paul D., Gayther, Simon A., Schildkraut, Joellen M., http://data.europeana.eu/agent/base/119062, and Lawrenson, Kate

7. Two-stage Study of Familial Prostate Cancer by Whole-exome Sequencing and Custom Capture Identifies 10 Novel Genes Associated with the Risk of Prostate Cancer [2021]

  • Schaid, Daniel J., McDonnell, Shannon K., FitzGerald, Liesel M., DeRycke, Lissa, Fogarty, Zachary, Giles, Graham G., MacInnis, Robert J., Southey, Melissa C., Nguyen-Dumont, Tu, Cancel-Tassin, Geraldine, Cussenot, Oliver, Whittemore, Alice S., Sieh, Weiva, Ioannidis, Nilah Monnier, Hsieh, Chih-Lin, Stanford, Janet L., Schleutker, Johanna, Cropp, Cheryl D., Carpten, John, Hoegel, Josef, Eeles, Rosalind, Kote-Jarai, Zsofia, Ackerman, Michael J., Klein, Christopher J., Mandal, Diptasri, Cooney, Kathleen A., Bailey-Wilson, Joan E., Helfand, Brian, Catalona, William J., Wiklund, Fredrick, Riska, Shaun, Bahetti, Saurabh, Larson, Melissa C., Cannon Albright, Lisa, Teerlink, Craig, Xu, Jianfeng, Isaacs, William, Ostrander, Elaine A., and Thibodeau, Stephen N.
  • In European Urology March 2021 79(3):353-361

8. Evaluation of vitamin D biosynthesis and pathway target genes reveals UGT2A1/2 and EGFR polymorphisms associated with epithelial ovarian cancer in African American Women. [2019]

  • Grant, Delores J, Manichaikul, Ani, Alberg, Anthony J, Bandera, Elisa V, Barnholtz-Sloan, Jill, Bondy, Melissa, Cote, Michele L, Funkhouser, Ellen, Moorman, Patricia G, Peres, Lauren C, Peters, Edward S, Schwartz, Ann G, Terry, Paul D, Wang, Xin-Qun, Keku, Temitope O, Hoyo, Cathrine, Berchuck, Andrew, Sandler, Dale P, Taylor, Jack A, O'Brien, Katie M, Velez Edwards, Digna R, Edwards, Todd L, Beeghly-Fadiel, Alicia, Wentzensen, Nicolas, Pearce, Celeste Leigh, Wu, Anna H, Whittemore, Alice S, McGuire, Valerie, Sieh, Weiva, Rothstein, Joseph H, Modugno, Francesmary, Ness, Roberta, Moysich, Kirsten, Rossing, Mary Anne, Doherty, Jennifer A, Sellers, Thomas A, Permuth-Way, Jennifer B, Monteiro, Alvaro N, Levine, Douglas A, Setiawan, Veronica Wendy, Haiman, Christopher A, LeMarchand, Loic, Wilkens, Lynne R, Karlan, Beth Y, Menon, Usha, Ramus, Susan, Gayther, Simon, Gentry-Maharaj, Aleksandra, Terry, Kathryn L, Cramer, Daniel W, Goode, Ellen L, Larson, Melissa C, Kaufmann, Scott H, Cannioto, Rikki, Odunsi, Kunle, Etter, John L, Huang, Ruea-Yea, Bernardini, Marcus Q, Tone, Alicia A, May, Taymaa, Goodman, Marc T, Thompson, Pamela J, Carney, Michael E, Tworoger, Shelley S, Poole, Elizabeth M, Lambrechts, Diether, Vergote, Ignace, Vanderstichele, Adriaan, Van Nieuwenhuysen, Els, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Ziogas, Argyrios, Brenton, James D, Bjorge, Line, Salvensen, Helga B, Kiemeney, Lambertus A, Massuger, Leon FAG, Pejovic, Tanja, Bruegl, Amanda, Moffitt, Melissa, Cook, Linda, Le, Nhu D, Brooks-Wilson, Angela, Kelemen, Linda E, Pharoah, Paul DP, Song, Honglin, Campbell, Ian, Eccles, Diana, DeFazio, Anna, Kennedy, Catherine J, and Schildkraut, Joellen M
  • Cancer medicine. 8(5)
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Humans, Ovarian Neoplasms, Glucuronosyltransferase, Vitamin D, Receptors, Calcitriol, Logistic Models, Bayes Theorem, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Middle Aged, African Americans, Female, Genetic Association Studies, Neoplasm Grading, ErbB Receptors, Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial, African ancestry risk, genetic association, ovarian cancer, vitamin D pathway, Ovarian Cancer, Nutrition, Cancer, Rare Diseases, Prevention, Genetics, Clinical Research, Biotechnology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, and Oncology and Carcinogenesis
Abstract
An association between genetic variants in the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene and epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) was previously reported in women of African ancestry (AA). We sought to examine associations between genetic variants in VDR and additional genes from vitamin D biosynthesis and pathway targets (EGFR, UGT1A, UGT2A1/2, UGT2B, CYP3A4/5, CYP2R1, CYP27B1, CYP24A1, CYP11A1, and GC). Genotyping was performed using the custom-designed 533,631 SNP Illumina OncoArray with imputation to the 1,000 Genomes Phase 3 v5 reference set in 755 EOC cases, including 537 high-grade serous (HGSOC), and 1,235 controls. All subjects are of African ancestry (AA). Logistic regression was performed to estimate odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). We further evaluated statistical significance of selected SNPs using the Bayesian False Discovery Probability (BFDP). A significant association with EOC was identified in the UGT2A1/2 region for the SNP rs10017134 (per allele OR = 1.4, 95% CI = 1.2-1.7, P = 1.2 × 10-6 , BFDP = 0.02); and an association with HGSOC was identified in the EGFR region for the SNP rs114972508 (per allele OR = 2.3, 95% CI = 1.6-3.4, P = 1.6 × 10-5 , BFDP = 0.29) and in the UGT2A1/2 region again for rs1017134 (per allele OR = 1.4, 95% CI = 1.2-1.7, P = 2.3 × 10-5 , BFDP = 0.23). Genetic variants in the EGFR and UGT2A1/2 may increase susceptibility of EOC in AA women. Future studies to validate these findings are warranted. Alterations in EGFR and UGT2A1/2 could perturb enzyme efficacy, proliferation in ovaries, impact and mark susceptibility to EOC.

9. Admixture mapping identifies 8q24 as a prostate cancer risk locus in African-American men [2006]

  • Freedman, Matthew L., Haiman, Christopher A., Patterson, Nick, McDonald, Gavin J., Tandon, Arti, Waliszewska, Alicja, Penney, Kathryn, Steen, Robert G., Kristin Ardlie, Kristin, John, Esther M., Oakley-Girvan, Ingrid, Whittemore, Alice S., Cooney, Kathleen A., Ingles, Sue A., Altshuler, David, Henderson, Brian E., and Reich, David
  • Freedman, Matthew L. and Haiman, Christopher A. and Patterson, Nick and McDonald, Gavin J. and Tandon, Arti and Waliszewska, Alicja and Penney, Kathryn and Steen, Robert G. and Kristin Ardlie, Kristin and John, Esther M. and Oakley-Girvan, Ingrid and Whittemore, Alice S. and Cooney, Kathleen A. and Ingles, Sue A. and Altshuler, David and Henderson, Brian E. and Reich, David (2006) Admixture mapping identifies 8q24 as a prostate cancer risk locus in African-American men. PNAS, 103 (38). pp. 14068-14073.

10. Association of p16 expression with prognosis varies across ovarian carcinoma histotypes: an Ovarian Tumor Tissue Analysis consortium study. [2018]

  • Rambau, Peter F, Vierkant, Robert A, Intermaggio, Maria P, Kelemen, Linda E, Goodman, Marc T, Herpel, Esther, Pharoah, Paul D, Kommoss, Stefan, Jimenez-Linan, Mercedes, Karlan, Beth Y, Gentry-Maharaj, Aleksandra, Menon, Usha, Polo, Susanna Hernando, Candido Dos Reis, Francisco J, Doherty, Jennifer Anne, Gayther, Simon A, Sharma, Raghwa, Larson, Melissa C, Harnett, Paul R, Hatfield, Emma, de Andrade, Jurandyr M, Nelson, Gregg S, Steed, Helen, Schildkraut, Joellen M, Carney, Micheal E, Høgdall, Estrid, Whittemore, Alice S, Widschwendter, Martin, Kennedy, Catherine J, Wang, Frances, Wang, Qin, Wang, Chen, Armasu, Sebastian M, Daley, Frances, Coulson, Penny, Jones, Micheal E, Anglesio, Micheal S, Chow, Christine, de Fazio, Anna, García-Closas, Montserrat, Brucker, Sara Y, Cybulski, Cezary, Harris, Holly R, Hartkopf, Andreas D, Huzarski, Tomasz, Jensen, Allan, Lubiński, Jan, Oszurek, Oleg, Benitez, Javier, Mina, Fady, Staebler, Annette, Taran, Florin Andrei, Pasternak, Jana, Talhouk, Aline, Rossing, Mary Anne, Hendley, Joy, AOCS Group, Edwards, Robert P, Fereday, Sian, Modugno, Francesmary, Ness, Roberta B, Sieh, Weiva, El-Bahrawy, Mona A, Winham, Stacey J, Lester, Jenny, Kjaer, Susanne K, Gronwald, Jacek, Sinn, Peter, Fasching, Peter A, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Moysich, Kirsten B, Bowtell, David D, Hernandez, Brenda Y, Luk, Hugh, Behrens, Sabine, Shah, Mitul, Jung, Audrey, Ghatage, Prafull, Alsop, Jennifer, Alsop, Kathryn, García-Donas, Jesús, Thompson, Pamela J, Swerdlow, Anthony J, Karpinskyj, Chloe, Cazorla-Jiménez, Alicia, García, María J, Deen, Susha, Wilkens, Lynne R, Palacios, José, Berchuck, Andrew, Koziak, Jennifer M, Brenton, James D, Cook, Linda S, Goode, Ellen L, Huntsman, David G, Ramus, Susan J, and Köbel, Martin
  • The journal of pathology. Clinical research. 4(4)
Subjects
AOCS Group, Ovary, Humans, Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous, Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous, Ovarian Neoplasms, Prognosis, Immunohistochemistry, Survival Rate, Adult, Aged, Middle Aged, Female, Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16, RT-QPCR, immunocytochemistry, ovary, Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous, Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous, Cancer, Genetics, Ovarian Cancer, Rare Diseases, and 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors
Abstract
We aimed to validate the prognostic association of p16 expression in ovarian high-grade serous carcinomas (HGSC) and to explore it in other ovarian carcinoma histotypes. p16 protein expression was assessed by clinical-grade immunohistochemistry in 6525 ovarian carcinomas including 4334 HGSC using tissue microarrays from 24 studies participating in the Ovarian Tumor Tissue Analysis consortium. p16 expression patterns were interpreted as abnormal (either overexpression referred to as block expression or absence) or normal (heterogeneous). CDKN2A (which encodes p16) mRNA expression was also analyzed in a subset (n = 2280) mostly representing HGSC (n = 2010). Association of p16 expression with overall survival (OS) was determined within histotypes as was CDKN2A expression for HGSC only. p16 block expression was most frequent in HGSC (56%) but neither protein nor mRNA expression was associated with OS. However, relative to heterogeneous expression, block expression was associated with shorter OS in endometriosis-associated carcinomas, clear cell [hazard ratio (HR): 2.02, 95% confidence (CI) 1.47-2.77, p < 0.001] and endometrioid (HR: 1.88, 95% CI 1.30-2.75, p = 0.004), while absence was associated with shorter OS in low-grade serous carcinomas (HR: 2.95, 95% CI 1.61-5.38, p = 0.001). Absence was most frequent in mucinous carcinoma (50%), and was not associated with OS in this histotype. The prognostic value of p16 expression is histotype-specific and pattern dependent. We provide definitive evidence against an association of p16 expression with survival in ovarian HGSC as previously suggested. Block expression of p16 in clear cell and endometrioid carcinoma should be further validated as a prognostic marker, and absence in low-grade serous carcinoma justifies CDK4 inhibition.

11. Adult height is associated with increased risk of ovarian cancer: a Mendelian randomisation study. [2018]

  • Dixon-Suen, Suzanne C, Nagle, Christina M, Thrift, Aaron P, Pharoah, Paul DP, Ewing, Ailith, Pearce, Celeste Leigh, Zheng, Wei, Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Fasching, Peter A, Beckmann, Matthias W, Lambrechts, Diether, Vergote, Ignace, Lambrechts, Sandrina, Van Nieuwenhuysen, Els, Rossing, Mary Anne, Doherty, Jennifer A, Wicklund, Kristine G, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Jung, Audrey Y, Moysich, Kirsten B, Odunsi, Kunle, Goodman, Marc T, Wilkens, Lynne R, Thompson, Pamela J, Shvetsov, Yurii B, Dörk, Thilo, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Hillemanns, Peter, Bogdanova, Natalia, Butzow, Ralf, Nevanlinna, Heli, Pelttari, Liisa M, Leminen, Arto, Modugno, Francesmary, Ness, Roberta B, Edwards, Robert P, Kelley, Joseph L, Heitz, Florian, du Bois, Andreas, Harter, Philipp, Schwaab, Ira, Karlan, Beth Y, Lester, Jenny, Orsulic, Sandra, Rimel, Bobbie J, Kjær, Susanne K, Høgdall, Estrid, Jensen, Allan, Goode, Ellen L, Fridley, Brooke L, Cunningham, Julie M, Winham, Stacey J, Giles, Graham G, Bruinsma, Fiona, Milne, Roger L, Southey, Melissa C, Hildebrandt, Michelle AT, Wu, Xifeng, Lu, Karen H, Liang, Dong, Levine, Douglas A, Bisogna, Maria, Schildkraut, Joellen M, Berchuck, Andrew, Cramer, Daniel W, Terry, Kathryn L, Bandera, Elisa V, Olson, Sara H, Salvesen, Helga B, Thomsen, Liv Cecilie Vestrheim, Kopperud, Reidun K, Bjorge, Line, Kiemeney, Lambertus A, Massuger, Leon FAG, Pejovic, Tanja, Bruegl, Amanda, Cook, Linda S, Le, Nhu D, Swenerton, Kenneth D, Brooks-Wilson, Angela, Kelemen, Linda E, Lubiński, Jan, Huzarski, Tomasz, Gronwald, Jacek, Menkiszak, Janusz, Wentzensen, Nicolas, Brinton, Louise, Yang, Hannah, Lissowska, Jolanta, Høgdall, Claus K, Lundvall, Lene, Song, Honglin, Tyrer, Jonathan P, Campbell, Ian, Eccles, Diana, Paul, James, Glasspool, Rosalind, Siddiqui, Nadeem, and Whittemore, Alice S
  • British journal of cancer. 118(8)
Subjects
Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group, Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium, Humans, Ovarian Neoplasms, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Body Height, Risk Factors, Case-Control Studies, Geography, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Middle Aged, Female, Young Adult, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial, Clinical Research, Rare Diseases, Ovarian Cancer, Genetics, Cancer, Oncology and Carcinogenesis, Public Health and Health Services, and Oncology & Carcinogenesis
Abstract
BackgroundObservational studies suggest greater height is associated with increased ovarian cancer risk, but cannot exclude bias and/or confounding as explanations for this. Mendelian randomisation (MR) can provide evidence which may be less prone to bias.MethodsWe pooled data from 39 Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium studies (16,395 cases; 23,003 controls). We applied two-stage predictor-substitution MR, using a weighted genetic risk score combining 609 single-nucleotide polymorphisms. Study-specific odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the association between genetically predicted height and risk were pooled using random-effects meta-analysis.ResultsGreater genetically predicted height was associated with increased ovarian cancer risk overall (pooled-OR (pOR) = 1.06; 95% CI: 1.01-1.11 per 5 cm increase in height), and separately for invasive (pOR = 1.06; 95% CI: 1.01-1.11) and borderline (pOR = 1.15; 95% CI: 1.02-1.29) tumours.ConclusionsWomen with a genetic propensity to being taller have increased risk of ovarian cancer. This suggests genes influencing height are involved in pathways promoting ovarian carcinogenesis.

12. MyD88 and TLR4 Expression in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer. [2018]

  • Block, Matthew S, Vierkant, Robert A, Rambau, Peter F, Winham, Stacey J, Wagner, Philipp, Traficante, Nadia, Tołoczko, Aleksandra, Tiezzi, Daniel G, Taran, Florin Andrei, Sinn, Peter, Sieh, Weiva, Sharma, Raghwa, Rothstein, Joseph H, Ramón Y Cajal, Teresa, Paz-Ares, Luis, Oszurek, Oleg, Orsulic, Sandra, Ness, Roberta B, Nelson, Gregg, Modugno, Francesmary, Menkiszak, Janusz, McGuire, Valerie, McCauley, Bryan M, Mack, Marie, Lubiński, Jan, Longacre, Teri A, Li, Zheng, Lester, Jenny, Kennedy, Catherine J, Kalli, Kimberly R, Jung, Audrey Y, Johnatty, Sharon E, Jimenez-Linan, Mercedes, Jensen, Allan, Intermaggio, Maria P, Hung, Jillian, Herpel, Esther, Hernandez, Brenda Y, Hartkopf, Andreas D, Harnett, Paul R, Ghatage, Prafull, García-Bueno, José M, Gao, Bo, Fereday, Sian, Eilber, Ursula, Edwards, Robert P, de Sousa, Christiani B, de Andrade, Jurandyr M, Chudecka-Głaz, Anita, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Cazorla, Alicia, Brucker, Sara Y, Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group, Alsop, Jennifer, Whittemore, Alice S, Steed, Helen, Staebler, Annette, Moysich, Kirsten B, Menon, Usha, Koziak, Jennifer M, Kommoss, Stefan, Kjaer, Susanne K, Kelemen, Linda E, Karlan, Beth Y, Huntsman, David G, Høgdall, Estrid, Gronwald, Jacek, Goodman, Marc T, Gilks, Blake, García, María José, Fasching, Peter A, de Fazio, Anna, Deen, Suha, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Candido Dos Reis, Francisco J, Campbell, Ian G, Brenton, James D, Bowtell, David D, Benítez, Javier, Pharoah, Paul DP, Köbel, Martin, Ramus, Susan J, and Goode, Ellen L
  • Mayo Clinic proceedings. 93(3)
Subjects
Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group, Humans, Ovarian Neoplasms, Tissue Array Analysis, Immunohistochemistry, Survival Analysis, Adult, Aged, Middle Aged, Female, Toll-Like Receptor 4, Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88, Biomarkers, Tumor, Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial, Biomarkers, Tumor, Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial, and Medical and Health Sciences
Abstract
ObjectiveTo evaluate myeloid differentiation primary response gene 88 (MyD88) and Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) expression in relation to clinical features of epithelial ovarian cancer, histologic subtypes, and overall survival.Patients and methodsWe conducted centralized immunohistochemical staining, semi-quantitative scoring, and survival analysis in 5263 patients participating in the Ovarian Tumor Tissue Analysis consortium. Patients were diagnosed between January 1, 1978, and December 31, 2014, including 2865 high-grade serous ovarian carcinomas (HGSOCs), with more than 12,000 person-years of follow-up time. Tissue microarrays were stained for MyD88 and TLR4, and staining intensity was classified using a 2-tiered system for each marker (weak vs strong).ResultsExpression of MyD88 and TLR4 was similar in all histotypes except clear cell ovarian cancer, which showed reduced expression compared with other histotypes (P

13. Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Disparities in Retinoblastoma Enucleation: A Population-Based Study, SEER 18 2000-2014 [2019]

  • Rajeshuni, Nitya, Whittemore, Alice S., Ludwig, Cassie A., Mruthyunjaya, Prithvi, and Moshfeghi, Darius M.
  • In American Journal of Ophthalmology November 2019 207:215-223

14. Dose-Response Association of CD8+ Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes and Survival Time in High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer. [2017]

  • Ovarian Tumor Tissue Analysis (OTTA) Consortium, Goode, Ellen L, Block, Matthew S, Kalli, Kimberly R, Vierkant, Robert A, Chen, Wenqian, Fogarty, Zachary C, Gentry-Maharaj, Aleksandra, Tołoczko, Aleksandra, Hein, Alexander, Bouligny, Aliecia L, Jensen, Allan, Osorio, Ana, Hartkopf, Andreas, Ryan, Andy, Chudecka-Głaz, Anita, Magliocco, Anthony M, Hartmann, Arndt, Jung, Audrey Y, Gao, Bo, Hernandez, Brenda Y, Fridley, Brooke L, McCauley, Bryan M, Kennedy, Catherine J, Wang, Chen, Karpinskyj, Chloe, de Sousa, Christiani B, Tiezzi, Daniel G, Wachter, David L, Herpel, Esther, Taran, Florin Andrei, Modugno, Francesmary, Nelson, Gregg, Lubiński, Jan, Menkiszak, Janusz, Alsop, Jennifer, Lester, Jenny, García-Donas, Jesús, Nation, Jill, Hung, Jillian, Palacios, José, Rothstein, Joseph H, Kelley, Joseph L, de Andrade, Jurandyr M, Robles-Díaz, Luis, Intermaggio, Maria P, Widschwendter, Martin, Beckmann, Matthias W, Ruebner, Matthias, Jimenez-Linan, Mercedes, Singh, Naveena, Oszurek, Oleg, Harnett, Paul R, Rambau, Peter F, Sinn, Peter, Wagner, Philipp, Ghatage, Prafull, Sharma, Raghwa, Edwards, Robert P, Ness, Roberta B, Orsulic, Sandra, Brucker, Sara Y, Johnatty, Sharon E, Longacre, Teri A, Ursula, Eilber, McGuire, Valerie, Sieh, Weiva, Natanzon, Yanina, Li, Zheng, Whittemore, Alice S, Anna, deFazio, Staebler, Annette, Karlan, Beth Y, Gilks, Blake, Bowtell, David D, Høgdall, Estrid, Candido dos Reis, Francisco J, Steed, Helen, Campbell, Ian G, Gronwald, Jacek, Benítez, Javier, Koziak, Jennifer M, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Moysich, Kirsten B, Kelemen, Linda E, Cook, Linda S, Goodman, Marc T, García, María José, Fasching, Peter A, Kommoss, Stefan, Deen, Suha, Kjaer, Susanne K, Menon, Usha, Brenton, James D, Pharoah, Paul DP, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Huntsman, David G, Winham, Stacey J, Köbel, Martin, and Ramus, Susan J
  • JAMA oncology. 3(12)
Subjects
Ovarian Tumor Tissue Analysis (OTTA) Consortium, Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating, Humans, Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous, Ovarian Neoplasms, BRCA2 Protein, Treatment Outcome, Survival Analysis, Cohort Studies, Prospective Studies, Mutation, Middle Aged, Female, Neoplasm Grading, CD8 Antigens, Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial, Vaccine Related, Ovarian Cancer, Clinical Research, Cancer, Prevention, Rare Diseases, Oncology and Carcinogenesis, and Public Health and Health Services
Abstract
ImportanceCytotoxic CD8+ tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) participate in immune control of epithelial ovarian cancer; however, little is known about prognostic patterns of CD8+ TILs by histotype and in relation to other clinical factors.ObjectiveTo define the prognostic role of CD8+ TILs in epithelial ovarian cancer.Design, setting, and participantsThis was a multicenter observational, prospective survival cohort study of the Ovarian Tumor Tissue Analysis Consortium. More than 5500 patients, including 3196 with high-grade serous ovarian carcinomas (HGSOCs), were followed prospectively for over 24 650 person-years.ExposuresFollowing immunohistochemical analysis, CD8+ TILs were identified within the epithelial components of tumor islets. Patients were grouped based on the estimated number of CD8+ TILs per high-powered field: negative (none), low (1-2), moderate (3-19), and high (≥20). CD8+ TILs in a subset of patients were also assessed in a quantitative, uncategorized manner, and the functional form of associations with survival was assessed using penalized B-splines.Main outcomes and measuresOverall survival time.ResultsThe final sample included 5577 women; mean age at diagnosis was 58.4 years (median, 58.2 years). Among the 5 major invasive histotypes, HGSOCs showed the most infiltration. CD8+ TILs in HGSOCs were significantly associated with longer overall survival; median survival was 2.8 years for patients with no CD8+ TILs and 3.0 years, 3.8 years, and 5.1 years for patients with low, moderate, or high levels of CD8+ TILs, respectively (P value for trend = 4.2 × 10−16). A survival benefit was also observed among women with endometrioid and mucinous carcinomas, but not for those with the other histotypes. Among HGSOCs, CD8+ TILs were favorable regardless of extent of residual disease following cytoreduction, known standard treatment, and germline BRCA1 pathogenic mutation, but were not prognostic for BRCA2 mutation carriers. Evaluation of uncategorized CD8+ TIL counts showed a near-log-linear functional form.Conclusions and relevanceThis study demonstrates the histotype-specific nature of immune infiltration and provides definitive evidence for a dose-response relationship between CD8+ TILs and HGSOC survival. That the extent of infiltration is prognostic, not merely its presence or absence, suggests that understanding factors that drive infiltration will be the key to unraveling outcome heterogeneity in this cancer.

15. Germline whole exome sequencing and large-scale replication identifies FANCM as a likely high grade serous ovarian cancer susceptibility gene. [2017]

  • Dicks, Ed, Song, Honglin, Ramus, Susan J, Oudenhove, Elke Van, Tyrer, Jonathan P, Intermaggio, Maria P, Kar, Siddhartha, Harrington, Patricia, Bowtell, David D, Group, Aocs Study, Cicek, Mine S, Cunningham, Julie M, Fridley, Brooke L, Alsop, Jennifer, Jimenez-Linan, Mercedes, Piskorz, Anna, Goranova, Teodora, Kent, Emma, Siddiqui, Nadeem, Paul, James, Crawford, Robin, Poblete, Samantha, Lele, Shashi, Sucheston-Campbell, Lara, Moysich, Kirsten B, Sieh, Weiva, McGuire, Valerie, Lester, Jenny, Odunsi, Kunle, Whittemore, Alice S, Bogdanova, Natalia, Dürst, Matthias, Hillemanns, Peter, Karlan, Beth Y, Gentry-Maharaj, Aleksandra, Menon, Usha, Tischkowitz, Marc, Levine, Douglas, Brenton, James D, Dörk, Thilo, Goode, Ellen L, Gayther, Simon A, and Pharoah, DP Paul
  • Oncotarget. 8(31)
Subjects
DNA repair, next generation sequencing, ovarian cancer, susceptibility genes, and Oncology and Carcinogenesis
Abstract
We analyzed whole exome sequencing data in germline DNA from 412 high grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) cases from The Cancer Genome Atlas Project and identified 5,517 genes harboring a predicted deleterious germline coding mutation in at least one HGSOC case. Gene-set enrichment analysis showed enrichment for genes involved in DNA repair (p = 1.8×10-3). Twelve DNA repair genes - APEX1, APLF, ATX, EME1, FANCL, FANCM, MAD2L2, PARP2, PARP3, POLN, RAD54L and SMUG1 - were prioritized for targeted sequencing in up to 3,107 HGSOC cases, 1,491 cases of other epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) subtypes and 3,368 unaffected controls of European origin. We estimated mutation prevalence for each gene and tested for associations with disease risk. Mutations were identified in both cases and controls in all genes except MAD2L2, where we found no evidence of mutations in controls. In FANCM we observed a higher mutation frequency in HGSOC cases compared to controls (29/3,107 cases, 0.96 percent; 13/3,368 controls, 0.38 percent; P=0.008) with little evidence for association with other subtypes (6/1,491, 0.40 percent; P=0.82). The relative risk of HGSOC associated with deleterious FANCM mutations was estimated to be 2.5 (95% CI 1.3 - 5.0; P=0.006). In summary, whole exome sequencing of EOC cases with large-scale replication in case-control studies has identified FANCM as a likely novel susceptibility gene for HGSOC, with mutations associated with a moderate increase in risk. These data may have clinical implications for risk prediction and prevention approaches for high-grade serous ovarian cancer in the future and a significant impact on reducing disease mortality.

16. RE: "RISK PREDICTION FOR EPITHELIAL OVARIAN CANCER IN 11 UNITED STATES-BASED CASE-CONTROL STUDIES: INCORPORATION OF EPIDEMIOLOGIC RISK FACTORS AND 17 CONFIRMED GENETIC LOCI". [2017]

  • Clyde, Merlise A, Weber, Rachel Palmieri, Iversen, Edwin S, Poole, Elizabeth M, Doherty, Jennifer A, Goodman, Marc T, Ness, Roberta B, Risch, Harvey A, Rossing, Mary Anne, Terry, Kathryn L, Wentzensen, Nicolas, Whittemore, Alice S, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Bandera, Elisa V, Berchuck, Andrew, Carney, Michael E, Cramer, Daniel W, Cunningham, Julie M, Cushing-Haugen, Kara L, Edwards, Robert P, Fridley, Brooke L, Goode, Ellen L, Lurie, Galina, McGuire, Valerie, Modugno, Francesmary, Moysich, Kirsten B, Olson, Sara H, Pearce, Celeste Leigh, Pike, Malcolm C, Rothstein, Joseph H, Sellers, Thomas A, Sieh, Weiva, Stram, Daniel, Thompson, Pamela J, Vierkant, RobertA, Wicklund, KristineG, Wu, Anna H, Ziogas, Argyrios, Pharoah, Paul D, Tworoger, Shelley S, Schildkraut, Joellen M, and Consortium, Ovarian Canc Assoc
  • American journal of epidemiology. 186(1)
Subjects
Epidemiology, Medical and Health Sciences, and Mathematical Sciences

17. Pubertal development in girls by breast cancer family history: the LEGACY girls cohort. [2017]

  • Terry, Mary Beth, Keegan, Theresa HM, Houghton, Lauren C, Goldberg, Mandy, Andrulis, Irene L, Daly, Mary B, Buys, Saundra S, Wei, Ying, Whittemore, Alice S, Protacio, Angeline, Bradbury, Angela R, Chung, Wendy K, Knight, Julia A, and John, Esther M
  • Breast cancer research : BCR. 19(1)
Subjects
Humans, Breast Neoplasms, Body Mass Index, Population Surveillance, Incidence, Odds Ratio, Risk, Cohort Studies, Puberty, Menarche, Child, Child, Preschool, Canada, United States, Female, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, BMI, Breast cancer, Breast cancer family history, Pubertal development, Preschool, Oncology & Carcinogenesis, and Oncology and Carcinogenesis
Abstract
BackgroundPubertal milestones, such as onset of breast development and menstruation, play an important role in breast cancer etiology. It is unclear if these milestones are different in girls with a first- or second-degree breast cancer family history (BCFH).MethodsIn the LEGACY Girls Study (n = 1040), we examined whether three mother/guardian-reported pubertal milestones (having reached Tanner Stage 2 or higher (T2+) for breast and pubic hair development, and having started menstruation) differed by BCFH. We also examined whether associations between body size and race/ethnicity and pubertal milestones were modified by BCFH. We used mother/guardian reports as the primary measure of pubertal milestones, but also conducted sensitivity analyses using clinical Tanner measurements available for a subcohort (n = 204). We analyzed cross-sectional baseline data with logistic regression models for the entire cohort, and longitudinal data with Weibull survival models for the subcohort of girls that were aged 5-7 years at baseline (n = 258).ResultsBCFH was modestly, but not statistically significantly, associated with Breast T2+ (odds ratio (OR) = 1.36, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.88-2.10), with a stronger association seen in the subcohort of girls with clinical breast Tanner staging (OR = 2.20, 95% CI = 0.91-5.32). In a longitudinal analysis of girls who were aged 5-7 years at baseline, BCFH was associated with a 50% increased rate of having early breast development (hazard ratio (HR) = 1.49, 95% CI = 1.0-2.21). This association increased to twofold in girls who were not overweight at baseline (HR = 2.04, 95% CI = 1.29-3.21). BCFH was not associated with pubic hair development and post-menarche status. The median interval between onset of breast development and menarche was longer for BCFH+ than BCFH- girls (2.3 versus 1.7 years), suggesting a slower developmental tempo for BCFH+ girls. Associations between pubertal milestones and body size and race/ethnicity were similar in girls with or without a BCFH. For example, weight was positively associated with Breast T2+ in both girls with (OR = 1.06 per 1 kg, 95% CI = 1.03-1.10) and without (OR = 1.14 per 1 kg, 95% CI = 1.04-1.24) a BCFH.ConclusionsThese results suggest that BCFH may be related to earlier breast development and slower pubertal tempo independent of body size and race/ethnicity.

18. Genetic modifiers of CHEK2*1100delC-associated breast cancer risk. [2017]

  • Muranen, Taru A, Greco, Dario, Blomqvist, Carl, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Khan, Sofia, Hogervorst, Frans, Verhoef, Senno, Pharoah, Paul DP, Dunning, Alison M, Shah, Mitul, Luben, Robert, Bojesen, Stig E, Nordestgaard, Børge G, Schoemaker, Minouk, Swerdlow, Anthony, García-Closas, Montserrat, Figueroa, Jonine, Dörk, Thilo, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Hall, Per, Li, Jingmei, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Bermisheva, Marina, Kristensen, Vessela, Borresen-Dale, Anne-Lise, NBCS Investigators, Peto, Julian, Dos Santos Silva, Isabel, Couch, Fergus J, Olson, Janet E, Hillemans, Peter, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Brauch, Hiltrud, Hamann, Ute, Burwinkel, Barbara, Marme, Frederik, Meindl, Alfons, Schmutzler, Rita K, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Sawyer, Elinor J, Tomlinson, Ian, Lambrechts, Diether, Moisse, Matthieu, Lindblom, Annika, Margolin, Sara, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Martens, John WM, Fasching, Peter A, Beckmann, Matthias W, Andrulis, Irene L, Knight, Julia A, kConFab/AOCS Investigators, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Ziogas, Argyrios, Giles, Graham G, Milne, Roger L, Brenner, Hermann, Arndt, Volker, Mannermaa, Arto, Kosma, Veli-Matti, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Rudolph, Anja, Devilee, Peter, Seynaeve, Caroline, Hopper, John L, Southey, Melissa C, John, Esther M, Whittemore, Alice S, Bolla, Manjeet K, Wang, Qin, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Dennis, Joe, Easton, Douglas F, Schmidt, Marjanka K, and Nevanlinna, Heli
  • Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics. 19(5)
Subjects
NBCS Investigators, kConFab/AOCS Investigators, Humans, Breast Neoplasms, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Odds Ratio, Sequence Deletion, Penetrance, Female, Genes, Modifier, Checkpoint Kinase 2, breast cancer, Breast Cancer Association Consortium, CHEK2*1100delC, common variants, polygenic risk score, Cancer, Prevention, Breast Cancer, Aetiology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Genetics, Clinical Sciences, and Genetics & Heredity
Abstract
PurposeCHEK2*1100delC is a founder variant in European populations that confers a two- to threefold increased risk of breast cancer (BC). Epidemiologic and family studies have suggested that the risk associated with CHEK2*1100delC is modified by other genetic factors in a multiplicative fashion. We have investigated this empirically using data from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC).MethodsUsing genotype data from 39,139 (624 1100delC carriers) BC patients and 40,063 (224) healthy controls from 32 BCAC studies, we analyzed the combined risk effects of CHEK2*1100delC and 77 common variants in terms of a polygenic risk score (PRS) and pairwise interaction.ResultsThe PRS conferred odds ratios (OR) of 1.59 (95% CI: 1.21-2.09) per standard deviation for BC for CHEK2*1100delC carriers and 1.58 (1.55-1.62) for noncarriers. No evidence of deviation from the multiplicative model was found. The OR for the highest quintile of the PRS was 2.03 (0.86-4.78) for CHEK2*1100delC carriers, placing them in the high risk category according to UK NICE guidelines. The OR for the lowest quintile was 0.52 (0.16-1.74), indicating a lifetime risk close to the population average.ConclusionOur results confirm the multiplicative nature of risk effects conferred by CHEK2*1100delC and the common susceptibility variants. Furthermore, the PRS could identify carriers at a high lifetime risk for clinical actions.Genet Med advance online publication 06 October 2016.

19. No Evidence That Genetic Variation in the Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cell Pathway Influences Ovarian Cancer Survival. [2017]

  • Sucheston-Campbell, Lara E, Cannioto, Rikki, Clay, Alyssa I, Etter, John Lewis, Eng, Kevin H, Liu, Song, Battaglia, Sebastiano, Hu, Qiang, Szender, J Brian, Minlikeeva, Albina, Joseph, Janine M, Mayor, Paul, Abrams, Scott I, Segal, Brahm H, Wallace, Paul K, Soh, Kah Teong, Zsiros, Emese, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Bandera, Elisa V, Beckmann, Matthias W, Berchuck, Andrew, Bjorge, Line, Bruegl, Amanda, Campbell, Ian G, Campbell, Shawn Patrice, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Cramer, Daniel W, Dansonka-Mieszkowska, Agnieszka, Dao, Fanny, Diergaarde, Brenda, Doerk, Thilo, Doherty, Jennifer A, du Bois, Andreas, Eccles, Diana, Engelholm, Svend Aage, Fasching, Peter A, Gayther, Simon A, Gentry-Maharaj, Aleksandra, Glasspool, Rosalind M, Goodman, Marc T, Gronwald, Jacek, Harter, Philipp, Hein, Alexander, Heitz, Florian, Hillemmanns, Peter, Høgdall, Claus, Høgdall, Estrid VS, Huzarski, Tomasz, Jensen, Allan, Johnatty, Sharon E, Jung, Audrey, Karlan, Beth Y, Klapdor, Reudiger, Kluz, Tomasz, Konopka, Bożena, Kjær, Susanne Krüger, Kupryjanczyk, Jolanta, Lambrechts, Diether, Lester, Jenny, Lubiński, Jan, Levine, Douglas A, Lundvall, Lene, McGuire, Valerie, McNeish, Iain A, Menon, Usha, Modugno, Francesmary, Ness, Roberta B, Orsulic, Sandra, Paul, James, Pearce, Celeste Leigh, Pejovic, Tanja, Pharoah, Paul, Ramus, Susan J, Rothstein, Joseph, Rossing, Mary Anne, Rübner, Matthias, Schildkraut, Joellen M, Schmalfeldt, Barbara, Schwaab, Ira, Siddiqui, Nadeem, Sieh, Weiva, Sobiczewski, Piotr, Song, Honglin, Terry, Kathryn L, Van Nieuwenhuysen, Els, Vanderstichele, Adriaan, Vergote, Ignace, Walsh, Christine S, Webb, Penelope M, Wentzensen, Nicolas, Whittemore, Alice S, Wu, Anna H, Ziogas, Argyrios, Odunsi, Kunle, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Goode, Ellen L, Moysich, Kirsten B, and Australian Ovarian Cancer Study
  • Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology. 26(3)
Subjects
Australian Ovarian Cancer Study, Humans, Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial, Ovarian Neoplasms, Female, Genetic Variation, Genetic Association Studies, Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells, Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial, Ovarian Cancer, Prevention, Rare Diseases, Cancer, Genetics, Clinical Research, Genetic Testing, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, Medical and Health Sciences, and Epidemiology
Abstract
Background: The precise mechanism by which the immune system is adversely affected in cancer patients remains poorly understood, but the accumulation of immunosuppressive/protumorigenic myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) is thought to be a prominent mechanism contributing to immunologic tolerance of malignant cells in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). To this end, we hypothesized genetic variation in MDSC pathway genes would be associated with survival after EOC diagnoses.Methods: We measured the hazard of death due to EOC within 10 years of diagnosis, overall and by invasive subtype, attributable to SNPs in 24 genes relevant in the MDSC pathway in 10,751 women diagnosed with invasive EOC. Versatile Gene-based Association Study and the admixture likelihood method were used to test gene and pathway associations with survival.Results: We did not identify individual SNPs that were significantly associated with survival after correction for multiple testing (P < 3.5 × 10-5), nor did we identify significant associations between the MDSC pathway overall, or the 24 individual genes and EOC survival.Conclusions: In this well-powered analysis, we observed no evidence that inherited variations in MDSC-associated SNPs, individual genes, or the collective genetic pathway contributed to EOC survival outcomes.Impact: Common inherited variation in genes relevant to MDSCs was not associated with survival in women diagnosed with invasive EOC. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 26(3); 420-4. ©2016 AACR.

20. Functional mechanisms underlying pleiotropic risk alleles at the 19p13.1 breast-ovarian cancer susceptibility locus [2016]

  • Lawrenson, Kate, Kar, Siddhartha, McCue, Karen, Kuchenbaeker, Karoline, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Tyrer, Jonathan, Beesley, Jonathan, Ramus, Susan J., Li, Qiyuan, Delgado, Melissa K., Lee, Janet M., Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrulis, Irene L., Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Arun, Banu K., Arver, Brita, Bandera, Elisa V., Barile, Monica, Barkardottir, Rosa B., Barrowdale, Daniel, Beckmann, Matthias W., Benitez, Javier, Berchuck, Andrew, Bisogna, Maria, Bjorge, Line, Blomqvist, Carl, Blot, William, Bogdanova, Natalia, Bojesen, Anders, Bojesen, Stig E., Bolla, Manjeet K., Bonanni, Bernardo, Børresen-Dale, Anne Lise, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brennan, Paul, Brenner, Hermann, Bruinsma, Fiona, Brunet, Joan, Buhari, Shaik Ahmad, Burwinkel, Barbara, Butzow, Ralf, Buys, Saundra S., Cai, Qiuyin, Caldes, Trinidad, Campbell, Ian, Canniotto, Rikki, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chiquette, Jocelyne, Choi, Ji Yeob, Claes, Kathleen B M, Cook, Linda S., Cox, Angela, Cramer, Daniel W., Cross, Simon S., Cybulski, Cezary, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B., Damiola, Francesca, Dansonka-Mieszkowska, Agnieszka, Darabi, Hatef, Dennis, Joe, Devilee, Peter, Diez, Orland, Doherty, Jennifer A., Domchek, Susan M., Dorfling, Cecilia M., Dörk, Thilo, Dumont, Martine, Ehrencrona, Hans, Ejlertsen, Bent, Ellis, Steve, Engel, Christoph, Lee, Eunjung, Evans, D. Gareth, Fasching, Peter A., Feliubadalo, Lidia, Figueroa, Jonine, Flesch-Janys, Dieter, Fletcher, Olivia, Flyger, Henrik, Foretova, Lenka, Fostira, Florentia, Foulkes, William D., Fridley, Brooke L., Friedman, Eitan, Frost, Debra, Gambino, Gaetana, Ganz, Patricia A., Garber, Judy, García-Closas, Montserrat, Gentry-Maharaj, Aleksandra, Ghoussaini, Maya, Giles, Graham G., Glasspool, Rosalind, Godwin, Andrew K., Goldberg, Mark S., Goldgar, David E., González-Neira, Anna, Goode, Ellen L., Goodman, Marc T., Greene, Mark H., Gronwald, Jacek, Guénel, Pascal, Haiman, Christopher A., Hall, Per, Hallberg, Emily, Hamann, Ute, Hansen, Thomas V O, Harrington, Patricia A., Hartman, Mikael, Hassan, Norhashimah, Healey, Sue, Heitz, Florian, Herzog, Josef, Høgdall, Estrid, Høgdall, Claus K., Hogervorst, Frans B L, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hopper, John L., Hulick, Peter J., Huzarski, Tomasz, Imyanitov, Evgeny N., Isaacs, Claudine, Ito, Hidemi, Jakubowska, Anna, Janavicius, Ramunas, Jensen, Allan, John, 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  • Nature Communications BioCARE: Biomarkers in Cancer Medicine improving Health Care, Education and Innovation. 7
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Medicin och hälsovetenskap, Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper, Medicinsk genetik, Medical and Health Sciences, Basic Medicine, Medical Genetics, Klinisk medicin, Cancer och onkologi, Clinical Medicine, and Cancer and Oncology
Abstract
A locus at 19p13 is associated with breast cancer (BC) and ovarian cancer (OC) risk. Here we analyse 438 SNPs in this region in 46,451 BC and 15,438 OC cases, 15,252 BRCA1 mutation carriers and 73,444 controls and identify 13 candidate causal SNPs associated with serous OC (P=9.2 × 10-20), ER-negative BC (P=1.1 × 10-13), BRCA1-associated BC (P=7.7 × 10-16) and triple negative BC (P-diff=2 × 10-5). Genotype-gene expression associations are identified for candidate target genes ANKLE1 (P=2 × 10-3) and ABHD8 (P<2 × 10-3). Chromosome conformation capture identifies interactions between four candidate SNPs and ABHD8, and luciferase assays indicate six risk alleles increased transactivation of the ADHD8 promoter. Targeted deletion of a region containing risk SNP rs56069439 in a putative enhancer induces ANKLE1 downregulation; and mRNA stability assays indicate functional effects for an ANKLE1 3′-UTR SNP. Altogether, these data suggest that multiple SNPs at 19p13 regulate ABHD8 and perhaps ANKLE1 expression, and indicate common mechanisms underlying breast and ovarian cancer risk.

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