Genome-wide association study identifies a common variant in RAD51B associated with male breast cancer risk

Nick Orr, Alina Lemnrau, Rosie Cooke, Olivia Fletcher, Katarzyna Tomczyk, Michael Jones, Nichola Johnson, Christopher J Lord, Costas Mitsopoulos, Marketa Zvelebil, Simon S McDade, Gemma Buck, Christine Blancher, Alison H Trainer, Paul A James, Stig E Bojesen, Susanne Bokmand, Heli Nevanlinna, Johanna Mattson, Eitan FriedmanYael Laitman, Domenico Palli, Giovanna Masala, Ines Zanna, Laura Ottini, Giuseppe Giannini, Antoinette Hollestelle, Ans M W van den Ouweland, Srdjan Novaković, Mateja Krajc, Manuela Gago-Dominguez, Jose Esteban Castelao, Håkan Olsson, Ingrid Hedenfalk, Douglas F Easton, Paul D P Pharoah, Alison M Dunning, D Timothy Bishop, Susan L Neuhausen, Linda Steele, Richard S Houlston, Montserrat Garcia-Closas, Alan Ashworth, Anthony J Swerdlow, KConFab Consortium

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Abstrakt

We conducted a genome-wide association study of male breast cancer comprising 823 cases and 2,795 controls of European ancestry, with validation in independent sample sets totaling 438 cases and 474 controls. A SNP in RAD51B at 14q24.1 was significantly associated with male breast cancer risk (P = 3.02 × 10(-13); odds ratio (OR) = 1.57). We also refine association at 16q12.1 to a SNP within TOX3 (P = 3.87 × 10(-15); OR = 1.50).
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftNature Genetics
Vol/bind44
Udgave nummer11
Sider (fra-til)1182-4
Antal sider3
ISSN1061-4036
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2012

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