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Evaluation of a candidate breast cancer associated SNP in ERCC4 as a risk modifier in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Results from the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/BRCA2 (CIMBA)

A Osorio, R L Milne, G Pita, P Peterlongo, T Heikkinen, J Simard, G Chenevix-Trench, A B Spurdle, J Beesley, X Chen, S Healey, S L Neuhausen, Y C Ding, F J Couch, X Wang, N Lindor, S Manoukian, M Barile, A Viel, L TizzoniC I Szabo, L Foretova, M Zikan, K Claes, M H Greene, P Mai, G Rennert, F Lejbkowicz, O Barnett-Griness, I L Andrulis, H Ozcelik, N Weerasooriya, A-M Gerdes, M Thomassen, D G Cruger, M A Caligo, E Friedman, B Kaufman, Y Laitman, S Cohen, T Kontorovich, R Gershoni-Baruch, E Dagan, H Jernström, M S Askmalm, B Arver, B Malmer, S M Domchek, K L Nathanson, Thomas V O Hansen, kConFab

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: In this study we aimed to evaluate the role of a SNP in intron 1 of the ERCC4 gene (rs744154), previously reported to be associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer in the general population, as a breast cancer risk modifier in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.

METHODS: We have genotyped rs744154 in 9408 BRCA1 and 5632 BRCA2 mutation carriers from the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA) and assessed its association with breast cancer risk using a retrospective weighted cohort approach.

RESULTS: We found no evidence of association with breast cancer risk for BRCA1 (per-allele HR: 0.98, 95% CI: 0.93-1.04, P = 0.5) or BRCA2 (per-allele HR: 0.97, 95% CI: 0.89-1.06, P = 0.5) mutation carriers.

CONCLUSION: This SNP is not a significant modifier of breast cancer risk for mutation carriers, though weak associations cannot be ruled out.

Original languageEnglish
JournalBritish Journal of Cancer
Volume101
Issue number12
Pages (from-to)2048-54
Number of pages7
ISSN0007-0920
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Dec 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cohort Studies
  • DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
  • Female
  • Genes, BRCA1
  • Genes, BRCA2
  • Heterozygote
  • Humans
  • Mutation
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Retrospective Studies

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