2016
Association of Common Susceptibility Variants of Pancreatic Cancer in Higher-Risk Patients: A PACGENE Study
Childs EJ, Chaffee KG, Gallinger S, Syngal S, Schwartz AG, Cote ML, Bondy ML, Hruban RH, Chanock SJ, Hoover RN, Fuchs CS, Rider DN, Amundadottir LT, Stolzenberg-Solomon R, Wolpin BM, Risch HA, Goggins MG, Petersen GM, Klein AP. Association of Common Susceptibility Variants of Pancreatic Cancer in Higher-Risk Patients: A PACGENE Study. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2016, 25: 1185-1191. PMID: 27197284, PMCID: PMC5321211, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-15-1217.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-risk populationPancreatic cancerEarly onset pancreatic cancerPancreatic cancer familiesHigh-risk patientsMagnitude of associationHigh-penetrance genesGenetic variantsPancreatic cancer susceptibilityUnselected patientsFamily historyProstate cancerColon cancerCommon genetic variantsCancerCancer familiesLogistic regressionCancer susceptibilityCancer susceptibility lociPatientsCancer lociOvarianCommon variantsBreastRisk
1999
Intron variants of the p53 gene are associated with increased risk for ovarian cancer but not in carriers of BRCA1 or BRCA2 germline mutations
Wang-Gohrke S, Weikel W, Risch H, Vesprini D, Abrahamson J, Lerman C, Godwin A, Moslehi R, Olipade O, Brunet J, Stickeler E, Kieback D, Kreienberg R, Weber B, Narod S, Runnebaum I. Intron variants of the p53 gene are associated with increased risk for ovarian cancer but not in carriers of BRCA1 or BRCA2 germline mutations. British Journal Of Cancer 1999, 81: 179-183. PMID: 10487631, PMCID: PMC2374363, DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690669.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOvarian cancer patientsBRCA2 germline mutationsCancer patientsOvarian cancerP53 geneGermline mutationsCarriers of BRCA1Breast-ovarian cancer familiesRisk-modifying effectBRCA2 mutation carriersBp duplication polymorphismUnaffected female carriersRestriction fragment length polymorphismDeleterious BRCA1Healthy controlsBRCA2 mutationsMutation carriersCancer familiesPatientsFemale carriersGermline DNACancerIntronic polymorphismDuplication polymorphismMspI restriction fragment length polymorphism
1994
Hereditary and familial ovarian cancer in southern ontario
Narod S, Madlensky L, Tonin P, Bradley L, Rosen B, Cole D, Risch H. Hereditary and familial ovarian cancer in southern ontario. Cancer 1994, 74: 2341-2346. PMID: 7922985, DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19941015)74:8<2341::aid-cncr2820740819>3.0.co;2-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOvarian cancerBreast cancerBreast-ovarian cancer syndromeFirst-degree female relativesHereditary breast-ovarian cancerHereditary ovarian cancerPositive family historyCases of cancerPoint nine percentFamilial ovarian cancerBreast-ovarian cancerCommon hereditary formOvarian cancer familiesIncident casesCancer casesFamily historyUnselected casesCancer susceptibility genesHigh riskCancer syndromesHereditary formsCancerTelephone interviewsCancer familiesSimple questionnaire