2016
Frequency of germline PALB2 mutations among women with epithelial ovarian cancer
Kotsopoulos J, Sopik V, Rosen B, Fan I, McLaughlin JR, Risch H, Sun P, Narod SA, Akbari MR. Frequency of germline PALB2 mutations among women with epithelial ovarian cancer. Familial Cancer 2016, 16: 29-34. PMID: 27631815, DOI: 10.1007/s10689-016-9919-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGermline PALB2 mutationsPALB2 mutationsOvarian cancerEpithelial ovarian cancer patientsYear of diagnosisEpithelial ovarian cancerOvarian cancer patientsOvarian cancer riskMean ageCancer patientsControl subjectsNational HeartMedical recordsClinical recommendationsSurvival statusCancer riskClinical informationUnselected populationClinical relevanceBRCA2 genesGermline mutationsCancerFurther studiesPatientsPrevalenceAssociation 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
2015
Network-Based Integration of GWAS and Gene Expression Identifies a HOX-Centric Network Associated with Serous Ovarian Cancer Risk
Kar SP, Tyrer JP, Li Q, Lawrenson K, Aben KK, Anton-Culver H, Antonenkova N, Chenevix-Trench G, Study O, Group A, Baker H, Bandera EV, Bean YT, Beckmann MW, Berchuck A, Bisogna M, Bjørge L, Bogdanova N, Brinton L, Brooks-Wilson A, Butzow R, Campbell I, Carty K, Chang-Claude J, Chen YA, Chen Z, Cook LS, Cramer D, Cunningham JM, Cybulski C, Dansonka-Mieszkowska A, Dennis J, Dicks E, Doherty JA, Dörk T, du Bois A, Dürst M, Eccles D, Easton DF, Edwards RP, Ekici AB, Fasching PA, Fridley BL, Gao YT, Gentry-Maharaj A, Giles GG, Glasspool R, Goode EL, Goodman MT, Grownwald J, Harrington P, Harter P, Hein A, Heitz F, Hildebrandt MA, Hillemanns P, Hogdall E, Hogdall CK, Hosono S, Iversen ES, Jakubowska A, Paul J, Jensen A, Ji BT, Karlan BY, Kjaer SK, Kelemen LE, Kellar M, Kelley J, Kiemeney LA, Krakstad C, Kupryjanczyk J, Lambrechts D, Lambrechts S, Le ND, Lee AW, Lele S, Leminen A, Lester J, Levine DA, Liang D, Lissowska J, Lu K, Lubinski J, Lundvall L, Massuger L, Matsuo K, McGuire V, McLaughlin JR, McNeish IA, Menon U, Modugno F, Moysich KB, Narod SA, Nedergaard L, Ness RB, Nevanlinna H, Odunsi K, Olson SH, Orlow I, Orsulic S, Weber RP, Pearce CL, Pejovic T, Pelttari LM, Permuth-Wey J, Phelan CM, Pike MC, Poole EM, Ramus SJ, Risch HA, Rosen B, Rossing MA, Rothstein JH, Rudolph A, Runnebaum IB, Rzepecka IK, Salvesen HB, Schildkraut JM, Schwaab I, Shu XO, Shvetsov YB, Siddiqui N, Sieh W, Song H, Southey MC, Sucheston-Campbell LE, Tangen IL, Teo SH, Terry KL, Thompson PJ, Timorek A, Tsai YY, Tworoger SS, van Altena AM, Van Nieuwenhuysen E, Vergote I, Vierkant RA, Wang-Gohrke S, Walsh C, Wentzensen N, Whittemore AS, Wicklund KG, Wilkens LR, Woo YL, Wu X, Wu A, Yang H, Zheng W, Ziogas A, Sellers TA, Monteiro AN, Freedman ML, Gayther SA, Pharoah PD. Network-Based Integration of GWAS and Gene Expression Identifies a HOX-Centric Network Associated with Serous Ovarian Cancer Risk. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2015, 24: 1574-1584. PMID: 26209509, PMCID: PMC4592449, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-14-1270.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesTF genesGenome-wide significant risk lociAssociation studiesTranscription factor genesNetwork of genesPutative target genesSignificant risk lociGene-level testsIndependent association studiesContext-specific datasetsSerous ovarian cancer riskCancer Genome AtlasLocus functionsTarget genesFactor genesEnrichment analysisRisk lociGene expressionTop signalsGenesMicroarray datasetsNetworks AssociatedEOC tumorsGenome Atlas
2012
Frequency of mutations in mismatch repair genes in a population-based study of women with ovarian cancer
Pal T, Akbari MR, Sun P, Lee JH, Fulp J, Thompson Z, Coppola D, Nicosia S, Sellers TA, McLaughlin J, Risch HA, Rosen B, Shaw P, Schildkraut J, Narod SA. Frequency of mutations in mismatch repair genes in a population-based study of women with ovarian cancer. British Journal Of Cancer 2012, 107: 1783-1790. PMID: 23047549, PMCID: PMC3493867, DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.452.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingCarcinoma, Ovarian EpithelialColorectal NeoplasmsColorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary NonpolyposisDNA Mismatch RepairDNA-Binding ProteinsFemaleHumansMiddle AgedMutationMutL Protein Homolog 1MutS Homolog 2 ProteinNeoplasms, Glandular and EpithelialNuclear ProteinsOvarian NeoplasmsConceptsHereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancerPopulation-based studyEpithelial ovarian cancerOvarian cancerNon-polyposis colorectal cancerNon-serous histologyPathogenic mutation carriersMismatch repair gene mutationsGene mutationsOvarian cancer patientsHNPCC genesPopulation-based sampleRepair gene mutationsMismatch repair genesFamily history informationPathogenic missense variantsColorectal cancerMean ageCancer patientsMSH6 mutationsTreatment decisionsMutation carriersFrequency of mutationsPathogenic variantsCancer
2008
Ovarian cancer risk is associated with a common variant in the promoter sequence of the mismatch repair gene MLH1
Harley I, Rosen B, Risch HA, Siminovitch K, Beiner ME, McLaughlin J, Sun P, Narod SA. Ovarian cancer risk is associated with a common variant in the promoter sequence of the mismatch repair gene MLH1. Gynecologic Oncology 2008, 109: 384-387. PMID: 18405947, PMCID: PMC3060029, DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2007.11.046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHereditary non-polyposis colon cancer syndromeInvasive ovarian cancerOvarian cancerMLH1 genePolymorphic variantsOvarian cancer riskColon cancer syndromesMismatch repair genes MLH1Endometrial cancerClear cellsCancer riskCardinal featuresCancer syndromesCancerGenes MLH1Proportion of familiesSignificant riskSyndromeColonCommon variantsRiskEthnic groupsPredisposesHistologyVariants