2016
Cross-Cancer Genome-Wide Analysis of Lung, Ovary, Breast, Prostate, and Colorectal Cancer Reveals Novel Pleiotropic Associations
Fehringer G, Kraft P, Pharoah PD, Eeles RA, Chatterjee N, Schumacher FR, Schildkraut JM, Lindström S, Brennan P, Bickeböller H, Houlston RS, Landi MT, Caporaso N, Risch A, Amin Al Olama A, Berndt SI, Giovannucci EL, Grönberg H, Kote-Jarai Z, Ma J, Muir K, Stampfer MJ, Stevens VL, Wiklund F, Willett WC, Goode EL, Permuth JB, Risch HA, Reid BM, Bezieau S, Brenner H, Chan AT, Chang-Claude J, Hudson TJ, Kocarnik JK, Newcomb PA, Schoen RE, Slattery ML, White E, Adank MA, Ahsan H, Aittomäki K, Baglietto L, Blomquist C, Canzian F, Czene K, Dos-Santos-Silva I, Eliassen AH, Figueroa JD, Flesch-Janys D, Fletcher O, Garcia-Closas M, Gaudet MM, Johnson N, Hall P, Hazra A, Hein R, Hofman A, Hopper JL, Irwanto A, Johansson M, Kaaks R, Kibriya MG, Lichtner P, Liu J, Lund E, Makalic E, Meindl A, Müller-Myhsok B, Muranen TA, Nevanlinna H, Peeters PH, Peto J, Prentice RL, Rahman N, Sanchez MJ, Schmidt DF, Schmutzler RK, Southey MC, Tamimi R, Travis RC, Turnbull C, Uitterlinden AG, Wang Z, Whittemore AS, Yang XR, Zheng W, Buchanan DD, Casey G, Conti DV, Edlund CK, Gallinger S, Haile RW, Jenkins M, Le Marchand L, Li L, Lindor NM, Schmit SL, Thibodeau SN, Woods MO, Rafnar T, Gudmundsson J, Stacey SN, Stefansson K, Sulem P, Chen YA, Tyrer JP, Christiani DC, Wei Y, Shen H, Hu Z, Shu XO, Shiraishi K, Takahashi A, Bossé Y, Obeidat M, Nickle D, Timens W, Freedman ML, Li Q, Seminara D, Chanock SJ, Gong J, Peters U, Gruber SB, Amos CI, Sellers TA, Easton DF, Hunter DJ, Haiman CA, Henderson BE, Hung RJ. Cross-Cancer Genome-Wide Analysis of Lung, Ovary, Breast, Prostate, and Colorectal Cancer Reveals Novel Pleiotropic Associations. Cancer Research 2016, 76: 5103-5114. PMID: 27197191, PMCID: PMC5010493, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-15-2980.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProstate cancerLung squamous cell carcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaSerous ovarian cancerCell carcinomaColorectal cancerOvarian cancerLung adenocarcinomaMultiple cancersLarger studyCancerCancer developmentCDKN2B-AS1LungIndependent association studiesCommon pathwayAssociation studiesCancer lociBRCA2 locusBreastGenetic variantsAssociationPleiotropic associationsCommon mechanismCancer-associated loci
2015
Occupational exposure to N-nitrosamines and pesticides and risk of pancreatic cancer
Fritschi L, Benke G, Risch HA, Schulte A, Webb PM, Whiteman DC, Fawcett J, Neale RE. Occupational exposure to N-nitrosamines and pesticides and risk of pancreatic cancer. Occupational And Environmental Medicine 2015, 72: 678. PMID: 25780030, DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2014-102522.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCase-control studyOccupational exposurePancreatic cancerPopulation-based case-control studyLarge case-control studyLifetime job historiesPancreatic cancer developmentCigarette smokingLifestyle factorsFrequency of exposureLikelihood of exposureAnimal evidenceIncrease riskPancreatic carcinogenCancer developmentN-nitrosaminesOccupational hygienistsCancerSuch exposureJob historyRiskExposureAssociationSmokingSpecific questions
2014
Telomere Length and Mortality Following a Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer
Kotsopoulos J, Prescott J, De Vivo I, Fan I, Mclaughlin J, Rosen B, Risch H, Sun P, Narod SA. Telomere Length and Mortality Following a Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2014, 23: 2603-2606. PMID: 25159293, PMCID: PMC4221534, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-14-0885.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength z-scoreOvarian cancerZ-scoreTelomere lengthOvarian cancer-specific mortalityLarge population-based studyCancer-specific mortalityIncident ovarian cancerPopulation-based studyConfidence intervalsProportional hazards modelComputerized record linkagePeripheral blood leukocytesRelative telomere lengthNonserous tumorsChart reviewPrognostic roleVital statusPrognostic significanceLowest quartileBlood leukocytesHazards modelCancerCancer developmentQuartile