2017
Quantifying the Genetic Correlation between Multiple Cancer Types
Lindström S, GECCO and the GAME-ON Network: CORECT D, Finucane H, Bulik-Sullivan B, Schumacher F, Amos C, Hung R, Rand K, Gruber S, Conti D, Permuth J, Lin H, Goode E, Sellers T, Amundadottir L, Stolzenberg-Solomon R, Klein A, Petersen G, Risch H, Wolpin B, Hsu L, Huyghe J, Chang-Claude J, Chan A, Berndt S, Eeles R, Easton D, Haiman C, Hunter D, Neale B, Price A, Kraft P. Quantifying the Genetic Correlation between Multiple Cancer Types. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2017, 26: 1427-1435. PMID: 28637796, PMCID: PMC5582139, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-17-0211.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsColorectal cancerLung cancerRisk factorsBreast cancerRare high-penetrance mutationsCancer typesBody mass indexSpecific genetic risk factorsGenetic risk factorsHigh-penetrance mutationsMass indexControl subjectsOvarian cancerObservational studyProstate cancerNoncancer diseasesGenome-wide association studiesCancerDistinct cancersPrevious observational studiesAssociation studiesColorectalLungSummary statistics dataModest genetic correlation
2016
Telomere structure and maintenance gene variants and risk of five cancer types
Karami S, Han Y, Pande M, Cheng I, Rudd J, Pierce BL, Nutter EL, Schumacher FR, Kote‐Jarai Z, Lindstrom S, Witte JS, Fang S, Han J, Kraft P, Hunter DJ, Song F, Hung RJ, McKay J, Gruber SB, Chanock SJ, Risch A, Shen H, Haiman CA, Boardman L, Ulrich CM, Casey G, Peters U, Al Olama A, Berchuck A, Berndt SI, Bezieau S, Brennan P, Brenner H, Brinton L, Caporaso N, Chan AT, Chang‐Claude J, Christiani DC, Cunningham JM, Easton D, Eeles RA, Eisen T, Gala M, Gallinger SJ, Gayther SA, Goode EL, Grönberg H, Henderson BE, Houlston R, Joshi AD, Küry S, Landi MT, Le Marchand L, Muir K, Newcomb PA, Permuth‐Wey J, Pharoah P, Phelan C, Potter JD, Ramus SJ, Risch H, Schildkraut J, Slattery ML, Song H, Wentzensen N, White E, Wiklund F, Zanke BW, Sellers TA, Zheng W, Chatterjee N, Amos CI, Doherty JA, on behalf of GECCO and the GAME‐ON Network: CORECT D. Telomere structure and maintenance gene variants and risk of five cancer types. International Journal Of Cancer 2016, 139: 2655-2670. PMID: 27459707, PMCID: PMC5198774, DOI: 10.1002/ijc.30288.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung cancerCancer riskProstate cancerCancer typesLung cancer riskInfluences cancer riskSNP minor allelesIndependent associationCancer casesColorectalMultiple cancersCancerProstateBreastMinor alleleOvarianGene variantsEuropean descentRiskNovel findingsReverse transcriptaseTelomere dysfunctionIndependent SNPsAssociationCap chromosome
2013
Dietary fat intake and risk of pancreatic cancer in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial
Arem H, Mayne ST, Sampson J, Risch H, Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ. Dietary fat intake and risk of pancreatic cancer in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial. Annals Of Epidemiology 2013, 23: 571-575. PMID: 23890797, PMCID: PMC3752990, DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2013.06.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDietary fat intakePancreatic cancer riskOvarian Cancer Screening TrialCancer Screening TrialFat intakeCancer riskInverse associationPancreatic cancerScreening TrialCox proportional hazards regressionTotal fat intakeProportional hazards regressionObserved inverse associationPancreatic cancer casesHazards regressionCancer casesRisk associationUndetected diseasePossible reverse causationDietary changesIntakeReverse causationColorectalFat typeRisk