2020
Estimation of the carrier frequency of fumarate hydratase alterations and implications for kidney cancer risk in hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cancer
Shuch B, Li S, Risch H, Bindra RS, McGillivray PD, Gerstein M. Estimation of the carrier frequency of fumarate hydratase alterations and implications for kidney cancer risk in hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cancer. Cancer 2020, 126: 3657-3666. PMID: 32413184, PMCID: PMC10316675, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.32914.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFumarate hydrataseExome Aggregation ConsortiumAllele frequenciesFH geneGenome ProjectDifferent world populationsFH alterationsHereditary leiomyomatosisKidney cancer riskCancer penetranceMissense alterationsGenesOverall allele frequencyRare variantsLow penetranceRenal cancerExACKidney cancerCancer riskPenetranceGermline mutationsLethal formWorld populationCancer syndromesAlterations
2016
Meta-dimensional data integration identifies critical pathways for susceptibility, tumorigenesis and progression of endometrial cancer
Wei R, De Vivo I, Huang S, Zhu X, Risch H, Moore JH, Yu H, Garmire LX. Meta-dimensional data integration identifies critical pathways for susceptibility, tumorigenesis and progression of endometrial cancer. Oncotarget 2016, 7: 55249-55263. PMID: 27409342, PMCID: PMC5342415, DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.10509.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndometrial cancerEC riskSusceptible pathwaysCancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) samplesProgression of ECEndometrial Cancer StudyCommon female cancerGenome-wide association studiesEC cohortFemale cancersCell cycle pathwayCancerP53 signalingCommon pathwayGenetic polymorphismsCancer studiesSurvival dataProgressionCritical pathwaysGenetic information processing pathwaysMulti-omics analysisTumorigenesisCycle pathwayMetabolism pathwaysRisk
2014
Exome-Wide Association Study of Endometrial Cancer in a Multiethnic Population
Chen MM, Crous-Bou M, Setiawan VW, Prescott J, Olson SH, Wentzensen N, Black A, Brinton L, Chen C, Chen C, Cook LS, Doherty J, Friedenreich CM, Hankinson SE, Hartge P, Henderson BE, Hunter DJ, Le Marchand L, Liang X, Lissowska J, Lu L, Orlow I, Petruzella S, Polidoro S, Pooler L, Rebbeck TR, Risch H, Sacerdote C, Schumacher F, Sheng X, Shu XO, Weiss NS, Xia L, Van Den Berg D, Yang HP, Yu H, Chanock S, Haiman C, Kraft P, De Vivo I. Exome-Wide Association Study of Endometrial Cancer in a Multiethnic Population. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e97045. PMID: 24810602, PMCID: PMC4014590, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesExome-wide association studyAssociation studiesPrevious genome-wide association studyRare genetic variantsRare variantsHumanExome BeadChipGenetic variantsCommon variantsEndometrial cancerEC riskGenetic factorsEC pathogenesisGlobal significanceVariantsMultiethnic populationRisk of ECBeadChipEndometrial Cancer ConsortiumLociLarge effectCancer morbidityRisk factors