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Double heterozygosity for disease-causing BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations is a very rare condition in most populations. Here we describe genetic and clinical data of eight female double heterozygotes (DH) for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations found in a cohort of 8162 German breast/ovarian cancer families and compare it with the data of their single heterozygous relatives and of the index patients of the German Consortium for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer. Furthermore, we analyze the phenotypic features of these patients with respect to age at onset of first cancer, first breast/ovarian cancer and the number of disease manifestations and compare them to that of published Caucasian female DHs and their single heterozygous female relatives. German DHs were not significantly younger at diagnosis of first breast cancer than the single heterozygous index patients of the German Consortium. However, if the data of our study were pooled with that of the literature, DHs were substantially younger at onset of first cancer (mean age 40.4 years, 95 % CI = 36.6-44.1) than their single heterozygous female relatives (mean age 51.9 years, 95 % CI = 46.8-57.0). The two groups also differed concerning the onset of first breast cancer (mean age 40.6 years, 95 % CI = 36.6-44.5 vs. 52.6, 95 % CI = 47.5-57.6). In addition, DHs had a more severe disease than their female relatives carrying a single BRCA mutation (1.4 vs. 0.6 manifestations per person). In contrast to Ashkenazi Jewish females, Caucasian DH females might develop breast cancer at an earlier age and have a more severe disease than single heterozygous BRCA mutation carriers. Therefore, DHs may benefit from more intensive surveillance programs/follow-up care and prophylactic surgery.

Authors: Simone Heidemann, Christine Fischer, Christoph Engel, Barbara Fischer, Lana Harder, Brigitte Schlegelberger, Dieter Niederacher, Timm O. Goecke, Sandra C. Doelken, Nicola Dikow, Walter Jonat, Susanne Morlot, Rita C. Schmutzler, Norbert K. Arnold

Date Published: 1st Aug 2012

Publication Type: Journal article

Human Diseases: hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome

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Germline mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 are associated with increased risks of breast and ovarian cancer. A genome-wide association study (GWAS) identified six alleles associated with risk of ovarian cancer for women in the general population. We evaluated four of these loci as potential modifiers of ovarian cancer risk for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Four single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), rs10088218 (at 8q24), rs2665390 (at 3q25), rs717852 (at 2q31), and rs9303542 (at 17q21), were genotyped in 12,599 BRCA1 and 7,132 BRCA2 carriers, including 2,678 ovarian cancer cases. Associations were evaluated within a retrospective cohort approach. All four loci were associated with ovarian cancer risk in BRCA2 carriers; rs10088218 per-allele hazard ratio (HR) = 0.81 (95% CI: 0.67-0.98) P-trend = 0.033, rs2665390 HR = 1.48 (95% CI: 1.21-1.83) P-trend = 1.8 \times 10(-4), rs717852 HR = 1.25 (95% CI: 1.10-1.42) P-trend = 6.6 \times 10(-4), rs9303542 HR = 1.16 (95% CI: 1.02-1.33) P-trend = 0.026. Two loci were associated with ovarian cancer risk in BRCA1 carriers; rs10088218 per-allele HR = 0.89 (95% CI: 0.81-0.99) P-trend = 0.029, rs2665390 HR = 1.25 (95% CI: 1.10-1.42) P-trend = 6.1 \times 10(-4). The HR estimates for the remaining loci were consistent with odds ratio estimates for the general population. The identification of multiple loci modifying ovarian cancer risk may be useful for counseling women with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations regarding their risk of ovarian cancer.

Authors: Susan J. Ramus, Antonis C. Antoniou, Karoline B. Kuchenbaecker, Penny Soucy, Jonathan Beesley, Xiaoqing Chen, Lesley McGuffog, Olga M. Sinilnikova, Sue Healey, Daniel Barrowdale, Andrew Lee, Mads Thomassen, Anne-Marie Gerdes, Torben A. Kruse, Uffe Birk Jensen, Anne-Bine Skytte, Maria A. Caligo, Annelie Liljegren, Annika Lindblom, Håkan Olsson, Ulf Kristoffersson, Marie Stenmark-Askmalm, Beatrice Melin, Susan M. Domchek, Katherine L. Nathanson, Timothy R. Rebbeck, Anna Jakubowska, Jan Lubinski, Katarzyna Jaworska, Katarzyna Durda, Elżbieta Złowocka, Jacek Gronwald, Tomasz Huzarski, Tomasz Byrski, Cezary Cybulski, Aleksandra Toloczko-Grabarek, Ana Osorio, Javier Benitez, Mercedes Duran, Maria-Isabel Tejada, Ute Hamann, Matti Rookus, Flora E. van Leeuwen, Cora M. Aalfs, Hanne E. J. Meijers-Heijboer, Christi J. van Asperen, K. E. P. van Roozendaal, Nicoline Hoogerbrugge, J. Margriet Collée, Mieke Kriege, Rob B. van der Luijt, Susan Peock, Debra Frost, Steve D. Ellis, Radka Platte, Elena Fineberg, D. Gareth Evans, Fiona Lalloo, Chris Jacobs, Ros Eeles, Julian Adlard, Rosemarie Davidson, Diana Eccles, Trevor Cole, Jackie Cook, Joan Paterson, Fiona Douglas, Carole Brewer, Shirley Hodgson, Patrick J. Morrison, Lisa Walker, Mary E. Porteous, M. John Kennedy, Harsh Pathak, Andrew K. Godwin, Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet, Virginie Caux-Moncoutier, Antoine de Pauw, Marion Gauthier-Villars, Sylvie Mazoyer, Mélanie Léoné, Alain Calender, Christine Lasset, Valérie Bonadona, Agnès Hardouin, Pascaline Berthet, Yves-Jean Bignon, Nancy Uhrhammer, Laurence Faivre, Catherine Loustalot, Saundra Buys, Mary Daly, Alex Miron, Mary Beth Terry, Wendy K. Chung, Esther M. John, Melissa Southey, David Goldgar, Christian F. Singer, Muy-Kheng Tea, Georg Pfeiler, Anneliese Fink-Retter, Thomas v. O. Hansen, Bent Ejlertsen, Oskar Th Johannsson, Kenneth Offit, Tomas Kirchhoff, Mia M. Gaudet, Joseph Vijai, Mark Robson, Marion Piedmonte, Kelly-Anne Phillips, Linda van Le, James S. Hoffman, Amanda Ewart Toland, Marco Montagna, Silvia Tognazzo, Evgeny Imyanitov, Claudine Issacs, Ramunas Janavicius, Conxi Lazaro, Iganacio Blanco, Eva Tornero, Matilde Navarro, Kirsten B. Moysich, Beth Y. Karlan, Jenny Gross, Edith Olah, Tibor Vaszko, Soo-Hwang Teo, Patricia A. Ganz, Mary S. Beattie, Cecelia M. Dorfling, Elizabeth J. van Rensburg, Orland Diez, Ava Kwong, Rita K. Schmutzler, Barbara Wappenschmidt, Christoph Engel, Alfons Meindl, Nina Ditsch, Norbert Arnold, Simone Heidemann, Dieter Niederacher, Sabine Preisler-Adams, Dorotehea Gadzicki, Raymonda Varon-Mateeva, Helmut Deissler, Andrea Gehrig, Christian Sutter, Karin Kast, Britta Fiebig, Dieter Schäfer, Trinidad Caldes, Miguel de La Hoya, Heli Nevanlinna, Kristiina Aittomäki, Marie Plante, Amanda B. Spurdle, Susan L. Neuhausen, Yuan Chun Ding, Xianshu Wang, Noralane Lindor, Zachary Fredericksen, V. Shane Pankratz, Paolo Peterlongo, Siranoush Manoukian, Bernard Peissel, Daniela Zaffaroni, Bernardo Bonanni, Loris Bernard, Riccardo Dolcetti, Laura Papi, Laura Ottini, Paolo Radice, Mark H. Greene, Phuong L. Mai, Irene L. Andrulis, Gord Glendon, Hilmi Ozcelik, Paul D. P. Pharoah, Simon A. Gayther, Jacques Simard, Douglas F. Easton, Fergus J. Couch, Georgia Chenevix-Trench

Date Published: 1st Apr 2012

Publication Type: Journal article

Human Diseases: hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome

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The 19p13.1 breast cancer susceptibility locus is a modifier of breast cancer risk in BRCA1 mutation carriers and is also associated with the risk of ovarian cancer. Here, we investigated 19p13.1 variation and risk of breast cancer subtypes, defined by estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2) status, using 48,869 breast cancer cases and 49,787 controls from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC). Variants from 19p13.1 were not associated with breast cancer overall or with ER-positive breast cancer but were significantly associated with ER-negative breast cancer risk [rs8170 OR, 1.10; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.05-1.15; P = 3.49 \times 10(-5)] and triple-negative (ER-, PR-, and HER2-negative) breast cancer (rs8170: OR, 1.22; 95% CI, 1.13-1.31; P = 2.22 \times 10(-7)). However, rs8170 was no longer associated with ER-negative breast cancer risk when triple-negative cases were excluded (OR, 0.98; 95% CI, 0.89-1.07; P = 0.62). In addition, a combined analysis of triple-negative cases from BCAC and the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Consortium (TNBCC; N = 3,566) identified a genome-wide significant association between rs8170 and triple-negative breast cancer risk (OR, 1.25; 95% CI, 1.18-1.33; P = 3.31 \times 10(-13)]. Thus, 19p13.1 is the first triple-negative-specific breast cancer risk locus and the first locus specific to a histologic subtype defined by ER, PR, and HER2 to be identified. These findings provide convincing evidence that genetic susceptibility to breast cancer varies by tumor subtype and that triple-negative tumors and other subtypes likely arise through distinct etiologic pathways.

Authors: Kristen N. Stevens, Zachary Fredericksen, Celine M. Vachon, Xianshu Wang, Sara Margolin, Annika Lindblom, Heli Nevanlinna, Dario Greco, Kristiina Aittomäki, Carl Blomqvist, Jenny Chang-Claude, Alina Vrieling, Dieter Flesch-Janys, Hans-Peter Sinn, Shan Wang-Gohrke, Stefan Nickels, Hiltrud Brauch, Yon-Dschun Ko, Hans-Peter Fischer, Rita K. Schmutzler, Alfons Meindl, Claus R. Bartram, Sarah Schott, Christoph Engel, Andrew K. Godwin, JoEllen Weaver, Harsh B. Pathak, Priyanka Sharma, Hermann Brenner, Heiko Müller, Volker Arndt, Christa Stegmaier, Penelope Miron, Drakoulis Yannoukakos, Alexandra Stavropoulou, George Fountzilas, Helen J. Gogas, Ruth Swann, Miriam Dwek, Annie Perkins, Roger L. Milne, Javier Benítez, María Pilar Zamora, José Ignacio Arias Pérez, Stig E. Bojesen, Sune F. Nielsen, Børge G. Nordestgaard, Henrik Flyger, Pascal Guénel, Thérèse Truong, Florence Menegaux, Emilie Cordina-Duverger, Barbara Burwinkel, Frederick Marmé, Andreas Schneeweiss, Christof Sohn, Elinor Sawyer, Ian Tomlinson, Michael J. Kerin, Julian Peto, Nichola Johnson, Olivia Fletcher, Isabel Dos Santos Silva, Peter A. Fasching, Matthias W. Beckmann, Arndt Hartmann, Arif B. Ekici, Artitaya Lophatananon, Kenneth Muir, Puttisak Puttawibul, Surapon Wiangnon, Marjanka K. Schmidt, Annegien Broeks, Linde M. Braaf, Efraim H. Rosenberg, John L. Hopper, Carmel Apicella, Daniel J. Park, Melissa C. Southey, Anthony J. Swerdlow, Alan Ashworth, Nicholas Orr, Minouk J. Schoemaker, Hoda Anton-Culver, Argyrios Ziogas, Leslie Bernstein, Christina Clarke Dur, Chen-Yang Shen, Jyh-Cherng Yu, Huan-Ming Hsu, Chia-Ni Hsiung, Ute Hamann, Thomas Dünnebier, Thomas Rüdiger, Hans Ulrich Ulmer, Paul P. Pharoah, Alison M. Dunning, Manjeet K. Humphreys, Qin Wang, Angela Cox, Simon S. Cross, Malcom W. Reed, Per Hall, Kamila Czene, Christine B. Ambrosone, Foluso Ademuyiwa, Helena Hwang, Diana M. Eccles, Montserrat Garcia-Closas, Jonine D. Figueroa, Mark E. Sherman, Jolanta Lissowska, Peter Devilee, Caroline Seynaeve, Rob A. E. M. Tollenaar, Maartje J. Hooning, Irene L. Andrulis, Julia A. Knight, Gord Glendon, Anna Marie Mulligan, Robert Winqvist, Katri Pylkäs, Arja Jukkola-Vuorinen, Mervi Grip, Esther M. John, Alexander Miron, Grethe Grenaker Alnæs, Vessela Kristensen, Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale, Graham G. Giles, Laura Baglietto, Catriona A. McLean, Gianluca Severi, Matthew L. Kosel, V. S. Pankratz, Susan Slager, Janet E. Olson, Paolo Radice, Paolo Peterlongo, Siranoush Manoukian, Monica Barile, Diether Lambrechts, Sigrid Hatse, Anne-Sophie Dieudonne, Marie-Rose Christiaens, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Jonathan Beesley, Xiaoqing Chen, Arto Mannermaa, Veli-Matti Kosma, Jaana M. Hartikainen, Ylermi Soini, Douglas F. Easton, Fergus J. Couch

Date Published: 1st Apr 2012

Publication Type: Journal article

Human Diseases: hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome

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BACKGROUND Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) identified variants at 19p13.1 and ZNF365 (10q21.2) as risk factors for breast cancer among BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers, respectively. We exploredd associations with ovarian cancer and with breast cancer by tumor histopathology for these variants in mutation carriers from the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA). METHODS Genotyping data for 12,599 BRCA1 and 7,132 BRCA2 mutation carriers from 40 studies were combined. RESULTS We confirmed associations between rs8170 at 19p13.1 and breast cancer risk for BRCA1 mutation carriers [HR, 1.17; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.07-1.27; P = 7.42 \times 10(-4)] and between rs16917302 at ZNF365 (HR, 0.84; 95% CI, 0.73-0.97; P = 0.017) but not rs311499 at 20q13.3 (HR, 1.11; 95% CI, 0.94-1.31; P = 0.22) and breast cancer risk for BRCA2 mutation carriers. Analyses based on tumor histopathology showed that 19p13 variants were predominantly associated with estrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer for both BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers, whereas rs16917302 at ZNF365 was mainly associated with ER-positive breast cancer for both BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. We also found for the first time that rs67397200 at 19p13.1 was associated with an increased risk of ovarian cancer for BRCA1 (HR, 1.16; 95% CI, 1.05-1.29; P = 3.8 \times 10(-4)) and BRCA2 mutation carriers (HR, 1.30; 95% CI, 1.10-1.52; P = 1.8 \times 10(-3)). CONCLUSIONS 19p13.1 and ZNF365 are susceptibility loci for ovarian cancer and ER subtypes of breast cancer among BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. IMPACT These findings can lead to an improved understanding of tumor development and may prove useful for breast and ovarian cancer risk prediction for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.

Authors: Fergus J. Couch, Mia M. Gaudet, Antonis C. Antoniou, Susan J. Ramus, Karoline B. Kuchenbaecker, Penny Soucy, Jonathan Beesley, Xiaoqing Chen, Xianshu Wang, Tomas Kirchhoff, Lesley McGuffog, Daniel Barrowdale, Andrew Lee, Sue Healey, Olga M. Sinilnikova, Irene L. Andrulis, Hilmi Ozcelik, Anna Marie Mulligan, Mads Thomassen, Anne-Marie Gerdes, Uffe Birk Jensen, Anne-Bine Skytte, Torben A. Kruse, Maria A. Caligo, Anna von Wachenfeldt, Gisela Barbany-Bustinza, Niklas Loman, Maria Soller, Hans Ehrencrona, Per Karlsson, Katherine L. Nathanson, Timothy R. Rebbeck, Susan M. Domchek, Ania Jakubowska, Jan Lubinski, Katarzyna Jaworska, Katarzyna Durda, Elzbieta Zlowocka, Tomasz Huzarski, Tomasz Byrski, Jacek Gronwald, Cezary Cybulski, Bohdan Górski, Ana Osorio, Mercedes Durán, María Isabel Tejada, Javier Benitez, Ute Hamann, Frans B. L. Hogervorst, Theo A. van Os, Flora E. van Leeuwen, Hanne E. J. Meijers-Heijboer, Juul Wijnen, Marinus J. Blok, Marleen Kets, Maartje J. Hooning, Rogier A. Oldenburg, Margreet G. E. M. Ausems, Susan Peock, Debra Frost, Steve D. Ellis, Radka Platte, Elena Fineberg, D. Gareth Evans, Chris Jacobs, Rosalind A. Eeles, Julian Adlard, Rosemarie Davidson, Diana M. Eccles, Trevor Cole, Jackie Cook, Joan Paterson, Carole Brewer, Fiona Douglas, Shirley V. Hodgson, Patrick J. Morrison, Lisa Walker, Mary E. Porteous, M. John Kennedy, Lucy E. Side, Betsy Bove, Andrew K. Godwin, Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet, Marion Fassy-Colcombet, Laurent Castera, François Cornelis, Sylvie Mazoyer, Mélanie Léoné, Nadia Boutry-Kryza, Brigitte Bressac-de Paillerets, Olivier Caron, Pascal Pujol, Isabelle Coupier, Capucine Delnatte, Linda Akloul, Henry T. Lynch, Carrie L. Snyder, Saundra S. Buys, Mary B. Daly, Marybeth Terry, Wendy K. Chung, Esther M. John, Alexander Miron, Melissa C. Southey, John L. Hopper, David E. Goldgar, Christian F. Singer, Christine Rappaport, Muy-Kheng M. Tea, Anneliese Fink-Retter, Thomas v. O. Hansen, Finn C. Nielsen, A\dhalgeir Arason, Joseph Vijai, Sohela Shah, Kara Sarrel, Mark E. Robson, Marion Piedmonte, Kelly Phillips, Jack Basil, Wendy S. Rubinstein, John Boggess, Katie Wakeley, Amanda Ewart-Toland, Marco Montagna, Simona Agata, Evgeny N. Imyanitov, Claudine Isaacs, Ramunas Janavicius, Conxi Lazaro, Ignacio Blanco, Lidia Feliubadalo, Joan Brunet, Simon A. Gayther, Paul P. D. Pharoah, Kunle O. Odunsi, Beth Y. Karlan, Christine S. Walsh, Edith Olah, Soo Hwang Teo, Patricia A. Ganz, Mary S. Beattie, Elizabeth J. van Rensburg, Cecelia M. Dorfling, Orland Diez, Ava Kwong, Rita K. Schmutzler, Barbara Wappenschmidt, Christoph Engel, Alfons Meindl, Nina Ditsch, Norbert Arnold, Simone Heidemann, Dieter Niederacher, Sabine Preisler-Adams, Dorothea Gadzicki, Raymonda Varon-Mateeva, Helmut Deissler, Andrea Gehrig, Christian Sutter, Karin Kast, Britta Fiebig, Wolfram Heinritz, Trinidad Caldes, Miguel de La Hoya, Taru A. Muranen, Heli Nevanlinna, Marc D. Tischkowitz, Amanda B. Spurdle, Susan L. Neuhausen, Yuan Chun Ding, Noralane M. Lindor, Zachary Fredericksen, V. Shane Pankratz, Paolo Peterlongo, Siranoush Manoukian, Bernard Peissel, Daniela Zaffaroni, Monica Barile, Loris Bernard, Alessandra Viel, Giuseppe Giannini, Liliana Varesco, Paolo Radice, Mark H. Greene, Phuong L. Mai, Douglas F. Easton, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Kenneth Offit, Jacques Simard

Date Published: 28th Mar 2012

Publication Type: Journal article

Human Diseases: hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome

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Dysregulation of apoptosis plays an important role in carcinogenesis. Therefore, apoptosis-associated genes like the death receptor 4 (DR4, TRAIL-R1) are interesting candidates for modifying the penetrance of breast and ovarian cancer in carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations. The DR-4 haplotype 626C-683C [626C \textgreater G, Thr209Arg (rs4871857) and 683A \textgreater C, Glu228Ala (rs17088993)] has recently been linked to an increased risk of breast cancer. To evaluate whether DR4 626C \textgreater G or DR4 683A \textgreater C modifies the risk of breast or ovarian cancer in carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations, we undertook a national multicenter study including data of 840 carriers of breast cancer gene (BRCA) mutations. DNA samples were collected from 12 German research centers between 1996 and 2005 and were genotyped by the Taqman allelic discrimination assay. The association between genotypes and incidence of breast or ovarian cancer data was evaluated using a Cox proportional hazards regression model. We found evidence for a significant association of DR4 683A \textgreater C with a higher risk for ovarian cancer in carriers of BRCA1 mutations [n = 557, hazard ratio 1.78 (1.24-2.55), p = 0.009]. Our results thus indicate that the DR4 683A \textgreater C variant modifies the risk of ovarian cancer in carriers of BRCA1 mutations.

Authors: Michelle G. Dick, Beatrix Versmold, Christoph Engel, Alfons Meindl, Norbert Arnold, Raymonda Varon-Mateeva, Christian Sutter, Dieter Niederacher, Helmut Deissler, Sabine Preisler-Adams, Karin Kast, Dieter Schäfer, Dorothea Gadzicki, Wolfram Heinritz, Barbara Wappenschmidt, Rita K. Schmutzler

Date Published: 15th Mar 2012

Publication Type: Journal article

Human Diseases: hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome

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INTRODUCTION Several common alleles have been shown to be associated with breast and/or ovarian cancer risk for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Recent genome-wide association studies of breast cancerr have identified eight additional breast cancer susceptibility loci: rs1011970 (9p21, CDKN2A/B), rs10995190 (ZNF365), rs704010 (ZMIZ1), rs2380205 (10p15), rs614367 (11q13), rs1292011 (12q24), rs10771399 (12p11 near PTHLH) and rs865686 (9q31.2). METHODS To evaluate whether these single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are associated with breast cancer risk for BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers, we genotyped these SNPs in 12,599 BRCA1 and 7,132 BRCA2 mutation carriers and analysed the associations with breast cancer risk within a retrospective likelihood framework. RESULTS Only SNP rs10771399 near PTHLH was associated with breast cancer risk for BRCA1 mutation carriers (per-allele hazard ratio (HR) = 0.87, 95% CI: 0.81 to 0.94, P-trend = 3 \times 10-4). The association was restricted to mutations proven or predicted to lead to absence of protein expression (HR = 0.82, 95% CI: 0.74 to 0.90, P-trend = 3.1 \times 10-5, P-difference = 0.03). Four SNPs were associated with the risk of breast cancer for BRCA2 mutation carriers: rs10995190, P-trend = 0.015; rs1011970, P-trend = 0.048; rs865686, 2df-P = 0.007; rs1292011 2df-P = 0.03. rs10771399 (PTHLH) was predominantly associated with estrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer for BRCA1 mutation carriers (HR = 0.81, 95% CI: 0.74 to 0.90, P-trend = 4 \times 10-5) and there was marginal evidence of association with ER-negative breast cancer for BRCA2 mutation carriers (HR = 0.78, 95% CI: 0.62 to 1.00, P-trend = 0.049). CONCLUSIONS The present findings, in combination with previously identified modifiers of risk, will ultimately lead to more accurate risk prediction and an improved understanding of the disease etiology in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.

Authors: Antonis C. Antoniou, Karoline B. Kuchenbaecker, Penny Soucy, Jonathan Beesley, Xiaoqing Chen, Lesley McGuffog, Andrew Lee, Daniel Barrowdale, Sue Healey, Olga M. Sinilnikova, Maria A. Caligo, Niklas Loman, Katja Harbst, Annika Lindblom, Brita Arver, Richard Rosenquist, Per Karlsson, Kate Nathanson, Susan Domchek, Tim Rebbeck, Anna Jakubowska, Jan Lubinski, Katarzyna Jaworska, Katarzyna Durda, Elżbieta Złowowcka-Perłowska, Ana Osorio, Mercedes Durán, Raquel Andrés, Javier Benítez, Ute Hamann, Frans B. Hogervorst, Theo A. van Os, Senno Verhoef, Hanne E. J. Meijers-Heijboer, Juul Wijnen, Encarna B. Gómez Garcia, Marjolijn J. Ligtenberg, Mieke Kriege, J. Margriet Collée, Margreet G. E. M. Ausems, Jan C. Oosterwijk, Susan Peock, Debra Frost, Steve D. Ellis, Radka Platte, Elena Fineberg, D. Gareth Evans, Fiona Lalloo, Chris Jacobs, Ros Eeles, Julian Adlard, Rosemarie Davidson, Trevor Cole, Jackie Cook, Joan Paterson, Fiona Douglas, Carole Brewer, Shirley Hodgson, Patrick J. Morrison, Lisa Walker, Mark T. Rogers, Alan Donaldson, Huw Dorkins, Andrew K. Godwin, Betsy Bove, Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet, Claude Houdayer, Bruno Buecher, Antoine de Pauw, Sylvie Mazoyer, Alain Calender, Mélanie Léoné, Brigitte Bressac-de Paillerets, Olivier Caron, Hagay Sobol, Marc Frenay, Fabienne Prieur, Sandra U. Ferrer, Isabelle Mortemousque, Saundra Buys, Mary Daly, Alexander Miron, Mary U. Terry, John L. Hopper, Esther M. John, Melissa Southey, David Goldgar, Christian F. Singer, Anneliese Fink-Retter, Muy-Kheng Tea, Daphne U. Kaulich, Thomas V. Hansen, Finn C. Nielsen, Rosa B. Barkardottir, Mia Gaudet, Tomas Kirchhoff, Vijai Joseph, Ana Dutra-Clarke, Kenneth Offit, Marion Piedmonte, Judy Kirk, David Cohn, Jean Hurteau, John Byron, James Fiorica, Amanda E. Toland, Marco Montagna, Cristina Oliani, Evgeny Imyanitov, Claudine Isaacs, Laima Tihomirova, Ignacio Blanco, Conxi Lazaro, Alex Teulé, J. Del Valle, Simon A. Gayther, Kunle Odunsi, Jenny Gross, Beth Y. Karlan, Edith Olah, Soo-Hwang Teo, Patricia A. Ganz, Mary S. Beattie, Cecelia M. Dorfling, Elizabeth U. van Rensburg, Orland Diez, Ava Kwong, Rita K. Schmutzler, Barbara Wappenschmidt, Christoph Engel, Alfons Meindl, Nina Ditsch, Norbert Arnold, Simone Heidemann, Dieter Niederacher, Sabine Preisler-Adams, Dorothea Gadzicki, Raymonda Varon-Mateeva, Helmut Deissler, Andrea Gehrig, Christian Sutter, Karin Kast, Britta Fiebig, Dieter Schäfer, Trinidad Caldes, Miguel de La Hoya, Heli Nevanlinna, Taru A. Muranen, Bernard Lespérance, Amanda B. Spurdle, Susan L. Neuhausen, Yuan C. Ding, Xianshu Wang, Zachary Fredericksen, Vernon S. Pankratz, Noralane M. Lindor, Paolo Peterlongo, Siranoush Manoukian, Bernard Peissel, Daniela Zaffaroni, Bernardo Bonanni, Loris Bernard, Riccardo Dolcetti, Laura Papi, Laura Ottini, Paolo Radice, Mark H. Greene, Jennifer T. Loud, Irene L. Andrulis, Hilmi Ozcelik, Anna U. Mulligan, Gord Glendon, Mads Thomassen, Anne-Marie Gerdes, Uffe B. Jensen, Anne-Bine Skytte, Torben A. Kruse, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Fergus J. Couch, Jacques Simard, Douglas F. Easton

Date Published: 1st Feb 2012

Publication Type: Journal article

Human Diseases: hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome

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BACKGROUND Previously, small studies have found that BRCA1 and BRCA2 breast tumors differ in their pathology. Analysis of larger datasets of mutation carriers should allow further tumor characterization.. METHODS We used data from 4,325 BRCA1 and 2,568 BRCA2 mutation carriers to analyze the pathology of invasive breast, ovarian, and contralateral breast cancers. RESULTS There was strong evidence that the proportion of estrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast tumors decreased with age at diagnosis among BRCA1 (P-trend = 1.2 \times 10(-5)), but increased with age at diagnosis among BRCA2, carriers (P-trend = 6.8 \times 10(-6)). The proportion of triple-negative tumors decreased with age at diagnosis in BRCA1 carriers but increased with age at diagnosis of BRCA2 carriers. In both BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers, ER-negative tumors were of higher histologic grade than ER-positive tumors (grade 3 vs. grade 1; P = 1.2 \times 10(-13) for BRCA1 and P = 0.001 for BRCA2). ER and progesterone receptor (PR) expression were independently associated with mutation carrier status [ER-positive odds ratio (OR) for BRCA2 = 9.4, 95% CI: 7.0-12.6 and PR-positive OR = 1.7, 95% CI: 1.3-2.3, under joint analysis]. Lobular tumors were more likely to be BRCA2-related (OR for BRCA2 = 3.3, 95% CI: 2.4-4.4; P = 4.4 \times 10(-14)), and medullary tumors BRCA1-related (OR for BRCA2 = 0.25, 95% CI: 0.18-0.35; P = 2.3 \times 10(-15)). ER-status of the first breast cancer was predictive of ER-status of asynchronous contralateral breast cancer (P = 0.0004 for BRCA1; P = 0.002 for BRCA2). There were no significant differences in ovarian cancer morphology between BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers (serous: 67%; mucinous: 1%; endometrioid: 12%; clear-cell: 2%). CONCLUSIONS/IMPACT: Pathologic characteristics of BRCA1 and BRCA2 tumors may be useful for improving risk-prediction algorithms and informing clinical strategies for screening and prophylaxis.

Authors: Nasim Mavaddat, Daniel Barrowdale, Irene L. Andrulis, Susan M. Domchek, Diana Eccles, Heli Nevanlinna, Susan J. Ramus, Amanda Spurdle, Mark Robson, Mark Sherman, Anna Marie Mulligan, Fergus J. Couch, Christoph Engel, Lesley McGuffog, Sue Healey, Olga M. Sinilnikova, Melissa C. Southey, Mary Beth Terry, David Goldgar, Frances O’Malley, Esther M. John, Ramunas Janavicius, Laima Tihomirova, Thomas v. O. Hansen, Finn C. Nielsen, Ana Osorio, Alexandra Stavropoulou, Javier Benítez, Siranoush Manoukian, Bernard Peissel, Monica Barile, Sara Volorio, Barbara Pasini, Riccardo Dolcetti, Anna Laura Putignano, Laura Ottini, Paolo Radice, Ute Hamann, Muhammad U. Rashid, Frans B. Hogervorst, Mieke Kriege, Rob B. van der Luijt, Susan Peock, Debra Frost, D. Gareth Evans, Carole Brewer, Lisa Walker, Mark T. Rogers, Lucy E. Side, Catherine Houghton, JoEllen Weaver, Andrew K. Godwin, Rita K. Schmutzler, Barbara Wappenschmidt, Alfons Meindl, Karin Kast, Norbert Arnold, Dieter Niederacher, Christian Sutter, Helmut Deissler, Doroteha Gadzicki, Sabine Preisler-Adams, Raymonda Varon-Mateeva, Ines Schönbuchner, Heidrun Gevensleben, Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet, Muriel Belotti, Laure Barjhoux, Claudine Isaacs, Beth N. Peshkin, Trinidad Caldes, Miguel de La Hoya, Carmen Cañadas, Tuomas Heikkinen, Päivi Heikkilä, Kristiina Aittomäki, Ignacio Blanco, Conxi Lazaro, Joan Brunet, Bjarni A. Agnarsson, Adalgeir Arason, Rosa B. Barkardottir, Martine Dumont, Jacques Simard, Marco Montagna, Simona Agata, Emma D’Andrea, Max Yan, Stephen Fox, Timothy R. Rebbeck, Wendy Rubinstein, Nadine Tung, Judy E. Garber, Xianshu Wang, Zachary Fredericksen, Vernon S. Pankratz, Noralane M. Lindor, Csilla Szabo, Kenneth Offit, Rita Sakr, Mia M. Gaudet, Christian F. Singer, Muy-Kheng Tea, Christine Rappaport, Phuong L. Mai, Mark H. Greene, Anna Sokolenko, Evgeny Imyanitov, Amanda Ewart Toland, Leigha Senter, Kevin Sweet, Mads Thomassen, Anne-Marie Gerdes, Torben Kruse, Maria Caligo, Paolo Aretini, Johanna Rantala, Anna von Wachenfeld, Karin Henriksson, Linda Steele, Susan L. Neuhausen, Robert Nussbaum, Mary Beattie, Kunle Odunsi, Lara Sucheston, Simon A. Gayther, Kate Nathanson, Jenny Gross, Christine Walsh, Beth Karlan, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Douglas F. Easton, Antonis C. Antoniou

Date Published: 5th Jan 2012

Publication Type: Journal article

Human Diseases: hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome

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