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A Rare Truncating BRCA2 Variant and Genetic Susceptibility to Upper Aerodigestive Tract Cancer

  • Manon Delahaye-Sourdeix
  • , Devasena Anantharaman
  • , Maria N. Timofeeva
  • , Valérie Gaborieau
  • , Amélie Chabrier
  • , Maxime P. Vallée
  • , Pagona Lagiou
  • , Ivana Holcátová
  • , Lorenzo Richiardi
  • , Kristina Kjaerheim
  • , Antonio Agudo
  • , Xavier Castellsagué
  • , Tatiana V. Macfarlane
  • , Luigi Barzan
  • , Cristina Canova
  • , Nalin S. Thakker
  • , David I. Conway
  • , Ariana Znaor
  • , Claire M. Healy
  • , Wolfgang Ahrens
  • David Zaridze, Neonilia Szeszenia-Dabrowska, Jolanta Lissowska, Eleonora Fabianova, Ioan Nicolae Mates, Vladimir Bencko, Lenka Foretova, Vladimir Janout, Maria Paula Curado, Sergio Koifman, Ana Menezes, Victor Wünsch-Filho, José Eluf-Neto, Paolo Boffetta, Leticia Fernández Garrote, Jerry Polesel, Marcin Lener, Ewa Jaworowska, Jan Lubiński, Stefania Boccia, Thangarajan Rajkumar, Tanuja A. Samant, Manoj B. Mahimkar, Keitaro Matsuo, Silvia Franceschi, Graham Byrnes, Paul Brennan, James D. Mckay
  • International Agency for Research on Cancer
  • Genetic Epidemiology Group
  • University of Edinburgh
  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • Charles University
  • University of Turin
  • Cancer Registry of Norway Institute of Population-Based Cancer Research
  • Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red
  • University of Aberdeen
  • General Hospital of Pordenone
  • Imperial College London
  • School of Dentistry
  • University of Glasgow
  • Croatian National Institute of Public Health
  • Trinity College Dublin
  • University of Bremen
  • Russian Academy of Medical Sciences - N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center
  • Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine
  • Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute of Oncology
  • Regional Authority of Public Health
  • Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy
  • Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute
  • Palacký University Olomouc
  • University of Strathclyde
  • Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
  • Universidade Federal de Pelotas
  • Universidade de São Paulo
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • National School of Public Health
  • IRCCS Centro di Riferimento Oncologico - Aviano PN
  • International Hereditary Cancer Center
  • Cancer Institute India
  • Tata Memorial Hospital
  • Infections and Cancer Epidemiology Group
  • Biostatistics Group

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Abstract

Deleterious BRCA2 genetic variants markedly increase risk of developing breast cancer. A rare truncating BRCA2 genetic variant, rs11571833 (K3326X), has been associated with a 2.5-fold risk of lung squamous cell carcinoma but only a modest 26% increase in breast cancer risk. We analyzed the association between BRCA2 SNP rs11571833 and upper aerodigestive tract (UADT) cancer risk with multivariable unconditional logistic regression adjusted by sex and combinations of study and country for 5942 UADT squamous cell carcinoma case patients and 8086 control patients from nine different studies. All statistical tests were two-sided. rs11571833 was associated with UADT cancers (odds ratio = 2.53, 95% confidence interval = 1.89 to 3.38, P = 3x10(-10)) and was present in European, Latin American, and Indian populations but extremely rare in Japanese populations. The association appeared more apparent in smokers (current or former) compared with never smokers (P-het = .026). A robust association between a truncating BRCA2 variant and UADT cancer risk suggests that treatment strategies orientated towards BRCA2 mutations may warrant further investigation in UADT tumors.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)djv037-djv037
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of the National Cancer Institute
Volume107
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION
  • HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION
  • POLYMORPHIC STOP CODON
  • POPULATION
  • PREVALENCE
  • SQUAMOUS-CELL CARCINOMA

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