MRC Epidemiology Unit

Atlas of prostate cancer heritability in European and African-American men pinpoints tissue-specific regulation.

Gusev A, Shi H, Kichaev G, Pomerantz M, Li F, Long HW, Ingles SA, Kittles RA, Strom SS, Rybicki BA, Nemesure B, Isaacs WB, Zheng W, Pettaway CA, Yeboah ED, Tettey Y, Biritwum RB, Adjei AA, Tay E, Truelove A, Niwa S, Chokkalingam AP, John EM, Murphy AB, Signorello LB, Carpten J, Leske MC, Wu SY, Hennis AJ, Neslund-Dudas C, Hsing AW, Chu L, Goodman PJ, Klein EA, Witte JS, Casey G, Kaggwa S, Cook MB, Stram DO, Blot WJ, Eeles RA, Easton D, Kote-Jarai Z, Al Olama AA, Benlloch S, Muir K, Giles GG, Southey MC, Fitzgerald LM, Grönberg H, Wiklund F, Aly M, Henderson BE, Schleutker J, Wahlfors T, Tammela TL, Nordestgaard BG, Key TJ, Travis RC, Neal DE, Donovan JL, Hamdy FC, Pharoah P, Pashayan N, Khaw KT, Stanford JL, Thibodeau SN, McDonnell SK, Schaid DJ, Maier C, Vogel W, Luedeke M, Herkommer K, Kibel AS, Cybulski C, Wokolorczyk D, Kluzniak W, Cannon-Albright L, Teerlink C, Brenner H, Dieffenbach AK, Arndt V, Park JY, Sellers TA, Lin HY, Slavov C, Kaneva R, Mitev V, Batra J, Spurdle A, Clements JA, Teixeira MR, Pandha H, Michael A, Paulo P, Maia S, Kierzek A, PRACTICAL Consortium, Conti DV, Albanes D, Berg C, Berndt SI, Campa D, Crawford ED, Diver WR, Gapstur SM, Gaziano JM, Giovannucci E, Hoover R, Hunter DJ, Johansson M, Kraft P, Le Marchand L, Lindström S, Navarro C, Overvad K, Riboli E, Siddiq A, Stevens VL, Trichopoulos D, Vineis P, Yeager M, Trynka G, Raychaudhuri S, Schumacher FR, Price AL, Freedman ML, Haiman CA, Pasaniuc B

Nature communications. Dec 2014

(DOI : 10.1038/ncomms10979)

Leukocyte telomere length in relation to pancreatic cancer risk: a prospective study.

Campa D, Mergarten B, De Vivo I, Boutron-Ruault MC, Racine A, Severi G, Nieters A, Katzke VA, Trichopoulou A, Yiannakouris N, Trichopoulos D, Boeing H, Quirós JR, Duell EJ, Molina-Montes E, Huerta JM, Ardanaz E, Dorronsoro M, Khaw KT, Wareham N, Travis RC, Palli D, Pala V, Tumino R, Naccarati A, Panico S, Vineis P, Riboli E, Siddiq A, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Peeters PH, Nilsson PM, Sund M, Ye W, Lund E, Jareid M, Weiderpass E, Duarte-Salles T, Kong SY, Stepien M, Canzian F, Kaaks R

Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology. Aug 2014

(DOI : 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-0247)

Imputation and subset-based association analysis across different cancer types identifies multiple independent risk loci in the TERT-CLPTM1L region on chromosome 5p15.33.

Wang Z, Zhu B, Zhang M, Parikh H, Jia J, Chung CC, Sampson JN, Hoskins JW, Hutchinson A, Burdette L, Ibrahim A, Hautman C, Raj PS, Abnet CC, Adjei AA, Ahlbom A, Albanes D, Allen NE, Ambrosone CB, Aldrich M, Amiano P, Amos C, Andersson U, Andriole G, Andrulis IL, Arici C, Arslan AA, Austin MA, Baris D, Barkauskas DA, Bassig BA, Beane Freeman LE, Berg CD, Berndt SI, Bertazzi PA, Biritwum RB, Black A, Blot W, Boeing H, Boffetta P, Bolton K, Boutron-Ruault MC, Bracci PM, Brennan P, Brinton LA, Brotzman M, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Buring JE, Butler MA, Cai Q, Cancel-Tassin G, Canzian F, Cao G, Caporaso NE, Carrato A, Carreón T, Carta A, Chang GC, Chang IS, Chang-Claude J, Che X, Chen CJ, Chen CY, Chen CH, Chen C, Chen KY, Chen YM, Chokkalingam AP, Chu LW, Clavel-Chapelon F, Colditz GA, Colt JS, Conti D, Cook MB, Cortessis VK, Crawford ED, Cussenot O, Davis FG, De Vivo I, Deng X, Ding T, Dinney CP, Di Stefano AL, Diver WR, Duell EJ, Elena JW, Fan JH, Feigelson HS, Feychting M, Figueroa JD, Flanagan AM, Fraumeni JF, Freedman ND, Fridley BL, Fuchs CS, Gago-Dominguez M, Gallinger S, Gao YT, Gapstur SM, García-Closas M, García-Closas R, Gastier-Foster JM, Gaziano JM, Gerhard DS, Giffen CA, Giles GG, Gillanders EM, Giovannucci EL, Goggins M, Gokgoz N, Goldstein AM, Gonzalez C, Gorlick R, Greene MH, Gross M, Grossman HB, Grubb R, Gu J, Guan P, Haiman CA, Hallmans G, Hankinson SE, Harris CC, Hartge P, Hattinger C, Hayes RB, He Q, Helman L, Henderson BE, Henriksson R, Hoffman-Bolton J, Hohensee C, Holly EA, Hong YC, Hoover RN, Hosgood HD, Hsiao CF, Hsing AW, Hsiung CA, Hu N, Hu W, Hu Z, Huang MS, Hunter DJ, Inskip PD, Ito H, Jacobs EJ, Jacobs KB, Jenab M, Ji BT, Johansen C, Johansson M, Johnson A, Kaaks R, Kamat AM, Kamineni A, Karagas M, Khanna C, Khaw KT, Kim C, Kim IS, Kim JH, Kim YH, Kim YC, Kim YT, Kang CH, Jung YJ, Kitahara CM, Klein AP, Klein R, Kogevinas M, Koh WP, Kohno T, Kolonel LN, Kooperberg C, Kratz CP, Krogh V, Kunitoh H, Kurtz RC, Kurucu N, Lan Q, Lathrop M, Lau CC, Lecanda F, Lee KM, Lee MP, Le Marchand L, Lerner SP, Li D, Liao LM, Lim WY, Lin D, Lin J, Lindström S, Linet MS, Lissowska J, Liu J, Ljungberg B, Lloreta J, Lu D, Ma J, Malats N, Männistö S, Marina N, Mastrangelo G, Matsuo K, McGlynn KA, McKean-Cowdin R, McNeill LH, McWilliams RR, Melin BS, Meltzer PS, Mensah JE, Miao X, Michaud DS, Mondul AM, Moore LE, Muir K, Niwa S, Olson SH, Orr N, Panico S, Park JY, Patel AV, Patiño-Garcia A, Pavanello S, Peeters PH, Peplonska B, Peters U, Petersen GM, Picci P, Pike MC, Porru S, Prescott J, Pu X, Purdue MP, Qiao YL, Rajaraman P, Riboli E, Risch HA, Rodabough RJ, Rothman N, Ruder AM, Ryu JS, Sanson M, Schned A, Schumacher FR, Schwartz AG, Schwartz KL, Schwenn M, Scotlandi K, Seow A, Serra C, Serra M, Sesso HD, Severi G, Shen H, Shen M, Shete S, Shiraishi K, Shu XO, Siddiq A, Sierrasesumaga L, Sierri S, Loon Sihoe AD, Silverman DT, Simon M, Southey MC, Spector L, Spitz M, Stampfer M, Stattin P, Stern MC, Stevens VL, Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ, Stram DO, Strom SS, Su WC, Sund M, Sung SW, Swerdlow A, Tan W, Tanaka H, Tang W, Tang ZZ, Tardon A, Tay E, Taylor PR, Tettey Y, Thomas DM, Tirabosco R, Tjonneland A, Tobias GS, Toro JR, Travis RC, Trichopoulos D, Troisi R, Truelove A, Tsai YH, Tucker MA, Tumino R, Van Den Berg D, Van Den Eeden SK, Vermeulen R, Vineis P, Visvanathan K, Vogel U, Wang C, Wang J, Wang SS, Weiderpass E, Weinstein SJ, Wentzensen N, Wheeler W, White E, Wiencke JK, Wolk A, Wolpin BM, Wong MP, Wrensch M, Wu C, Wu T, Wu X, Wu YL, Wunder JS, Xiang YB, Xu J, Yang HP, Yang PC, Yatabe Y, Ye Y, Yeboah ED, Yin Z, Ying C, Yu CJ, Yu K, Yuan JM, Zanetti KA, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Zheng W, Zhou B, Mirabello L, Savage SA, Kraft P, Chanock SJ, Yeager M, Landi MT, Shi J, Chatterjee N, Amundadottir LT

Human Molecular Genetics. Jul 2014

(DOI : 10.1093/hmg/ddu363)

A genome-wide pleiotropy scan for prostate cancer risk.

Panagiotou OA, Travis RC, Campa D, Berndt SI, Lindström S, Kraft P, Schumacher FR, Siddiq A, Papatheodorou SI, Stanford JL, Albanes D, Virtamo J, Weinstein SJ, Diver WR, Gapstur SM, Stevens VL, Boeing H, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Barricarte Gurrea A, Kaaks R, Khaw KT, Krogh V, Overvad K, Riboli E, Trichopoulos D, Giovannucci E, Stampfer M, Haiman C, Henderson B, Le Marchand L, Gaziano JM, Hunter DJ, Koutros S, Yeager M, Hoover RN, PRACTICAL Consortium, Chanock SJ, Wacholder S, Key TJ, Tsilidis KK

European urology. Jul 2014

(DOI : 10.1016/j.eururo.2014.09.020)

Common genetic variants highlight the role of insulin resistance and body fat distribution in type 2 diabetes, independent of obesity.

Scott RA, Fall T, Pasko D, Barker A, Sharp SJ, Arriola L, Balkau B, Barricarte A, Barroso I, Boeing H, Clavel-Chapelon F, Crowe FL, Dekker JM, Fagherazzi G, Ferrannini E, Forouhi NG, Franks PW, Gavrila D, Giedraitis V, Grioni S, Groop LC, Kaaks R, Key TJ, Kühn T, Lotta LA, Nilsson PM, Overvad K, Palli D, Panico S, Quirós JR, Rolandsson O, Roswall N, Sacerdote C, Sala N, Sánchez MJ, Schulze MB, Siddiq A, Slimani N, Sluijs I, Spijkerman AM, Tjonneland A, Tumino R, van der A DL, Yaghootkar H, McCarthy MI, Semple RK, Riboli E, Walker M, Ingelsson E, Frayling TM, Savage DB, Langenberg C, Wareham NJ

Diabetes. Jun 2014

(DOI : 10.2337/db14-0319)

Mitochondrial DNA copy number and future risk of B-cell lymphoma in a nested case-control study in the prospective EPIC cohort.

Hosnijeh FS, Lan Q, Rothman N, San Liu C, Cheng WL, Nieters A, Guldberg P, Tjønneland A, Campa D, Martino A, Boeing H, Trichopoulou A, Lagiou P, Trichopoulos D, Krogh V, Tumino R, Panico S, Masala G, Weiderpass E, Huerta Castaño JM, Ardanaz E, Sala N, Dorronsoro M, Quirós JR, Sánchez MJ, Melin B, Johansson AS, Malm J, Borgquist S, Peeters PH, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Wareham NJ, Khaw KT, Travis RC, Brennan P, Siddiq A, Riboli E, Vineis P, Vermeulen R

Blood. Jun 2014

(DOI : 10.1182/blood-2013-10-532085)

A genome-wide "pleiotropy scan" does not identify new susceptibility loci for estrogen receptor negative breast cancer.

Campa D, Barrdahl M, Tsilidis KK, Severi G, Diver WR, Siddiq A, Chanock S, Hoover RN, Ziegler RG, Berg CD, Buys SS, Haiman CA, Henderson BE, Schumacher FR, Le Marchand L, Flesch-Janys D, Lindström S, Hunter DJ, Hankinson SE, Willett WC, Kraft P, Cox DG, Khaw KT, Tjønneland A, Dossus L, Trichopoulos D, Panico S, van Gils CH, Weiderpass E, Barricarte A, Sund M, Gaudet MM, Giles G, Southey M, Baglietto L, Chang-Claude J, Kaaks R, Canzian F

PLoS ONE. Oct 2013

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0085955)

Identification of 23 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci using the iCOGS custom genotyping array.

Eeles RA, Olama AA, Benlloch S, Saunders EJ, Leongamornlert DA, Tymrakiewicz M, Ghoussaini M, Luccarini C, Dennis J, Jugurnauth-Little S, Dadaev T, Neal DE, Hamdy FC, Donovan JL, Muir K, Giles GG, Severi G, Wiklund F, Grönberg H, Haiman CA, Schumacher F, Henderson BE, Le Marchand L, Lindström S, Kraft P, Hunter DJ, Gapstur S, Chanock SJ, Berndt SI, Albanes D, Andriole G, Schleutker J, Weischer M, Canzian F, Riboli E, Key TJ, Travis RC, Campa D, Ingles SA, John EM, Hayes RB, Pharoah PD, Pashayan N, Khaw KT, Stanford JL, Ostrander EA, Signorello LB, Thibodeau SN, Schaid D, Maier C, Vogel W, Kibel AS, Cybulski C, Lubinski J, Cannon-Albright L, Brenner H, Park JY, Kaneva R, Batra J, Spurdle AB, Clements JA, Teixeira MR, Dicks E, Lee A, Dunning AM, Baynes C, Conroy D, Maranian MJ, Ahmed S, Govindasami K, Guy M, Wilkinson RA, Sawyer EJ, Morgan A, Dearnaley DP, Horwich A, Huddart RA, Khoo VS, Parker CC, Van As NJ, Woodhouse CJ, Thompson A, Dudderidge T, Ogden C, Cooper CS, Lophatananon A, Cox A, Southey MC, Hopper JL, English DR, Aly M, Adolfsson J, Xu J, Zheng SL, Yeager M, Kaaks R, Diver WR, Gaudet MM, Stern MC, Corral R, Joshi AD, Shahabi A, Wahlfors T, Tammela TL, Auvinen A, Virtamo J, Klarskov P, Nordestgaard BG, Røder MA, Nielsen SF, Bojesen SE, Siddiq A, Fitzgerald LM, Kolb S, Kwon EM, Karyadi DM, Blot WJ, Zheng W, Cai Q, McDonnell SK, Rinckleb AE, Drake B, Colditz G, Wokolorczyk D, Stephenson RA, Teerlink C, Müller H, Rothenbacher D, Sellers TA, Lin HY, Slavov C, Mitev V, Lose F, Srinivasan S, Maia S, Paulo P, Lange E, Cooney KA, Antoniou AC, Vincent D, Bacot F, Tessier DC, COGS–Cancer Research UK GWAS–ELLIPSE (part of GAME-ON) Initiative COGS–Cancer Research UK GWAS–ELLIPSE (part of GAME-ON) Initiative, Australian Prostate Cancer Bioresource Australian Prostate Cancer Bioresource, UK Genetic Prostate Cancer Study Collaborators/British Association of Urological Surgeons' Section of Oncology, UK ProtecT (Prostate testing for cancer and Treatment) Study Collaborators, PRACTICAL (Prostate Cancer Association Group to Investigate Cancer-Associated Alterations in the Genome) Consortium, Kote-Jarai Z, Easton DF

Nature genetics. May 2012

(DOI : 10.1038/ng.2560)

Sources of pre-analytical variations in yield of DNA extracted from blood samples: analysis of 50,000 DNA samples in EPIC.

Caboux E, Lallemand C, Ferro G, Hémon B, Mendy M, Biessy C, Sims M, Wareham NJ, Britten A, Boland A, Hutchinson A, Siddiq A, Vineis P, Riboli E, Romieu I, Rinaldi S, Gunter MJ, Peeters PH, van der Schouw YT, Travis R, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Canzian F, Sánchez MJ, Skeie G, Olsen KS, Lund E, Bilbao R, Sala N, Barricarte A, Palli D, Navarro C, Panico S, Redondo ML, Polidoro S, Dossus L, Boutron-Ruault MC, Clavel-Chapelon F, Trichopoulou A, Trichopoulos D, Lagiou P, Boeing H, Fisher E, Tumino R, Agnoli C, Hainaut P

PLoS ONE. Mar 2012

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0039821)

Genetic variation in the lactase gene, dairy product intake and risk for prostate cancer in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition.

Travis RC, Appleby PN, Siddiq A, Allen NE, Kaaks R, Canzian F, Feller S, Tjønneland A, Føns Johnsen N, Overvad K, Ramón Quirós J, González CA, Sánchez MJ, Larrañaga N, Chirlaque MD, Barricarte A, Khaw KT, Wareham NJ, Trichopoulou A, Valanou E, Oustoglou E, Palli D, Sieri S, Tumino R, Sacerdote C, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Stattin P, Ferrari P, Johansson M, Norat T, Riboli E, Key TJ

International journal of cancer. Feb 2012

(DOI : 10.1002/ijc.27836)

The associations of advanced glycation end products and its soluble receptor with pancreatic cancer risk: a case-control study within the prospective EPIC Cohort.

Grote VA, Nieters A, Kaaks R, Tjønneland A, Roswall N, Overvad K, Nielsen MR, Clavel-Chapelon F, Boutron-Ruault MC, Racine A, Teucher B, Lukanova A, Boeing H, Drogan D, Trichopoulou A, Trichopoulos D, Lagiou P, Palli D, Sieri S, Tumino R, Vineis P, Mattiello A, Argüelles Suárez MV, Duell EJ, Sánchez MJ, Dorronsoro M, Huerta Castaño JM, Barricarte A, Jeurnink SM, Peeters PH, Sund M, Ye W, Regnér S, Lindkvist B, Khaw KT, Wareham NJ, Allen NE, Crowe FL, Fedirko V, Jenab M, Romaguera D, Siddiq A, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Rohrmann S

Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology. Feb 2012

(DOI : 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-11-1139)

Adiposity, hormone replacement therapy use and breast cancer risk by age and hormone receptor status: a large prospective cohort study.

Ritte R, Lukanova A, Berrino F, Dossus L, Tjønneland A, Olsen A, Overvad TF, Overvad K, Clavel-Chapelon F, Fournier A, Fagherazzi G, Rohrmann S, Teucher B, Boeing H, Aleksandrova K, Trichopoulou A, Lagiou P, Trichopoulos D, Palli D, Sieri S, Panico S, Tumino R, Vineis P, Quirós JR, Buckland G, Sánchez MJ, Amiano P, Chirlaque MD, Ardanaz E, Sund M, Lenner P, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, van Gils CH, Peeters PH, Krum-Hansen S, Gram IT, Lund E, Khaw KT, Wareham NJ, Allen NE, Key TJ, Romieu I, Rinaldi S, Siddiq A, Cox D, Riboli E, Kaaks R