MRC Epidemiology Unit

Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology. Dec 2008

(DOI : 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0734)

Newly discovered breast cancer susceptibility loci on 3p24 and 17q23.2.

Ahmed S, Thomas G, Ghoussaini M, Healey CS, Humphreys MK, Platte R, Morrison J, Maranian M, Pooley KA, Luben R, Eccles D, Evans DG, Fletcher O, Johnson N, Dos Santos Silva I, Peto J, Stratton MR, Rahman N, Jacobs K, Prentice R, Anderson GL, Rajkovic A, Curb JD, Ziegler RG, Berg CD, Buys SS, McCarty CA, Feigelson HS, Calle EE, Thun MJ, Diver WR, Bojesen S, Nordestgaard BG, Flyger H, Dörk T, Schürmann P, Hillemanns P, Karstens JH, Bogdanova NV, Antonenkova NN, Zalutsky IV, Bermisheva M, Fedorova S, Khusnutdinova E, SEARCH SEARCH, Kang D, Yoo KY, Noh DY, Ahn SH, Devilee P, van Asperen CJ, Tollenaar RA, Seynaeve C, García-Closas M, Lissowska J, Brinton L, Peplonska B, Nevanlinna H, Heikkinen T, Aittomäki K, Blomqvist C, Hopper JL, Southey MC, Smith L, Spurdle AB, Schmidt MK, Broeks A, van Hien RR, Cornelissen S, Milne RL, Ribas G, González-Neira A, Benitez J, Schmutzler RK, Burwinkel B, Bartram CR, Meindl A, Brauch H, Justenhoven C, Hamann U, GENICA Consortium, Chang-Claude J, Hein R, Wang-Gohrke S, Lindblom A, Margolin S, Mannermaa A, Kosma VM, Kataja V, Olson JE, Wang X, Fredericksen Z, Giles GG, Severi G, Baglietto L, English DR, Hankinson SE, Cox DG, Kraft P, Vatten LJ, Hveem K, Kumle M, Sigurdson A, Doody M, Bhatti P, Alexander BH, Hooning MJ, van den Ouweland AM, Oldenburg RA, Schutte M, Hall P, Czene K, Liu J, Li Y, Cox A, Elliott G, Brock I, Reed MW, Shen CY, Yu JC, Hsu GC, Chen ST, Anton-Culver H, Ziogas A, Andrulis IL, Knight JA, kConFab kConFab, Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group, Beesley J, Goode EL, Couch F, Chenevix-Trench G, Hoover RN, Ponder BA, Hunter DJ, Pharoah PD, Dunning AM, Chanock SJ, Easton DF

Nature genetics. Dec 2008

(DOI : 10.1038/ng.354)

Rat Mcs5a is a compound quantitative trait locus with orthologous human loci that associate with breast cancer risk.

Samuelson DJ, Hesselson SE, Aperavich BA, Zan Y, Haag JD, Trentham-Dietz A, Hampton JM, Mau B, Chen KS, Baynes C, Khaw KT, Luben R, Perkins B, Shah M, Pharoah PD, Dunning AM, Easton DF, Ponder BA, Gould MN

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Apr 2007

(DOI : 10.1073/pnas.0701687104)

Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci.

Easton DF, Pooley KA, Dunning AM, Pharoah PD, Thompson D, Ballinger DG, Struewing JP, Morrison J, Field H, Luben R, Wareham NJ, Ahmed S, Healey CS, Bowman R, Meyer KB, Haiman CA, Kolonel LK, Henderson BE, Le Marchand L, Brennan P, Sangrajrang S, Gaborieau V, Odefrey F, Shen CY, Wu PE, Wang HC, Eccles D, Evans DG, Peto J, Fletcher O, Johnson N, Seal S, Stratton MR, Rahman N, Chenevix-Trench G, Bojesen SE, Nordestgaard BG, Axelsson CK, García-Closas M, Brinton L, Chanock S, Lissowska J, Peplonska B, Nevanlinna H, Fagerholm R, Eerola H, Kang D, Yoo KY, Noh DY, Ahn SH, Hunter DJ, Hankinson SE, Cox DG, Hall P, Wedren S, Liu J, Low YL, Bogdanova N, Schürmann P, Dörk T, Tollenaar RA, Jacobi CE, Devilee P, Klijn JG, Sigurdson AJ, Doody MM, Alexander BH, Zhang J, Cox A, Brock IW, MacPherson G, Reed MW, Couch FJ, Goode EL, Olson JE, Meijers-Heijboer H, van den Ouweland A, Uitterlinden A, Rivadeneira F, Milne RL, Ribas G, González-Neira A, Benitez J, Hopper JL, McCredie M, Southey M, Giles GG, Schroen C, Justenhoven C, Brauch H, Hamann U, Ko YD, Spurdle AB, Beesley J, Chen X, Mannermaa A, Kosma VM, Kataja V, Hartikainen J, Day NE, Cox DR, Ponder BA

Nature. Feb 2007

(DOI : 10.1038/nature05887)

Common variants in the ATM, BRCA1, BRCA2, CHEK2 and TP53 cancer susceptibility genes are unlikely to increase breast cancer risk.

Baynes C, Healey CS, Pooley KA, Scollen S, Luben RN, Thompson DJ, Pharoah PD, Easton DF, Ponder BA, Dunning AM, SEARCH breast cancer study

Breast cancer research : BCR. Jan 2007

(DOI : 10.1186/bcr1669)

Genetic variants in epigenetic genes and breast cancer risk.

Cebrian A, Pharoah PD, Ahmed S, Ropero S, Fraga MF, Smith PL, Conroy D, Luben R, Perkins B, Easton DF, Dunning AM, Esteller M, Ponder BA

Carcinogenesis. Feb 2006

(DOI : 10.1093/carcin/bgi375)

Tagging single-nucleotide polymorphisms in antioxidant defense enzymes and susceptibility to breast cancer.

Cebrian A, Pharoah PD, Ahmed S, Smith PL, Luccarini C, Luben R, Redman K, Munday H, Easton DF, Dunning AM, Ponder BA

Cancer research. Jan 2006

(DOI : 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-05-1857)

IGF1 and IGFBP3 tagging polymorphisms are associated with circulating levels of IGF1, IGFBP3 and risk of breast cancer.

Al-Zahrani A, Sandhu MS, Luben RN, Thompson D, Baynes C, Pooley KA, Luccarini C, Munday H, Perkins B, Smith P, Pharoah PD, Wareham NJ, Easton DF, Ponder BA, Dunning AM

Human Molecular Genetics. Nov 2005

(DOI : 10.1093/hmg/ddi398)

Polymorphisms in the initiators of RET (rearranged during transfection) signaling pathway and susceptibility to sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma.

Cebrian A, Lesueur F, Martin S, Leyland J, Ahmed S, Luccarini C, Smith PL, Luben R, Whittaker J, Pharoah PD, Dunning AM, Ponder BA

The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism. Aug 2005

(DOI : 10.1210/jc.2004-2449)

Allelic association of the human homologue of the mouse modifier Ptprj with breast cancer.

Lesueur F, Pharoah PD, Laing S, Ahmed S, Jordan C, Smith PL, Luben R, Wareham NJ, Easton DF, Dunning AM, Ponder BA

Human Molecular Genetics. Jul 2005

(DOI : 10.1093/hmg/ddi237)

Common variation in EMSY and risk of breast and ovarian cancer: a case-control study using HapMap tagging SNPs.

Benusiglio PR, Lesueur F, Luccarini C, McIntosh J, Luben RN, Smith P, Dunning A, Easton DF, Ponder BA, Pharoah PD

BMC cancer. Mar 2005

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2407-5-81)

STK15 polymorphisms and association with risk of invasive ovarian cancer.

Dicioccio RA, Song H, Waterfall C, Kimura MT, Nagase H, McGuire V, Hogdall E, Shah MN, Luben RN, Easton DF, Jacobs IJ, Ponder BA, Whittemore AS, Gayther SA, Pharoah PD, Kruger-Kjaer S

Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology. Oct 2004

(DOI : 13/10/1589)

Polymorphisms associated with circulating sex hormone levels in postmenopausal women.

Dunning AM, Dowsett M, Healey CS, Tee L, Luben RN, Folkerd E, Novik KL, Kelemen L, Ogata S, Pharoah PD, Easton DF, Day NE, Ponder BA