Lund University,Lunds universitet,Kirurgi, Lund,Sektion V,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Lund,Medicinska fakulteten,Surgery (Lund),Section V,Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund,Faculty of Medicine
Kanetsky, Peter A.(författare)
Landi, Maria Teresa(författare)
Lang, Julie(författare)
Lathrop, G. Mark(författare)
Lubinski, Jan(författare)
Mackie, Rona M.(författare)
Martin, Nicholas G.(författare)
Molven, Anders(författare)
Montgomery, Grant W.(författare)
Novakovic, Srdjan(författare)
Olsson, Håkan (författare)
Lund University,Lunds universitet,Medicinsk onkologi,Sektion I,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Lund,Medicinska fakulteten,Bröstcancer-genetik,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Lund,Medical oncology,Section I,Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund,Faculty of Medicine,Breastcancer-genetics,Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund
Telomere length has been associated with risk of many cancers, but results are inconsistent. Seven single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) previously associated with mean leukocyte telomere length were either genotyped or well-imputed in 11 108 case patients and 13 933 control patients from Europe, Israel, the United States and Australia, four of the seven SNPs reached a P value under .05 (two-sided). A genetic score that predicts telomere length, derived from these seven SNPs, is strongly associated (P = 8.92x10(-9), two-sided) with melanoma risk. This demonstrates that the previously observed association between longer telomere length and increased melanoma risk is not attributable to confounding via shared environmental effects (such as ultraviolet exposure) or reverse causality. We provide the first proof that multiple germline genetic determinants of telomere length influence cancer risk.
Ämnesord
MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Cancer och onkologi (hsv//swe)
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Cancer and Oncology (hsv//eng)
MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin (hsv//swe)
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine (hsv//eng)