TY - JOUR
T1 - Germline variants and breast cancer survival in patients with distant metastases at primary breast cancer diagnosis
AU - kConFab/AOCS Investigators
AU - Escala-Garcia, Maria
AU - Canisius, Sander
AU - Keeman, Renske
AU - Beesley, Jonathan
AU - Anton-Culver, Hoda
AU - Arndt, Volker
AU - Augustinsson, Annelie
AU - Becher, Heiko
AU - Beckmann, Matthias W.
AU - Behrens, Sabine
AU - Bermisheva, Marina
AU - Bojesen, Stig E.
AU - Bolla, Manjeet K.
AU - Brenner, Hermann
AU - Canzian, Federico
AU - Castelao, Jose E.
AU - Chang-Claude, Jenny
AU - Chanock, Stephen J.
AU - Couch, Fergus J.
AU - Czene, Kamila
AU - Daly, Mary B.
AU - Dennis, Joe
AU - Devilee, Peter
AU - Dörk, Thilo
AU - Dunning, Alison M.
AU - Easton, Douglas F.
AU - Ekici, Arif B.
AU - Eliassen, A. Heather
AU - Fasching, Peter A.
AU - Flyger, Henrik
AU - Gago-Dominguez, Manuela
AU - García-Closas, Montserrat
AU - García-Sáenz, José A.
AU - Geisler, Jürgen
AU - Giles, Graham G.
AU - Grip, Mervi
AU - Gündert, Melanie
AU - Hahnen, Eric
AU - Haiman, Christopher A.
AU - Håkansson, Niclas
AU - Hall, Per
AU - Hamann, Ute
AU - Hartikainen, Jaana M.
AU - Heemskerk-Gerritsen, Bernadette A.M.
AU - Hollestelle, Antoinette
AU - Hoppe, Reiner
AU - Hopper, John L.
AU - Hunter, David J.
AU - Jacot, William
AU - Sawyer, Elinor J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s).
PY - 2021/10/1
Y1 - 2021/10/1
N2 - Breast cancer metastasis accounts for most of the deaths from breast cancer. Identification of germline variants associated with survival in aggressive types of breast cancer may inform understanding of breast cancer progression and assist treatment. In this analysis, we studied the associations between germline variants and breast cancer survival for patients with distant metastases at primary breast cancer diagnosis. We used data from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC) including 1062 women of European ancestry with metastatic breast cancer, 606 of whom died of breast cancer. We identified two germline variants on chromosome 1, rs138569520 and rs146023652, significantly associated with breast cancer-specific survival (P = 3.19 × 10−8 and 4.42 × 10−8). In silico analysis suggested a potential regulatory effect of the variants on the nearby target genes SDE2 and H3F3A. However, the variants showed no evidence of association in a smaller replication dataset. The validation dataset was obtained from the SNPs to Risk of Metastasis (StoRM) study and included 293 patients with metastatic primary breast cancer at diagnosis. Ultimately, larger replication studies are needed to confirm the identified associations.
AB - Breast cancer metastasis accounts for most of the deaths from breast cancer. Identification of germline variants associated with survival in aggressive types of breast cancer may inform understanding of breast cancer progression and assist treatment. In this analysis, we studied the associations between germline variants and breast cancer survival for patients with distant metastases at primary breast cancer diagnosis. We used data from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC) including 1062 women of European ancestry with metastatic breast cancer, 606 of whom died of breast cancer. We identified two germline variants on chromosome 1, rs138569520 and rs146023652, significantly associated with breast cancer-specific survival (P = 3.19 × 10−8 and 4.42 × 10−8). In silico analysis suggested a potential regulatory effect of the variants on the nearby target genes SDE2 and H3F3A. However, the variants showed no evidence of association in a smaller replication dataset. The validation dataset was obtained from the SNPs to Risk of Metastasis (StoRM) study and included 293 patients with metastatic primary breast cancer at diagnosis. Ultimately, larger replication studies are needed to confirm the identified associations.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41598-021-99409-3
DO - 10.1038/s41598-021-99409-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85116813839
SN - 2045-2322
VL - 11
JO - Scientific Reports
JF - Scientific Reports
IS - 1
M1 - 19787
ER -