• Association of the CHEK2 c.1100delC variant, radiotherapy, and systemic treatment with contralateral breast cancer risk and breast cancer-specific survival 

      Morra, Anna; Schreurs, Maartje A. C.; Andrulis, Irene L.; Anton-Culver, Hoda; Augustinsson, Annelie; Beckmann, Matthias W.; Behrens, Sabine; Bojesen, Stig E.; Bolla, Manjeet K.; Brauch, Hiltrud; Broeks, Annegien; Buys, Saundra S.; Camp, Nicola J.; Castelao, Jose E.; Cessna, Melissa H.; Chang-Claude, Jenny; Chung, Wendy K.; Sahlberg, Guro Kristine Kleivi; Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise; Gram, Inger Torhild; Olsen, Karina Standahl; Engebråten, Olav; Naume, Bjørn; Geisler, Jürgen; Grenaker, Grethe Irene; Colonna, Sarah V.; Couch, Fergus J.; Cox, Angela; Cross, Simon S.; Czene, Kamila; Daly, Mary B.; Dennis, Joe; Devilee, Peter; Dörk, Thilo; Dunning, Alison M.; Dwek, Miriam; Easton, Douglas F.; Eccles, Diana M.; Eriksson, Mikael; Evans, D. Gareth; Fasching, Peter A.; Fehm, Tanja N.; Figueroa, Jonine D.; Flyger, Henrik; Gabrielson, Marike; Gago-Dominguez, Manuela; García-Closas, Montserrat; García-Sáenz, José A.; Genkinger, Jeanine; Grassmann, Felix; Gündert, Melanie; Hahnen, Eric; Haiman, Christopher A.; Hamann, Ute; Harrington, Patricia A.; Hartikainen, Jaana M.; Hoppe, Reiner; Hopper, John L.; Houlston, Richard S.; Howell, Anthony; Jakubowska, Anna; Janni, Wolfgang; Jernström, Helena; John, Esther M.; Johnson, Nichola; Jones, Michael E.; Kristensen, Vessela N.; Kurian, Allison W.; Lambrechts, Diether; Le Marchand, Loic; Lindblom, Annika; Lubiński, Jan; Lux, Michael P.; Mannermaa, Arto; Mavroudis, Dimitrios; Mulligan, Anna Marie; Muranen, Taru A.; Nevanlinna, Heli; Nevelsteen, Ines; Neven, Patrick; Newman, William G.; Obi, Nadia; Offit, Kenneth; Olshan, Andrew F.; Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won; Patel, Alpa V.; Peterlongo, Paolo; Phillips, Kelly-Anne; Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana; Polley, Eric C.; Presneau, Nadege; Pylkäs, Katri; Rack, Brigitte; Radice, Paolo; Rashid, Muhammad U.; Rhenius, Valerie; Robson, Mark; Romero, Atocha; Saloustros, Emmanouil; Sawyer, Elinor J.; Schmutzler, Rita K.; Schuetze, Sabine; Scott, Christopher; Shah, Mitul; Smichkoska, Snezhana; Southey, Melissa C.; Tapper, William J.; Teras, Lauren R.; Tollenaar, Rob A. E. M.; Tomczyk, Katarzyna; Tomlinson, Ian; Troester, Melissa A.; Vachon, Celine M.; van Veen, Elke M.; Wang, Qin; Wendt, Camilla; Wildiers, Hans; Winqvist, Robert; Ziogas, Argyrios; Hall, Per; Pharoah, Paul D. P.; Adank, Muriel A.; Hollestelle, Antoinette; Schmidt, Marjanka K.; Hooning, Maartje J. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-07-03)
      Background - Breast cancer (BC) patients with a germline CHEK2 c.1100delC variant have an increased risk of contralateral BC (CBC) and worse BC-specific survival (BCSS) compared to non-carriers.<p> <p>Aim - To assessed the associations of CHEK2 c.1100delC, radiotherapy, and systemic treatment with CBC risk and BCSS.<p> <p>Methods - Analyses were based on 82,701 women diagnosed with a first ...
    • DNA methylation changes measured in pre-diagnostic peripheral blood samples are associated with smoking and lung cancer risk 

      Baglietto, Laura; Ponzi, Erica; Haycock, Philip; Hodge, Allison; Bianca Assumma, Manuela; Jung, Chol-Hee; Chung, Jessica; Fasanelli, Francesca; Guida, Florence; Campanella, Gianluca; Chadeau-Hyam, Marc; Grankvist, Kjell; Johansson, Mikael; Ala, Ugo; Provero, Paolo; Wong, Ee Ming; Joo, Jihoon; English, Dallas R.; Kazmi, Nabila; Lund, Eiliv; Faltus, Christian; Risch, Angela; Barrdahl, Myrto; Sandanger, Torkjel M; Southey, Melissa C.; Giles, Graham G.; Johansson, Mattias; Vineis, Paolo; Polidoro, Silvia; Relton, Caroline L.; Severi, Gianluca (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-09-15)
      DNA methylation changes are associated with cigarette smoking. We used the Illumina Infinium HumanMethylation450 array to determine whether methylation in DNA from pre‐diagnostic, peripheral blood samples is associated with lung cancer risk. We used a case‐control study nested within the EPIC‐Italy cohort and a study within the MCCS cohort as discovery sets (a total of 552 case‐control pairs). We ...
    • Hypomethylation of smoking-related genes is associated with future lung cancer in four prospective cohorts 

      Fasanelli, Francesca; Baglietto, Laura; Ponzi, Erica; Guida, Florence; Campanella, Gianluca; Johansson, Mattias; Grankvist, Kjell; Johansson, Mikael; Assumma, Manuela Bianca; Naccarati, Alessio; Chadeau-Hyam, Marc; Ala, Ugo; Faltus, Christian; Kaaks, Rudolf; Risch, Angela; De Stavola, Bianca; Hodge, Allison; Giles, Graham G.; Southey, Melissa C.; Relton, Caroline L.; Haycock, Philip C.; Lund, Eiliv; Polidoro, Silvia; Sandanger, Torkjel M; Severi, Gianluca; Vineis, Paolo (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-12-15)
      DNA hypomethylation in certain genes is associated with tobacco exposure but it is unknown whether these methylation changes translate into increased lung cancer risk. In an epigenome-wide study of DNA from pre-diagnostic blood samples from 132 case–control pairs in the NOWAC cohort, we observe that the most significant associations with lung cancer risk are for cg05575921 in AHRR (OR for 1 s.d.=0.37, ...
    • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies discovers multiple loci for chronic lymphocytic leukemia 

      Berndt, Sonja I.; Camp, Nicola J.; Skibola, Christine F.; Vijai, Joseph; Wang, Zhaoming; Gu, Jian; Nieters, Alexandra; Kelly, Rachel S; Smedby, Karin E.; Monnereau, Alain; Cozen, Wendy; Cox, Angela; Wang, Sophia S.; Lan, Qing; Teras, Lauren R; Machado, Moara; Yeager, Meredith; Brooks-Wilson, Angela R.; Hartge, Patricia; Purdue, Mark P.; Birmann, Brenda M.; Vajdic, Claire M.; Cocco, Pierluigi; Zhang, Yawei; Giles, Graham G.; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Lawrence, Charles; Montalvan, Rebecca; Burdett, Laurie; Hutchinson, Amy; Ye, Yuanqing; Call, Timothy G.; Shanafelt, Tait D.; Novak, Anne J.; Kay, Neil E.; Liebow, Mark; Cunningham, Julie M.; Allmer, Cristine; Hjalgrim, Henrik; Adami, Hans-Olov; Melbye, Mads; Glimelius, Bengt; Chang, Ellen T.; Glenn, Martha; Curtin, Karen; Cannon-Albright, Lisa A.; Diver, W Ryan; Link, Brian K.; Weiner, George J.; Conde, Lucia; Bracci, Paige M.; Riby, Jacques; Arnett, Donna K.; Zhi, Degui; Leach, Justin M.; Holly, Elizabeth A.; Jackson, Rebecca D.; Tinker, Lesley F.; Benavente, Yolanda; Sala, Nuria; Casabonne, Delphine; Becker, Nikolaus; Boffetta, Paolo; Brennan, Paul; Foretova, Lenka; Maynadie, Marc; McKay, James; Staines, Anthony; Chaffee, Kari G.; Achenbach, Sara J.; Vachon, Celine M.; Goldin, Lynn R.; Strom, Sara S.; Leis, Jose F.; Weinberg, J. Brice; Caporaso, Neil E.; Norman, Aaron D.; De Roos, Anneclaire J.; Morton, Lindsay M.; Severson, Richard K.; Riboli, Elio; Vineis, Paolo; Kaaks, Rudolph; Masala, Giovanna; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Chirlaque, Maria-Dolores; Vermeulen, Roel C.H.; Travis, Ruth C.; Southey, Melissa C.; Milne, Roger L.; Albanes, Demetrius; Virtamo, Jarmo; Weinstein, Stephanie; Clavel, Jacqueline; Zheng, Tongzhang; Holford, Theodore R.; Villano, Danylo J.; Maria, Ann; Spinelli, John J.; Gascoyne, Randy D.; Connors, Joseph M.; Bertrand, Kimberly A.; Giovannucci, Edward; Kraft, Peter; Kricker, Anne; Turner, Jenny; Ennas, Maria Grazia; Ferri, Giovanni M.; Miligi, Lucia; Liang, Liming; Ma, Baoshan; Huang, Jinyan; Crouch, Simon; Park, Ju-Hyun; Chatterjee, Nilanjan; North, Kari E.; Snowden, John A.; Wright, Josh; Fraumeni, Joseph F.; Offit, Kenneth; Wu, Xifeng; De Sanjose, Silvia; Cerhan, James R.; Chanock, Stephen J.; Rothman, Nathaniel; Slager, Susan L. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-03-09)
      Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a common lymphoid malignancy with strong heritability. To further understand the genetic susceptibility for CLL and identify common loci associated with risk, we conducted a meta-analysis of four genome-wide association studies (GWAS) composed of 3,100 cases and 7,667 controls with follow-up replication in 1,958 cases and 5,530 controls. Here we report three new ...
    • Socioeconomic position, lifestyle habits and biomarkers of epigenetic aging: A multi-cohort analysis 

      Fiorito, Giovanni; McCrory, Cathal; Robinson, Oliver; Carmeli, Cristian; Rosales, Carolina Ochoa; Zhang, Yan; Colicino, Elena; Dugué, Pierre-Antoine; Artaud, Fanny; McKay, Gareth J.; Jeong, Ayoung; Mishra, Pashupati P.; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Krogh, Vittorio; Panico, Salvatore; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Tumino, Rosario; Palli, Domenico; Matullo, Giuseppe; Guarrera, Simonetta; Gandini, Martina; Bochud, Murielle; Dermitzakis, Emmanouil; Muka, Taulant; Schwartz, Joel; Vokonas, Pantel S.; Just, Allan; Hodge, Allison M.; Giles, Graham G.; Southey, Melissa C.; Hurme, Mikko A.; Young, Ian; McKnight, Amy Jayne; Kunze, Sonja; Waldenberger, Melanie; Peters, Annette; Schwettmann, Lars; Lund, Eiliv; Baccarelli, Andrea; Milne, Roger L.; Kenny, Rose A.; Elbaz, Alexis; Brenner, Hermann; Kee, Frank; Voortman, Trudy; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Lehtimäki, Terho; Elliot, Paul; Stringhini, Silvia; Vineis, Paolo; Polidoro, Silvia (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-14)
      <p>Differences in health status by socioeconomic position (SEP) tend to be more evident at older ages, suggesting the involvement of a biological mechanism responsive to the accumulation of deleterious exposures across the lifespan. DNA methylation (DNAm) has been proposed as a biomarker of biological aging that conserves memory of endogenous and exogenous stress during life. <p>We examined the ...
    • Stochastic Epigenetic Mutations Are Associated with Risk of Breast Cancer, Lung Cancer, and Mature B-cell Neoplasms 

      Gagliardi, Amedeo; Dugué, Pierre-Antoine; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Southey, Melissa C.; Buchanan, Daniel D.; Schmidt, Daniel F; Makalic, Enes; Hodge, Allison M; English, Dallas R.; Wong Doo, Nicole; Hopper, John L.; Severi, Gianluca; Baglietto, Laura; Naccarati, Alessio; Krogh, Vittorio; Palli, Domenico; Panico, Salvatore; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Tumino, Rosario; Lund, Eiliv; Giles, Graham; Pardini, Barbara; Sandanger, Torkjel M; Milne, Roger L.; Paolo, Vineis; Polidoro, Silvia; Fiorito, Giovanni (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-11)
      <p>Background: Age-related epigenetic dysregulations are associated with several diseases, including cancer. The number of stochastic epigenetic mutations (SEM) has been suggested as a biomarker of life-course accumulation of exposure-related DNA damage; however, the predictive role of SEMs in cancer has seldom been investigated. <p>Methods: A SEM, at a given CpG site, was defined as an extreme ...