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A sex-specific association between a 15q25 variant and upper aerodigestive tract cancers

Authors	CHEN D. TRUONG T. GABORIEAU V. BYRNES G. CHABRIER A. CHUANG Shu-chun OLSHAN A. WEISSLER M. LUO J. ROMKES M. BUCH S. NUKUI T. FRANCESCHI S. HERRERO R. TALAMINI R. KELSEY K. CHRISTENSEN B. MCCLEAN M. LACKO M. MANNI J. PETERS W. LUBINSKI J. TRUBICKA J. LENER M. MUSCAT J. LAZARUS P. WEI Q. STURGIS E. ZHANG Zuo-Feng CHANG Shen-Chih WANG R. SCHWARTZ S. CHEN Chu BENHAMOU S. LAGIOU P. HOLCATOV I. RICHIARDI L. KJAERHEIM K. AGUDO A. CASTELLSAGUE X. MACFARLANE T. BARZAN L. CANOVA Ch. THAKKER N. CONWAY D. ZNAOR A. HEALY C. AHRENS W. ZARIDZE D. SZESZENIA-DABROWSKA N. LISSOWSKA J. FABIANOVA E. BUCUR A. BENCKO V. FORETOVÁ Lenka JANOUT V. CURADO M. KOIFMAN S. MENEZES A. WUENSCH-FILHO V. ELUF-NETO J. FERNANDEZ L. BOCCIA S. HASHIBE M. HAYES R. BOFFETTA P. BRENNAN P. MCKAY J.
Year of publication	2011
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers and prevention
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Medicine
Citation
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-1008
Field	Neurology, neurosurgery, neurosciences
Keywords	NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE-RECEPTORS; LUNG-CANCER; SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCUS; RISK; DEPENDENCE; EXPRESSION; GENES; AGE
Description	Sequence variants located at 15q25 have been associated with lung cancer and propensity to smoke. We recently reported an association between rs16969968 and risk of upper aerodigestive tract (UADT) cancers (oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx, larynx, and esophagus) in women (OR = 1.24, P = 0.003) with little effect in men (OR = 1.04, P = 0.35). Methods: In a coordinated genotyping study within the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology (INHANCE) consortium, we have sought to replicate these findings in an additional 4,604 cases and 6,239 controls from 10 independent UADT cancer case-control studies. Results: rs16969968 was again associated with UADT cancers in women (OR = 1.21, 95% CI = 1.08-1.36, P = 0.001) and a similar lack of observed effect in men [OR = 1.02, 95% CI = 0.95-1.09, P = 0.66; P-heterogeneity (P(het)) = 0.01]. In a pooled analysis of the original and current studies, totaling 8,572 UADT cancer cases and 11,558 controls, the association was observed among females (OR = 1.22, 95% CI = 1.12-1.34, P = 7 x 10(-6)) but not males (OR = 1.02, 95% CI = 0.97-1.08, P = 0.35; P(het) = 6 x 10(-4)). There was little evidence for a sex difference in the association between this variant and cigarettes smoked per day, with male and female rs16969968 variant carriers smoking approximately the same amount more in the 11,991 ever smokers in the pooled analysis of the 14 studies (P(het) = 0.86). Conclusions: This study has confirmed a sex difference in the association between the 15q25 variant rs16969968 and UADT cancers.