A Genome-Wide Association Study of Upper Aerodigestive Tract Cancers Conducted within the INHANCE Consortium

James D. Mckay*, Therese Truong, Valerie Gaborieau, Amelie Chabrier, Shu-Chun Chuang, Graham Byrnes, David Zaridze, Oxana Shangina, Neonila Szeszenia-Dabrowska, Jolanta Lissowska, Peter Rudnai, Eleonora Fabianova, Alexandru Bucur, Vladimir Bencko, Ivana Holcatova, Vladimir Janout, Lenka Foretova, Pagona Lagiou, Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Simone BenhamouChristine Bouchardy, Wolfgang Ahrens, Franco Merletti, Lorenzo Richiardi, Renato Talamini, Luigi Barzan, Kristina Kjaerheim, Gary J Macfarlane, Tatiana V. Macfarlane, Lorenzo Simonato, Cristina Canova, Antonio Agudo, Xavier Castellsague, Ray Lowry, David I. Conway, Patricia A. McKinney, Claire M. Healy, Mary E. Toner, Ariana Znaor, Maria Paula Curado, Sergio Koifman, Ana M. Menezes, Victor Wuensch-Filho, Jose Eluf Neto, Leticia Fernandez Garrote, Stefania Boccia, Gabriella Cadoni, Dario Arzani, Andrew F. Olshan, Mark C. Weissler, William K. Funkhouser, Jingchun Luo, Jan Lubinski, Joanna Trubicka, Marcin Lener, Dorota Oszutowska, Stephen M. Schwartz, Chu Chen, Sherianne Fish, David R. Doody, Joshua E. Muscat, Philip Lazarus, Carla J. Gallagher, Shen-Chih Chang, Zuo-Feng Zhang, Qingyi Wei, Erich M. Sturgis, Li-E Wang, Silvia Franceschi, Rolando Herrero, Karl T. Kelsey, Michael D. McClean, Carmen J. Marsit, Heather H. Nelson, Marjorie Romkes, Shama Buch, Tomoko Nukui, Shilong Zhong, Martin Lacko, Johannes J. Manni, Wilbert H. M. Peters, Rayjean J. Hung, John R. McLaughlin, Lars Vatten, Inger Njolstad, Gary E. Goodman, John K. Field, Triantafillos Liloglou, Paolo Vineis, Francoise Clavel-Chapelon, Domenico Palli, Rosario Tumino, Vittorio Krogh, Salvatore Panico, Carlos A. Gonzalez, J. Ramon Quiros, Carmen Martinez, Carmen Navarro, Eva Ardanaz, Nerea Larranaga, Kay-Tee Khaw, Timothy J. Key, H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Petra H M Peeters, Antonia Trichopoulou, Jakob Linseisen, Heiner Boeing, Goran Hallmans, Kim Overvad, Anne Tjonneland, Merethe Kumle, Elio Riboli, Kristjan Vaelk, Tonu Voodern, Andres Metspalu, Diana Zelenika, Anne Boland, Marc Delepine, Mario Foglio, Doris Lechner, Helene Blanche, Ivo G. Gut, Pilar Galan, Simon Heath, Mia Hashibe, Richard B. Hayes, Paolo Boffetta, Mark Lathrop, Paul Brennan

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Abstract

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been successful in identifying common genetic variation involved in susceptibility to etiologically complex disease. We conducted a GWAS to identify common genetic variation involved in susceptibility to upper aero-digestive tract (UADT) cancers. Genome-wide genotyping was carried out using the Illumina HumanHap300 beadchips in 2,091 UADT cancer cases and 3,513 controls from two large European multi-centre UADT cancer studies, as well as 4,821 generic controls. The 19 top-ranked variants were investigated further in an additional 6,514 UADT cancer cases and 7,892 controls of European descent from an additional 13 UADT cancer studies participating in the INHANCE consortium. Five common variants presented evidence for significant association in the combined analysis (p
Original languageEnglish
Article numbere1001333
JournalPlos Genetics
Volume7
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2011

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