Multiple independent variants at the TERT locus are associated with telomere length and risks of breast and ovarian cancer

• Main Authors: Bojesen, S.E., Pooley, K.A., Johnatty, S.E., Beesley, J., Michailidou, K., Tyrer, J.P., Edwards, S.L., Pickett, H.A., Shen, H.C., Smart, C.E., Hillman, K.M., Mai, P.L., Lawrenson, K., Stutz, M.D., Lu, Y., Karevan, R., Woods, N., Johnstonw, R.L., French, J.D., Chen, X.Q., Weischer, M., Nielsen, S.F., Maranian, M.J., Ghoussaini, M., Ahmed, S., Baynes, C., Bolla, M.K., Wang, Q., Dennis, J., McGuffog, L., Barrowdale, D., Lee, A., Healey, S., Lush, M., Tessier, D.C., Vincent, D., Bacot, F., Vergote, I., Lambrechts, S., Despierre, E., Risch, H.A., Gonzaalez-Neira, A., Rossing, M.A., Pita, G., Doherty, J.A., Alvarez, N., Larson, M.C., Fridley, B.L., Schoof, N., Chang-Claude, J., Cicek, M.S., Peto, J., Kalli, K.R., Broeks, A., Armasu, S.M., Schmidt, M.K., Braaf, L.M., Winterhoff, B., Nevanlinna, H., Konecny, G.E., Lambrechts, D., Rogmann, L., Guenel, P., Teoman, A., Milne, R.L., Garcia, J.J., Cox, A., Shridhar, V., Burwinkel, B., Marme, F., Hein, R., Sawyer, E.J., Haiman, C.A., Wang-Gohrke, S., Andrulis, I.L., Moysich, K.B., Hopper, J.L., Odunsi, K., Lindblom, A., Giles, G.G., Brenner, H., Simard, J., Lurie, G., Fasching, P.A., Carney, M.E., Radice, P., Wilkens, L.R., Swerdlow, A., Goodman, M.T., Brauch, H., Garcia-Closas, M., Hillemanns, P., Winqvist, R., Durst, M., Devilee, P., Runnebaum, I., Jakubowska, A., Lubinski, J., Mannermaa, A., Butzow, R., Omar, S.Z.
• Format: Article
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: R Medicine; RG Gynecology and obstetrics
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/10835/; http://ir.library.nuigalway.ie/xmlui/handle/10379/3883

TERT-locus SNPs and leukocyte telomere measures are reportedly associated with risks of multiple cancers. Using the Illumina custom genotyping array iCOG, we analyzed similar to 480 SNPs at the TERT locus in breast (n = 103,991), ovarian (n = 39,774) and BRCA1 mutation carrier (n = 11,705) cancer ca...