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Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and fine-mapping efforts to date have identified more than 100 prostate cancer (PrCa)-susceptibility loci. We meta-analyzed genotype data from a custom high-density array of 46,939 PrCa cases and 27,910 controls of European ancestry with previously genotyped data of 32,255 PrCa cases and 33,202 controls of European ancestry. Our analysis identified 62 novel loci associated (P < 5.0 × 10-8) with PrCa and one locus significantly associated with early-onset PrCa (≤55 years). Our findings include missense variants rs1800057 (odds ratio (OR) = 1.16; P = 8.2 × 10-9; G>C, p.Pro1054Arg) in ATM and rs2066827 (OR = 1.06; P = 2.3 × 10-9; T>G, p.Val109Gly) in CDKN1B. The combination of all loci captured 28.4% of the PrCa familial relative risk, and a polygenic risk score conferred an elevated PrCa risk for men in the ninetieth to ninety-ninth percentiles (relative risk = 2.69; 95% confidence interval (CI): 2.55-2.82) and first percentile (relative risk = 5.71; 95% CI: 5.04-6.48) risk stratum compared with the population average. These findings improve risk prediction, enhance fine-mapping, and provide insight into the underlying biology of PrCa1.

Original publication

DOI

10.1038/s41588-018-0142-8

Type

Journal article

Journal

Nature genetics

Publication Date

07/2018

Volume

50

Pages

928 - 936

Addresses

Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA. frs2@case.edu.

Keywords

Profile Study, Australian Prostate Cancer BioResource (APCB), IMPACT Study, Canary PASS Investigators, Breast and Prostate Cancer Cohort Consortium (BPC3), PRACTICAL (Prostate Cancer Association Group to Investigate Cancer-Associated Alterations in the Genome) Consortium, Cancer of the Prostate in Sweden (CAPS), Prostate Cancer Genome-wide Association Study of Uncommon Susceptibility Loci (PEGASUS), Genetic Associations and Mechanisms in Oncology (GAME-ON)/Elucidating Loci Involved in Prostate Cancer Susceptibility (ELLIPSE) Consortium, Humans, Prostatic Neoplasms, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Risk, Case-Control Studies, Genotype, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Male, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genetic Loci