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Villegas SL, Nekljudova V, Pfarr N, Engel J, Untch M, Schrodi S, Holms F, Ulmer HU, Fasching PA, Weber KE, Albig C, Heinrichs C, Marmé F, Hartmann A, Hanusch C, Schmitt WD, Huober J, Lederer B, van Mackelenbergh M, Tesch H, Jackisch C, Rezai M, Sinn P, Sinn BV, Hackmann J, Kiechle M, Schneeweiss A, Weichert W, Denkert C, Loibl S. Therapy response and prognosis of patients with early breast cancer with low positivity for hormone receptors - An analysis of 2765 patients from neoadjuvant clinical trials. Eur J Cancer 2021; 148:159-170. [PMID: 33743484 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2021.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Revised: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
AIM To evaluate HER2-negative breast cancer (BC) with a low hormone receptor (HR) expression, with regard to pathological complete response (pCR) and survival, in comparison to triple-negative BC (TNBC) and strong HR-positive BC. METHODS We compared negative [oestrogen (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) <1%], low-positive (ER and/or PR 1-9%) and strong-positive (ER or PR 10-100%) HR-expression in neoadjuvant clinical trial cohorts (n = 2765) of BC patients. End-points were disease-free survival (DFS), distant-disease free survival (DDFS) and overall survival (OS). We performed RNA sequencing on available tumour tissue samples from patients with low-HR expression (n = 38). RESULTS Ninety-four (3.4%) patients had low HR-positive tumours, 1769 (64.0%) had strong HR-positive tumours, and 902 (32.6%) had TNBC. There were no significant differences in pCR rates between women with low HR-positive tumours (27.7%) and women with TNBC (35.5%). DFS and DDFS were also not different [for DFS, hazard ratio 1.26, 95%-CI (confidence interval) : 0.87-1.83, log-rank test p = 0.951; for DDFS, hazard ratio 1.17, 95%-CI: 0.78-1.76, log-rank test p = 0.774]. Patients with strong HR-positive tumours had a significantly lower pCR rate (pCR 9.4%; odds ratio 0.38, 95%-CI: 0.23-0.63), but better DFS (hazard ratio 0.48, 95%-CI: 0.33-0.70) and DDFS (hazard ratio 0.49, 95%-CI: 0.33-0.74) than patients with low HR-positive tumours. Molecular subtyping (RNA sequencing) of low HR-positive tumours classified these predominantly into a basal subtype (86.8%). CONCLUSION Low HR-positive, HER2-negative tumours have a similar clinical behaviour to TNBC showing high pCR rates and poor survival and also a basal-like gene expression signature. Patients with low HR-positive tumours should be regarded as candidates for therapy strategies targeting TNBC.
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- Sonia L Villegas
- Institute of Pathology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of General and Surgical Pathology of the Technical University of Munich, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Munich Cancer Registry (MCR), Bavarian Cancer Registry - Regional Centre Munich (LGL) at the University Hospital of Munich, Institute of Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology (IBE), Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Munich, Germany
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- Breast Cancer Center, HELIOS Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
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- Munich Cancer Registry (MCR), Bavarian Cancer Registry - Regional Centre Munich (LGL) at the University Hospital of Munich, Institute of Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology (IBE), Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Munich, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- German Breast Group (GBG Forschungs GmbH), Neu-Isenburg, Germany
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- Institute of General and Surgical Pathology of the Technical University of Munich, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology, University Hospital Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- German Breast Group (GBG Forschungs GmbH), Neu-Isenburg, Germany
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- Oncology Practice at Bethanien Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology, Marien Hospital Witten, Witten, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Comprehensive Cancer Center Munich (CCCM), Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technical University Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany
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- Nationales Centrum für Tumorerkrankungen, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of General and Surgical Pathology of the Technical University of Munich, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Philipps-University Marburg and University Hospital Marburg (UKGM), Marburg, Germany
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- German Breast Group (GBG Forschungs GmbH), Neu-Isenburg, Germany.
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Li J, Lindström LS, Foo JN, Rafiq S, Schmidt MK, Pharoah PDP, Michailidou K, Dennis J, Bolla MK, Wang Q, Van ‘t Veer LJ, Cornelissen S, Rutgers E, Southey MC, Apicella C, Dite GS, Hopper JL, Fasching PA, Haeberle L, Ekici AB, Beckmann MW, Blomqvist C, Muranen TA, Aittomäki K, Lindblom A, Margolin S, Mannermaa A, Kosma VM, Hartikainen JM, Kataja V, Chenevix-Trench G, Investigators KC, Phillips KA, McLachlan SA, Lambrechts D, Thienpont B, Smeets A, Wildiers H, Chang-Claude J, Flesch-Janys D, Seibold P, Rudolph A, Giles GG, Baglietto L, Severi G, Haiman CA, Henderson BE, Schumacher F, Le Marchand L, Kristensen V, Alnæs GIG, Borresen-Dale AL, Nord S, Winqvist R, Pylkäs K, Jukkola-Vuorinen A, Grip M, Andrulis IL, Knight JA, Glendon G, Tchatchou S, Devilee P, Tollenaar R, Seynaeve C, Hooning M, Kriege M, Hollestelle A, van den Ouweland A, Li Y, Hamann U, Torres D, Ulmer HU, Rüdiger T, Shen CY, Hsiung CN, Wu PE, Chen ST, Teo SH, Taib NAM, Har Yip C, Fuang Ho G, Matsuo K, Ito H, Iwata H, Tajima K, Kang D, Choi JY, Park SK, Yoo KY, Maishman T, Tapper WJ, Dunning A, Shah M, Luben R, Brown J, Chuen Khor C, Eccles DM, Nevanlinna H, Easton D, Humphreys K, Liu J, Hall P, Czene K. 2q36.3 is associated with prognosis for oestrogen receptor-negative breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy. Nat Commun 2014; 5:4051. [PMID: 24937182 PMCID: PMC4082638 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2014] [Accepted: 05/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Large population-based registry studies have shown that breast cancer prognosis is inherited. Here we analyse single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of genes implicated in human immunology and inflammation as candidates for prognostic markers of breast cancer survival involving 1,804 oestrogen receptor (ER)-negative patients treated with chemotherapy (279 events) from 14 European studies in a prior large-scale genotyping experiment, which is part of the Collaborative Oncological Gene-environment Study (COGS) initiative. We carry out replication using Asian COGS samples (n=522, 53 events) and the Prospective Study of Outcomes in Sporadic versus Hereditary breast cancer (POSH) study (n=315, 108 events). Rs4458204_A near CCL20 (2q36.3) is found to be associated with breast cancer-specific death at a genome-wide significant level (n=2,641, 440 events, combined allelic hazard ratio (HR)=1.81 (1.49-2.19); P for trend=1.90 × 10(-9)). Such survival-associated variants can represent ideal targets for tailored therapeutics, and may also enhance our current prognostic prediction capabilities.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jingmei Li
- Human Genetics, Genome Institute of Singapore,
60 Biopolis Street 02-01, Singapore
138672, Singapore
- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University
of Singapore, MD3, 16 Medical Drive, Singapore
117597, Singapore
- These authors contributed equally to this work
| | - Linda S. Lindström
- Department of Surgery, University of California at San
Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, California
94143, USA
- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska
Institutet and University Hospital, SE-171 77
Stockholm, Sweden
- These authors contributed equally to this work
| | - Jia N. Foo
- Human Genetics, Genome Institute of Singapore,
60 Biopolis Street 02-01, Singapore
138672, Singapore
| | - Sajjad Rafiq
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, University
Hospital Southampton, Southampton
SO16 6YD, UK
| | - Marjanka K. Schmidt
- Division of Psychosocial Research and Epidemiology,
Netherlands Cancer Institute, Postbus 90203, 1006
BE
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Division of Molecular Pathology, Netherlands Cancer
Institute, Postbus 90203, 1006 BE
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - Paul D. P. Pharoah
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of
Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge,
Cambridge
CB1 8RN, UK
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of
Oncology, University of Cambridge, Worts Causeway,
Cambridge
CB1 8RN, UK
| | - Kyriaki Michailidou
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of
Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge,
Cambridge
CB1 8RN, UK
| | - Joe Dennis
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of
Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge,
Cambridge
CB1 8RN, UK
| | - Manjeet K. Bolla
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of
Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge,
Cambridge
CB1 8RN, UK
| | - Qin Wang
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of
Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge,
Cambridge
CB1 8RN, UK
| | - Laura J. Van ‘t Veer
- Division of Molecular Pathology, Netherlands Cancer
Institute, Postbus 90203, 1006 BE
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - Sten Cornelissen
- Division of Molecular Pathology, Netherlands Cancer
Institute, Postbus 90203, 1006 BE
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - Emiel Rutgers
- Department of Surgery, Netherlands Cancer Institute,
Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - Melissa C. Southey
- Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology,
The University of Melbourne, 5th floor, West Wing, Medical
Building 181, Melbourne, Victoria
3010, Australia
| | - Carmel Apicella
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne
School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne,
Level 1, 723 Swanston Street, Melbourne,
Victoria
3010, Australia
| | - Gillian S. Dite
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne
School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne,
Level 1, 723 Swanston Street, Melbourne,
Victoria
3010, Australia
| | - John L. Hopper
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne
School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne,
Level 1, 723 Swanston Street, Melbourne,
Victoria
3010, Australia
- Department of Health Science and Services, Graduate School
of Public Health, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro,
Gwanak-gu, Seoul
151-742, Korea
| | - Peter A. Fasching
- University Breast Center Franconia, Department of
Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander
University Erlangen–Nuremberg,
Universitätsstrasse 21-23, 91054
Erlangen, Germany
- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of
Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los
Angeles, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles,
California
90095, USA
| | - Lothar Haeberle
- University Breast Center Franconia, Department of
Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander
University Erlangen–Nuremberg,
Universitätsstrasse 21-23, 91054
Erlangen, Germany
| | - Arif B. Ekici
- Institute of Human Genetics, Friedrich Alexander
University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Schlossplatz 4,
91054
Erlangen, Germany
| | - Matthias W. Beckmann
- University Breast Center Franconia, Department of
Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander
University Erlangen–Nuremberg,
Universitätsstrasse 21-23, 91054
Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Oncology, University of Helsinki and
Helsinki University Central Hospital, FI-00029 HUS Helsinki,
Finland
| | - Taru A. Muranen
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of
Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Haartmaninkatu
8, FI-00029
Helsinki, Finland
| | - Kristiina Aittomäki
- Department of Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki
and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Haartmaninkatu
8, FI-00029
Helsinki, Finland
| | - Annika Lindblom
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska
Institutet, Stockholm
SE-17177, Sweden
| | - Sara Margolin
- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska
Institutet, Stockholm
SE-17177, Sweden
| | - Arto Mannermaa
- School of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine,
Oncology, University of Eastern Finland, Yliopistonranta
1C, FI-70211
Kuopio, Finland
- Biocenter Kuopio, Cancer Center of Eastern Finland,
University of Eastern Finland, FI-70211 Kuopio,
Finland
- Cancer Center, Kuopio University Hospital,
Puijonlaaksontie 2, 70210
Kuopio, Finland
| | - Veli-Matti Kosma
- School of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine,
Oncology, University of Eastern Finland, Yliopistonranta
1C, FI-70211
Kuopio, Finland
- Biocenter Kuopio, Cancer Center of Eastern Finland,
University of Eastern Finland, FI-70211 Kuopio,
Finland
- Cancer Center, Kuopio University Hospital,
Puijonlaaksontie 2, 70210
Kuopio, Finland
| | - Jaana M. Hartikainen
- School of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine,
Oncology, University of Eastern Finland, Yliopistonranta
1C, FI-70211
Kuopio, Finland
- Biocenter Kuopio, Cancer Center of Eastern Finland,
University of Eastern Finland, FI-70211 Kuopio,
Finland
- Cancer Center, Kuopio University Hospital,
Puijonlaaksontie 2, 70210
Kuopio, Finland
| | - Vesa Kataja
- School of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine,
Oncology, University of Eastern Finland, Yliopistonranta
1C, FI-70211
Kuopio, Finland
- Cancer Center, Kuopio University Hospital,
Puijonlaaksontie 2, 70210
Kuopio, Finland
- Jyväskylä Central Hospital,
Keskussairaalantie 19, 40620
Jyväskylä, Finland
| | - Georgia Chenevix-Trench
- Department of Genetics, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research
Institute, 300 Herston Road, Brisbane,
Queensland
4006, Australia
| | - kConFab Investigators
- Research Department, Peter MacCallum Cancer Center,
East Melbourne, Victoria 3002, Australia
| | - Kelly-Anne Phillips
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne
School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne,
Level 1, 723 Swanston Street, Melbourne,
Victoria
3010, Australia
- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of
Melbourne, St Andrews Place East, East
Melbourne, Victoria
3002, Australia
| | - Sue-Anne McLachlan
- Department of Oncology, St Vincent’s Hospital
Melbourne, 9 Princes Street, Fitzroy,
Victoria
3065, Australia
| | - Diether Lambrechts
- Vesalius Research Center (VRC), VIB,
Herestraat 49, 3000
Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory for Translational Genetics, Department of
Oncology, University of Leuven, Herestraat 49,
3000
Leuven, Belgium
| | - Bernard Thienpont
- Vesalius Research Center (VRC), VIB,
Herestraat 49, 3000
Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory for Translational Genetics, Department of
Oncology, University of Leuven, Herestraat 49,
3000
Leuven, Belgium
| | - Ann Smeets
- Multidisciplinary Breast Center, University Hospitals
Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000
Leuven, Belgium
| | - Hans Wildiers
- Multidisciplinary Breast Center, University Hospitals
Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000
Leuven, Belgium
| | - Jenny Chang-Claude
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research
Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120
Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Dieter Flesch-Janys
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research
Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120
Heidelberg, Germany
- Department of Cancer Epidemiology/Clinical Cancer
Registry, University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse
52, 20246
Hamburg, Germany
- Institute for Medical Biometrics and Epidemiology,
University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52,
20246
Hamburg, Germany
| | - Petra Seibold
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research
Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120
Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Anja Rudolph
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research
Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120
Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Graham G. Giles
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne
School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne,
Level 1, 723 Swanston Street, Melbourne,
Victoria
3010, Australia
- Cancer Epidemiology Centre, Cancer Council Victoria,
1 Rathdowne Street, Melbourne, Victoria
3053, Australia
| | - Laura Baglietto
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne
School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne,
Level 1, 723 Swanston Street, Melbourne,
Victoria
3010, Australia
- Cancer Epidemiology Centre, Cancer Council Victoria,
1 Rathdowne Street, Melbourne, Victoria
3053, Australia
| | - Gianluca Severi
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne
School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne,
Level 1, 723 Swanston Street, Melbourne,
Victoria
3010, Australia
- Cancer Epidemiology Centre, Cancer Council Victoria,
1 Rathdowne Street, Melbourne, Victoria
3053, Australia
| | - Christopher A. Haiman
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of
Medicine, University of Southern California, 1975 San Pablo
Street, Los Angeles, California
90033, USA
| | - Brian E. Henderson
- University of Hawaii Cancer Center, 701
Ilalo Street, Honolulu, Hawaii
96813, USA
| | - Fredrick Schumacher
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of
Medicine, University of Southern California, 1975 San Pablo
Street, Los Angeles, California
90033, USA
| | - Loic Le Marchand
- University of Hawaii Cancer Center, 701
Ilalo Street, Honolulu, Hawaii
96813, USA
| | - Vessela Kristensen
- Department of Genetics, Institute for Cancer Research,
Oslo University Hospital, Radiumhospitalet, Ullernchausseen
70, N-0310
Oslo, Norway
- K.G. Jebsen Center for Breast Cancer Research, Institute
for Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo,
Kirkeveien 166, 0450
Oslo, Norway
- Department of Clinical Molecular Biology (EpiGen), Medical
Division, Akershus University Hospital, Sykehusveien 25,
1478
Lørenskog, Norway
| | - Grethe I. Grenaker Alnæs
- Department of Genetics, Institute for Cancer Research,
Oslo University Hospital, Radiumhospitalet, Ullernchausseen
70, N-0310
Oslo, Norway
- K.G. Jebsen Center for Breast Cancer Research, Institute
for Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo,
Kirkeveien 166, 0450
Oslo, Norway
| | - Anne-Lise Borresen-Dale
- Department of Genetics, Institute for Cancer Research,
Oslo University Hospital, Radiumhospitalet, Ullernchausseen
70, N-0310
Oslo, Norway
- K.G. Jebsen Center for Breast Cancer Research, Institute
for Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo,
Kirkeveien 166, 0450
Oslo, Norway
| | - Silje Nord
- Department of Genetics, Institute for Cancer Research,
Oslo University Hospital, Radiumhospitalet, Ullernchausseen
70, N-0310
Oslo, Norway
- K.G. Jebsen Center for Breast Cancer Research, Institute
for Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo,
Kirkeveien 166, 0450
Oslo, Norway
| | - Robert Winqvist
- Laboratory of Cancer Genetics and Tumor Biology,
Department of Clinical Chemistry and Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu
University Hospital, Aapistie 5A, FI-90220
Oulu, Finland
| | - Katri Pylkäs
- Laboratory of Cancer Genetics and Tumor Biology,
Department of Clinical Chemistry and Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu
University Hospital, Aapistie 5A, FI-90220
Oulu, Finland
| | - Arja Jukkola-Vuorinen
- Laboratory of Oncology, Oulu University Hospital,
University of Oulu, Kajaanintie 50, FI-90220
Oulu, Finland
| | - Mervi Grip
- Laboratory of Oncology, Oulu University Hospital,
University of Oulu, Kajaanintie 50, FI-90220
Oulu, Finland
| | - Irene L. Andrulis
- Ontario Cancer Genetics Network, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum
Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University
Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5G 1 × 5
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of
Toronto, 1 King’s College Circle,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5S 1A8
| | - Julia A. Knight
- Prosserman Centre for Health Research, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum
Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University
Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5G 1 × 5
- Division of Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public
Health, University of Toronto, 155 College Street,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5T 3M7
| | - Gord Glendon
- Ontario Cancer Genetics Network, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum
Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University
Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5G 1 × 5
| | - Sandrine Tchatchou
- Research, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute of Mount
Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5G 1 × 5
| | - Peter Devilee
- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical
Center, Einthovenweg 20, 2333 ZC
Leiden, The Netherlands
- Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical
Center, Einthovenweg 20, 2333 ZC
Leiden, The Netherlands
| | - Robert Tollenaar
- Department of Surgical Oncology, Leiden University Medical
Center, Einthovenweg 20, 2333 ZC
Leiden, The Netherlands
| | - Caroline Seynaeve
- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer
Institute, Groene Hilledijk 301, 3075EA
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
| | - Maartje Hooning
- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer
Institute, Groene Hilledijk 301, 3075EA
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
| | - Mieke Kriege
- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer
Institute, Groene Hilledijk 301, 3075EA
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
| | - Antoinette Hollestelle
- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer
Institute, Groene Hilledijk 301, 3075EA
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
| | - Ans van den Ouweland
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus University
Medical Center, Groene Hilledijk 301, 3075EA
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
| | - Yi Li
- Human Genetics, Genome Institute of Singapore,
60 Biopolis Street 02-01, Singapore
138672, Singapore
| | - Ute Hamann
- Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, DKFZ,
Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120
Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Diana Torres
- Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, DKFZ,
Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120
Heidelberg, Germany
- Institute of Human Genetics, Pontificia University
Javeriana, Carrera 7, Bogotá
11001000, Colombia
| | - Hans U. Ulmer
- Frauenklinik der Stadtklinik Baden-Baden,
D-7570 Baden-Baden, Germany
| | - Thomas Rüdiger
- Institute of Pathology, Städtisches Klinikum
Karlsruhe, Moltkestrasse 90, 76133
Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - Chen-Yang Shen
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica,
Academia Road Nankang, Taipei
115, Taiwan
- College of Public Health, China Medical University,
No. 91, Hsueh-Shih Road, Taichung
40402, Taiwan
| | - Chia-Ni Hsiung
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica,
Academia Road Nankang, Taipei
115, Taiwan
| | - Pei-Ei Wu
- Taiwan Biobank, Academia Sinica, Academia
Road Nankang, Taipei
115, Taiwan
| | - Shou-Tung Chen
- Department of Surgery, Changhua Christian Hospital,
No. 135, Nanhsiao Street, Changhua
500, Taiwan
| | - Soo Hwang Teo
- Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation, Sime Darby Medical
Centre, 1 Jalan SS 12/1A, Subang
Jaya47500, Selangor, Malaysia
- Breast Cancer Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine,
University Malaya Cancer Research Institute, University Malaya,
Lembah Pantai, 59100
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
| | - Nur Aishah Mohd Taib
- Breast Cancer Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine,
University Malaya Cancer Research Institute, University Malaya,
Lembah Pantai, 59100
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
| | - Cheng Har Yip
- Breast Cancer Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine,
University Malaya Cancer Research Institute, University Malaya,
Lembah Pantai, 59100
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
| | - Gwo Fuang Ho
- Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University
Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 59100
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
| | - Keitaro Matsuo
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medical
Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka
812-8582, Japan
| | - Hidemi Ito
- Division of Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer
Center Research Institute, 1-1 Kanokoden Chikusa-ku,
Nagoya
464-8681, Aichi, Japan
| | - Hiroji Iwata
- Department of Breast Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center
Hospital, 1-1 Kanokoden Chikusa-ku, Nagoya
464-8681, Aichi, Japan
| | - Kazuo Tajima
- Division of Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer
Center Research Institute, 1-1 Kanokoden Chikusa-ku,
Nagoya
464-8681, Aichi, Japan
| | - Daehee Kang
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National
University College of Medicine, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu,
Seoul
110-799, Korea
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National
University Graduate School, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu,
Seoul
151-742, Korea
| | - Ji-Yeob Choi
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National
University Graduate School, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu,
Seoul
151-742, Korea
| | - Sue K. Park
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National
University College of Medicine, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu,
Seoul
110-799, Korea
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National
University Graduate School, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu,
Seoul
151-742, Korea
| | - Keun-Young Yoo
- Seoul National University College of Medicine,
103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
110-799, Korea
| | - Tom Maishman
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, University
Hospital Southampton, Southampton
SO16 6YD, UK
| | - William J. Tapper
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, University
Hospital Southampton, Southampton
SO16 6YD, UK
| | - Alison Dunning
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of
Oncology, University of Cambridge, Worts Causeway,
Cambridge
CB1 8RN, UK
| | - Mitul Shah
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of
Oncology, University of Cambridge, Worts Causeway,
Cambridge
CB1 8RN, UK
| | - Robert Luben
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of
Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge,
Cambridge
CB1 8RN, UK
| | - Judith Brown
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of
Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge,
Cambridge
CB1 8RN, UK
| | - Chiea Chuen Khor
- Human Genetics, Genome Institute of Singapore,
60 Biopolis Street 02-01, Singapore
138672, Singapore
| | - Diana M. Eccles
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, University
Hospital Southampton, Southampton
SO16 6YD, UK
| | - Heli Nevanlinna
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of
Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Haartmaninkatu
8, FI-00029
Helsinki, Finland
| | - Douglas Easton
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of
Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge,
Cambridge
CB1 8RN, UK
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of
Oncology, University of Cambridge, Worts Causeway,
Cambridge
CB1 8RN, UK
| | - Keith Humphreys
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics,
Karolinska Institutet, Box 281, 171 77
Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Jianjun Liu
- Human Genetics, Genome Institute of Singapore,
60 Biopolis Street 02-01, Singapore
138672, Singapore
| | - Per Hall
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics,
Karolinska Institutet, Box 281, 171 77
Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Kamila Czene
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics,
Karolinska Institutet, Box 281, 171 77
Stockholm, Sweden
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