A meta-analysis of 87,040 individuals identifies 23 new susceptibility loci for prostate cancer.

ABSTRACT: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 76 variants associated with prostate cancer risk predominantly in populations of European ancestry. To identify additional susceptibility loci for this common cancer, we conducted a meta-analysis of > 10 million SNPs in 43,303 prostate cancer cases and 43,737 controls from studies in populations of European, African, Japanese and Latino ancestry. Twenty-three new susceptibility loci were identified at association P < 5 × 10(-8); 15 variants were identified among men of European ancestry, 7 were identified in multi-ancestry analyses and 1 was associated with early-onset prostate cancer. These 23 variants, in combination with known prostate cancer risk variants, explain 33% of the familial risk for this disease in European-ancestry popul

SUBMITTER: Al Olama AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4383163 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature