Association of common variations of 8q24 with the risk of prostate cancer in Koreans and a review of the Asian population - Abstract

The association between subjects with the genetic variation of 8q24 and the risk of development of prostate cancer in Korean men was found.

As a result of haplotype analysis, [AGC] and [CTA] carriers showed a significant association with prostate cancer risk. This is clinically meaningful as an initial study on genetic susceptibility to prostate cancer in Korean men and the first report of 8q24 haplotypes in an Asian population.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the association between genetic variation of 8q24 with prostate cancer risk in Korean men.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: With a hospital-based case-control study design, we enrolled 194 patients with prostate cancer and 169 healthy controls from visitors for cancer screening.  DNA samples were obtained from peripheral blood for the analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Three SNPs of 8q24, including rs16901979, rs6983267, and rs1447295, were genotyped on cases and controls.

RESULTS: The subjects with the rs1447295 CA or AA genotype had a higher risk of prostate cancer than the CC genotype. The A allele at SNP rs1447295 was associated with the incidence of prostate cancer. The rs16901979 CA genotype carriers had a higher risk of prostate cancer than the CC genotype. Individuals with the [AGC] and [CTA] haplotypes had a significantly increased risk of prostate cancer compared with the [CTC] haplotype ([AGC] with adjusted odds ratio [OR] 1.79; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.09-2.96; P= 0.022; [CTA] with adjusted OR 5.17; 95% CI 2.40-11.15; P < 0.001).

CONCLUSIONS: The genetic variation of 8q24 is associated with the risk of prostate cancer in Korean men. Individuals with the [AGC] and [CTA] haplotypes had a significant association with prostate cancer risk.

Written by:
Joung JY, Park S, Yoon H, Lee SJ, Park WS, Seo HK, Chung J, Kim SY, Hong SH, Lee YS, Kim J, Lee KH. Are you the author?
Center for Prostate Cancer, Cancer Biostatistics Branch Genitourinary Cancer Branch Cancer Genomics Branch Molecular Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Center, Goyang; Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Yonsei University, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul, Korea.

Reference: BJU Int. 2012 May 15. Epub ahead of print.
doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11211.x

PubMed Abstract
PMID: 22583965

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