McKay JD, Hung RJ, Gaborieau V, Boffetta P, Chabrier A, Byrnes G, Zaridze D, Mukeria A, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Lissowska J, Rudnai P, Fabianova E, Mates D, Bencko V, Foretova L, Janout V, McLaughlin J, Shepherd F, Montpetit A, Narod S, Krokan HE, Skorpen F, Elvestad MB, Vatten L, Njølstad I, Axelsson T, Chen C, Goodman G, Barnett M, Loomis MM, Lubiñski J, Matyjasik J, Lener M, Oszutowska D, Field J, Liloglou T, Xinarianos G, Cassidy A; EPIC Study, Vineis P, Clavel-Chapelon F, Palli D, Tumino R, Krogh V, Panico S, González CA, Ramón Quirós J, Martínez C, Navarro C, Ardanaz E, Larrañaga N, Kham KT, Key T, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Peeters PH, Trichopoulou A, Linseisen J, Boeing H, Hallmans G, Overvad K, Tjønneland A, Kumle M, Riboli E, Zelenika D, Boland A, Delepine M, Foglio M, Lechner D, Matsuda F, Blanche H, Gut I, Heath S, Lathrop M, Brennan P. Genetic differences on chromosome 5 and risk of lung cancer. Nature Genetics.2008;40(12):1404-6.
We carried out a genome-wide association study of lung cancer (3,259 cases and 4,159 controls), followed by replication in 2,899 cases and 5,573 controls. Two uncorrelated disease markers at 5p15.33, rs402710 and rs2736100 were detected by the genome-wide data (P = 2 × 10(-7) and P = 4 × 10(-6)) and replicated by the independent study series (P = 7 × 10(-5) and P = 0.016). The susceptibility region contains two genes, TERT and CLPTM1L, suggesting that one or both may have a role in lung cancer etiology.
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Paolo Vineis, Francoise Clavel-Chapelon, Domenico Palli, Rosario Tumino Vittorio Krogh, Salvatore Panico, Carlos A González, José Ramón Quirós, Carmen Martínez, Carmen Navarro, Eva Ardanaz, Nerea Larrañaga, Kay Tee Kham, Timothy Key, H Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Petra HM Peeters, Antonia Trichopoulou, Jakob Linseisen, Heiner Boeing, Göran Hallmans, Kim Overvad, Anne Tjønneland, Merethe Kumle, Elio Riboli