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2. Two-stage Study of Familial Prostate Cancer by Whole-exome Sequencing and Custom Capture Identifies 10 Novel Genes Associated with the Risk of Prostate Cancer[Formula presented].

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Schleutker J., Giles G.G., MacInnis R.J., Southey M.C., Nguyen-Dumont T., Cancel-Tassin G., Cussenot O., Whittemore A.S., Sieh W., Ioannidis N.M., Hsieh C.-L., Stanford J.L., Fogarty Z., Cropp C.D., Carpten J., Hoegel J., Eeles R., Kote-Jarai Z., Ackerman M.J., Klein C.J., Mandal D., Cooney K.A., Bailey-Wilson J.E., Helfand B., Catalona W.J., Wiklund F., Riska S., Bahetti S., Larson M.C., Cannon Albright L., Teerlink C., Xu J., Isaacs W., Ostrander E.A., Thibodeau S.N., Schaid D.J., McDonnell S.K., FitzGerald L.M., DeRycke L., Schleutker J., Giles G.G., MacInnis R.J., Southey M.C., Nguyen-Dumont T., Cancel-Tassin G., Cussenot O., Whittemore A.S., Sieh W., Ioannidis N.M., Hsieh C.-L., Stanford J.L., Fogarty Z., Cropp C.D., Carpten J., Hoegel J., Eeles R., Kote-Jarai Z., Ackerman M.J., Klein C.J., Mandal D., Cooney K.A., Bailey-Wilson J.E., Helfand B., Catalona W.J., Wiklund F., Riska S., Bahetti S., Larson M.C., Cannon Albright L., Teerlink C., Xu J., Isaacs W., Ostrander E.A., Thibodeau S.N., Schaid D.J., McDonnell S.K., FitzGerald L.M., and DeRycke L.

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Background: Family history of prostate cancer (PCa) is a well-known risk factor, and both common and rare genetic variants are associated with the disease. Objective(s): To detect new genetic variants associated with PCa, capitalizing on the role of family history and more aggressive PCa. Design, setting, and participants: A two-stage design was used. In stage one, whole-exome sequencing was used to identify potential risk alleles among affected men with a strong family history of disease or with more aggressive disease (491 cases and 429 controls). Aggressive disease was based on a sum of scores for Gleason score, node status, metastasis, tumor stage, prostate-specific antigen at diagnosis, systemic recurrence, and time to PCa death. Genes identified in stage one were screened in stage two using a custom-capture design in an independent set of 2917 cases and 1899 controls. Outcome measurements and statistical analysis: Frequencies of genetic variants (singly or jointly in a gene) were compared between cases and controls. Results and limitations: Eleven genes previously reported to be associated with PCa were detected (ATM, BRCA2, HOXB13, FAM111A, EMSY, HNF1B, KLK3, MSMB, PCAT1, PRSS3, and TERT), as well as an additional 10 novel genes (PABPC1, QK1, FAM114A1, MUC6, MYCBP2, RAPGEF4, RNASEH2B, ULK4, XPO7, and THAP3). Of these 10 novel genes, all but PABPC1 and ULK4 were primarily associated with the risk of aggressive PCa. Conclusion(s): Our approach demonstrates the advantage of gene sequencing in the search for genetic variants associated with PCa and the benefits of sampling patients with a strong family history of disease or an aggressive form of disease. Patient Summary: Multiple genes are associated with prostate cancer (PCa) among men with a strong family history of this disease or among men with an aggressive form of PCa. Family history of prostate cancer (PCa) is a well-known risk factor. By capitalizing on affected men with a strong family history of disease

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2021

3. Rare Germline Variants in ATM Predispose to Prostate Cancer: A PRACTICAL Consortium Study.

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Karlsson Q., Brook M.N., Dadaev T., Wakerell S., Saunders E.J., Muir K., Neal D.E., Giles G.G., MacInnis R.J., Thibodeau S.N., McDonnell S.K., Cannon-Albright L., Teixeira M.R., Paulo P., Cardoso M., Huff C., Li D., Yao Y., Scheet P., Permuth J.B., Stanford J.L., Dai J.Y., Ostrander E.A., Cussenot O., Cancel-Tassin G., Hoegel J., Herkommer K., Schleutker J., Tammela T.L.J., Rathinakannan V., Sipeky C., Wiklund F., Gronberg H., Aly M., Isaacs W.B., Dickinson J.L., FitzGerald L.M., Chua M.L.K., Nguyen-Dumont T., Schaid D.J., Southey M.C., Eeles R.A., Kote-Jarai Z., Karlsson Q., Brook M.N., Dadaev T., Wakerell S., Saunders E.J., Muir K., Neal D.E., Giles G.G., MacInnis R.J., Thibodeau S.N., McDonnell S.K., Cannon-Albright L., Teixeira M.R., Paulo P., Cardoso M., Huff C., Li D., Yao Y., Scheet P., Permuth J.B., Stanford J.L., Dai J.Y., Ostrander E.A., Cussenot O., Cancel-Tassin G., Hoegel J., Herkommer K., Schleutker J., Tammela T.L.J., Rathinakannan V., Sipeky C., Wiklund F., Gronberg H., Aly M., Isaacs W.B., Dickinson J.L., FitzGerald L.M., Chua M.L.K., Nguyen-Dumont T., Schaid D.J., Southey M.C., Eeles R.A., and Kote-Jarai Z.

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Background: Germline ATM mutations are suggested to contribute to predisposition to prostate cancer (PrCa). Previous studies have had inadequate power to estimate variant effect sizes. Objective(s): To precisely estimate the contribution of germline ATM mutations to PrCa risk. Design, setting, and participants: We analysed next-generation sequencing data from 13 PRACTICAL study groups comprising 5560 cases and 3353 controls of European ancestry. Outcome measurements and statistical analysis: Variant Call Format files were harmonised, annotated for rare ATM variants, and classified as tier 1 (likely pathogenic) or tier 2 (potentially deleterious). Associations with overall PrCa risk and clinical subtypes were estimated. Results and limitations: PrCa risk was higher in carriers of a tier 1 germline ATM variant, with an overall odds ratio (OR) of 4.4 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.0-9.5). There was also evidence that PrCa cases with younger age at diagnosis (<65 yr) had elevated tier 1 variant frequencies (pdifference = 0.04). Tier 2 variants were also associated with PrCa risk, with an OR of 1.4 (95% CI: 1.1-1.7). Conclusion(s): Carriers of pathogenic ATM variants have an elevated risk of developing PrCa and are at an increased risk for earlier-onset disease presentation. These results provide information for counselling of men and their families. Patient Summary: In this study, we estimated that men who inherit a likely pathogenic mutation in the ATM gene had an approximately a fourfold risk of developing prostate cancer. In addition, they are likely to develop the disease earlier.Copyright © 2020 The Authors

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2021

4. Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer

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Huyghe, J.R. Bien, S.A. Harrison, T.A. Kang, H.M. Chen, S. Schmit, S.L. Conti, D.V. Qu, C. Jeon, J. Edlund, C.K. Greenside, P. Wainberg, M. Schumacher, F.R. Smith, J.D. Levine, D.M. Nelson, S.C. Sinnott-Armstrong, N.A. Albanes, D. Alonso, M.H. Anderson, K. Arnau-Collell, C. Arndt, V. Bamia, C. Banbury, B.L. Baron, J.A. Berndt, S.I. Bézieau, S. Bishop, D.T. Boehm, J. Boeing, H. Brenner, H. Brezina, S. Buch, S. Buchanan, D.D. Burnett-Hartman, A. Butterbach, K. Caan, B.J. Campbell, P.T. Carlson, C.S. Castellví-Bel, S. Chan, A.T. Chang-Claude, J. Chanock, S.J. Chirlaque, M.-D. Cho, S.H. Connolly, C.M. Cross, A.J. Cuk, K. Curtis, K.R. de la Chapelle, A. Doheny, K.F. Duggan, D. Easton, D.F. Elias, S.G. Elliott, F. English, D.R. Feskens, E.J.M. Figueiredo, J.C. Fischer, R. FitzGerald, L.M. Forman, D. Gala, M. Gallinger, S. Gauderman, W.J. Giles, G.G. Gillanders, E. Gong, J. Goodman, P.J. Grady, W.M. Grove, J.S. Gsur, A. Gunter, M.J. Haile, R.W. Hampe, J. Hampel, H. Harlid, S. Hayes, R.B. Hofer, P. Hoffmeister, M. Hopper, J.L. Hsu, W.-L. Huang, W.-Y. Hudson, T.J. Hunter, D.J. Ibañez-Sanz, G. Idos, G.E. Ingersoll, R. Jackson, R.D. Jacobs, E.J. Jenkins, M.A. Joshi, A.D. Joshu, C.E. Keku, T.O. Key, T.J. Kim, H.R. Kobayashi, E. Kolonel, L.N. Kooperberg, C. Kühn, T. Küry, S. Kweon, S.-S. Larsson, S.C. Laurie, C.A. Le Marchand, L. Leal, S.M. Lee, S.C. Lejbkowicz, F. Lemire, M. Li, C.I. Li, L. Lieb, W. Lin, Y. Lindblom, A. Lindor, N.M. Ling, H. Louie, T.L. Männistö, S. Markowitz, S.D. Martín, V. Masala, G. McNeil, C.E. Melas, M. Milne, R.L. Moreno, L. Murphy, N. Myte, R. Naccarati, A. Newcomb, P.A. Offit, K. Ogino, S. Onland-Moret, N.C. Pardini, B. Parfrey, P.S. Pearlman, R. Perduca, V. Pharoah, P.D.P. Pinchev, M. Platz, E.A. Prentice, R.L. Pugh, E. Raskin, L. Rennert, G. Rennert, H.S. Riboli, E. Rodríguez-Barranco, M. Romm, J. Sakoda, L.C. Schafmayer, C. Schoen, R.E. Seminara, D. Shah, M. Shelford, T. Shin, M.-H. Shulman, K. Sieri, S. Slattery, M.L. Southey, M.C. Stadler, Z.K. Stegmaier, C. Su, Y.-R. Tangen, C.M. Thibodeau, S.N. Thomas, D.C. Thomas, S.S. Toland, A.E. Trichopoulou, A. Ulrich, C.M. Van Den Berg, D.J. van Duijnhoven, F.J.B. Van Guelpen, B. van Kranen, H. Vijai, J. Visvanathan, K. Vodicka, P. Vodickova, L. Vymetalkova, V. Weigl, K. Weinstein, S.J. White, E. Win, A.K. Wolf, C.R. Wolk, A. Woods, M.O. Wu, A.H. Zaidi, S.H. Zanke, B.W. Zhang, Q. Zheng, W. Scacheri, P.C. Potter, J.D. Bassik, M.C. Kundaje, A. Casey, G. Moreno, V. Abecasis, G.R. Nickerson, D.A. Gruber, S.B. Hsu, L. Peters, U.

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To further dissect the genetic architecture of colorectal cancer (CRC), we performed whole-genome sequencing of 1,439 cases and 720 controls, imputed discovered sequence variants and Haplotype Reference Consortium panel variants into genome-wide association study data, and tested for association in 34,869 cases and 29,051 controls. Findings were followed up in an additional 23,262 cases and 38,296 controls. We discovered a strongly protective 0.3% frequency variant signal at CHD1. In a combined meta-analysis of 125,478 individuals, we identified 40 new independent signals at P < 5 × 10 −8 , bringing the number of known independent signals for CRC to ~100. New signals implicate lower-frequency variants, Krüppel-like factors, Hedgehog signaling, Hippo-YAP signaling, long noncoding RNAs and somatic drivers, and support a role for immune function. Heritability analyses suggest that CRC risk is highly polygenic, and larger, more comprehensive studies enabling rare variant analysis will improve understanding of biology underlying this risk and influence personalized screening strategies and drug development. © 2018, This is a U.S. government work and not under copyright protection in the U.S.; foreign copyright protection may apply.

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2019

5. Correction to: Association analyses of more than 140,000 men identify 63 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci (Nature Genetics, (2018), 50, 7, (928-936), 10.1038/s41588-018-0142-8).

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Xu J., Tyrer J., Truong T., Koudou Y.A., Khaw K.-T., Cannon-Albright L., Pandha H., Michael A., Thibodeau S.N., McDonnell S.K., Schaid D.J., Lindstrom S., Turman C., Ma J., Hunter D.J., Riboli E., Siddiq A., Canzian F., Kolonel L.N., Le Marchand L., Hoover R.N., Machiela M.J., Cui Z., Kraft P., Amos C.I., Conti D.V., Easton D.F., Wiklund F., Chanock S.J., Henderson B.E., Kote-Jarai Z., Haiman C.A., Eeles R.A., Schumacher F.R., Olama A.A.A., Berndt S.I., Benlloch S., Ahmed M., Saunders E.J., Dadaev T., Leongamornlert D., Anokian E., Cieza-Borrella C., Goh C., Brook M.N., Sheng X., Fachal L., Dennis J., Muir K., Lophatananon A., Stevens V.L., Gapstur S.M., Carter B.D., Tangen C.M., Goodman P.J., Thompson I.M., Batra J., Chambers S., Moya L., Clements J., Horvath L., Tilley W., Risbridger G.P., Gronberg H., Aly M., Nordstrom T., Pharoah P., Pashayan N., Schleutker J., Tammela T.L.J., Sipeky C., Auvinen A., Albanes D., Weinstein S., Wolk A., Hakansson N., West C.M.L., Dunning A.M., Burnet N., Mucci L.A., Giovannucci E., Andriole G.L., Cussenot O., Cancel-Tassin G., Koutros S., Beane Freeman L.E., Sorensen K.D., Orntoft T.F., Borre M., Maehle L., Grindedal E.M., Neal D.E., Donovan J.L., Hamdy F.C., Martin R.M., Travis R.C., Key T.J., Hamilton R.J., Fleshner N.E., Finelli A., Ingles S.A., Stern M.C., Rosenstein B.S., Kerns S.L., Ostrer H., Lu Y.-J., Zhang H.-W., Feng N., Mao X., Guo X., Wang G., Sun Z., Giles G.G., Southey M.C., MacInnis R.J., FitzGerald L.M., Kibel A.S., Drake B.F., Vega A., Gomez-Caamano A., Szulkin R., Eklund M., Kogevinas M., Llorca J., Castano-Vinyals G., Penney K.L., Stampfer M., Park J.Y., Sellers T.A., Lin H.-Y., Stanford J.L., Cybulski C., Wokolorczyk D., Lubinski J., Ostrander E.A., Geybels M.S., Nordestgaard B.G., Nielsen S.F., Weischer M., Bisbjerg R., Roder M.A., Iversen P., Brenner H., Cuk K., Holleczek B., Maier C., Luedeke M., Schnoeller T., Kim J., Logothetis C.J., John E.M., Teixeira M.R., Paulo P., Cardoso M., Neuhausen S.L., Steele L., Ding Y.C., De Ruyck K., De Meerleer G., Ost P., Razack A., Lim J., Teo S.-H., Lin D.W., Newcomb L.F., Lessel D., Gamulin M., Kulis T., Kaneva R., Usmani N., Singhal S., Slavov C., Mitev V., Parliament M., Claessens F., Joniau S., Van den Broeck T., Larkin S., Townsend P.A., Aukim-Hastie C., Gago-Dominguez M., Castelao J.E., Martinez M.E., Roobol M.J., Jenster G., van Schaik R.H.N., Menegaux F., Xu J., Tyrer J., Truong T., Koudou Y.A., Khaw K.-T., Cannon-Albright L., Pandha H., Michael A., Thibodeau S.N., McDonnell S.K., Schaid D.J., Lindstrom S., Turman C., Ma J., Hunter D.J., Riboli E., Siddiq A., Canzian F., Kolonel L.N., Le Marchand L., Hoover R.N., Machiela M.J., Cui Z., Kraft P., Amos C.I., Conti D.V., Easton D.F., Wiklund F., Chanock S.J., Henderson B.E., Kote-Jarai Z., Haiman C.A., Eeles R.A., Schumacher F.R., Olama A.A.A., Berndt S.I., Benlloch S., Ahmed M., Saunders E.J., Dadaev T., Leongamornlert D., Anokian E., Cieza-Borrella C., Goh C., Brook M.N., Sheng X., Fachal L., Dennis J., Muir K., Lophatananon A., Stevens V.L., Gapstur S.M., Carter B.D., Tangen C.M., Goodman P.J., Thompson I.M., Batra J., Chambers S., Moya L., Clements J., Horvath L., Tilley W., Risbridger G.P., Gronberg H., Aly M., Nordstrom T., Pharoah P., Pashayan N., Schleutker J., Tammela T.L.J., Sipeky C., Auvinen A., Albanes D., Weinstein S., Wolk A., Hakansson N., West C.M.L., Dunning A.M., Burnet N., Mucci L.A., Giovannucci E., Andriole G.L., Cussenot O., Cancel-Tassin G., Koutros S., Beane Freeman L.E., Sorensen K.D., Orntoft T.F., Borre M., Maehle L., Grindedal E.M., Neal D.E., Donovan J.L., Hamdy F.C., Martin R.M., Travis R.C., Key T.J., Hamilton R.J., Fleshner N.E., Finelli A., Ingles S.A., Stern M.C., Rosenstein B.S., Kerns S.L., Ostrer H., Lu Y.-J., Zhang H.-W., Feng N., Mao X., Guo X., Wang G., Sun Z., Giles G.G., Southey M.C., MacInnis R.J., FitzGerald L.M., Kibel A.S., Drake B.F., Vega A., Gomez-Caamano A., Szulkin R., Eklund M., Kogevinas M., Llorca J., Castano-Vinyals G., Penney K.L., Stampfer M., Park J.Y., Sellers T.A., Lin H.-Y., Stanford J.L., Cybulski C., Wokolorczyk D., Lubinski J., Ostrander E.A., Geybels M.S., Nordestgaard B.G., Nielsen S.F., Weischer M., Bisbjerg R., Roder M.A., Iversen P., Brenner H., Cuk K., Holleczek B., Maier C., Luedeke M., Schnoeller T., Kim J., Logothetis C.J., John E.M., Teixeira M.R., Paulo P., Cardoso M., Neuhausen S.L., Steele L., Ding Y.C., De Ruyck K., De Meerleer G., Ost P., Razack A., Lim J., Teo S.-H., Lin D.W., Newcomb L.F., Lessel D., Gamulin M., Kulis T., Kaneva R., Usmani N., Singhal S., Slavov C., Mitev V., Parliament M., Claessens F., Joniau S., Van den Broeck T., Larkin S., Townsend P.A., Aukim-Hastie C., Gago-Dominguez M., Castelao J.E., Martinez M.E., Roobol M.J., Jenster G., van Schaik R.H.N., and Menegaux F.

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In the version of this article initially published, the name of author Manuela Gago-Dominguez was misspelled as Manuela Gago Dominguez. The error has been corrected in the HTML and PDF version of the article.Copyright © 2018, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature America, Inc.

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2019

6. Germline variation at 8q24 and prostate cancer risk in men of European ancestry.

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Carter B.D., Kerns S., Ostrer H., Zhang H.-W., Cao G., Lin J., Li M., Feng N., Li J., He W., Guo X., Sun Z., Wang G., Guo J., Southey M.C., FitzGerald L.M., Marsden G., Gomez-Caamano A., Carballo A., Peleteiro P., Calvo P., Szulkin R., Llorca J., Dierssen-Sotos T., Gomez-Acebo I., Lin H.-Y., Ostrander E.A., Bisbjerg R., Klarskov P., Roder M.A., Iversen P., Holleczek B., Stegmaier C., Schnoeller T., Bohnert P., John E.M., Ost P., Teo S.-H., Gamulin M., Kulis T., Kastelan Z., Slavov C., Popov E., Van den Broeck T., Joniau S., Larkin S., Castelao J.E., Martinez M.E., van Schaik R.H.N., Xu J., Lindstrom S., Riboli E., Berry C., Siddiq A., Canzian F., Kolonel L.N., Le Marchand L., Freedman M., Cenee S., Sanchez M., Wiklund F., Chanock S.J., Easton D.F., Eeles R.A., Kote-Jarai Z., Conti D.V., Haiman C.A., Hutchinson A., Ling J., Papargiris M., Matejcic M., Saunders E.J., Dadaev T., Brook M.N., Wang K., Sheng X., Olama A.A.A., Schumacher F.R., Ingles S.A., Govindasami K., Benlloch S., Berndt S.I., Albanes D., Koutros S., Muir K., Stevens V.L., Gapstur S.M., Tangen C.M., Batra J., Clements J., Gronberg H., Pashayan N., Schleutker J., Wolk A., West C., Mucci L., Kraft P., Cancel-Tassin G., Sorensen K.D., Maehle L., Grindedal E.M., Strom S.S., Neal D.E., Hamdy F.C., Donovan J.L., Travis R.C., Hamilton R.J., Rosenstein B., Lu Y.-J., Giles G.G., Kibel A.S., Vega A., Bensen J.T., Kogevinas M., Penney K.L., Park J.Y., Stanford J.L., Cybulski C., Nordestgaard B.G., Brenner H., Maier C., Kim J., Teixeira M.R., Neuhausen S.L., De Ruyck K., Razack A., Newcomb L.F., Lessel D., Kaneva R., Usmani N., Claessens F., Townsend P.A., Dominguez M.G., Roobol M.J., Menegaux F., Khaw K.-T., Cannon-Albright L.A., Pandha H., Thibodeau S.N., Schaid D.J., Henderson B.E., Stern M.C., Thwaites A., Guy M., Whitmore I., Morgan A., Fisher C., Hazel S., Livni N., Cook M., Fachal L., Weinstein S., Beane Freeman L.E., Hoover R.N., Machiela M.J., Lophatananon A., Goodman P., Moya L., Srinivasan S., Kedda M.-A., Yeadon T., Eckert A., Eklund M., Cavalli-Bjoerkman C., Dunning A.M., Sipeky C., Hakansson N., Elliott R., Ranu H., Giovannucci E., Turman C., Hunter D.J., Cussenot O., Orntoft T.F., Lane A., Lewis S.J., Davis M., Key T.J., Brown P., Kulkarni G.S., Zlotta A.R., Fleshner N.E., Finelli A., Mao X., Marzec J., MacInnis R.J., Milne R., Hopper J.L., Aguado M., Bustamante M., Castano-Vinyals G., Gracia-Lavedan E., Cecchini L., Stampfer M., Ma J., Sellers T.A., Geybels M.S., Park H., Zachariah B., Kolb S., Wokolorczyk D., Jan Lubinski, Kluzniak W., Nielsen S.F., Weisher M., Cuk K., Vogel W., Luedeke M., Logothetis C.J., Paulo P., Cardoso M., Maia S., Silva M.P., Steele L., Ding Y.C., De Meerleer G., De Langhe S., Thierens H., Lim J., Tan M.H., Ong A.T., Lin D.W., Kachakova D., Mitkova A., Mitev V., Parliament M., Jenster G., Bangma C., Schroder F.H., Truong T., Koudou Y.A., Michael A., Kierzek A., Karlsson A., Broms M., Wu H., Aukim-Hastie C., Tillmans L., Riska S., McDonnell S.K., Dearnaley D., Spurdle A., Gardiner R., Hayes V., Butler L., Taylor R., Saunders P., Kujala P., Talala K., Taari K., Bentzen S., Hicks B., Vogt A., Cox A., George A., Toi A., Evans A., van der Kwast T.H., Imai T., Saito S., Zhao S.-C., Ren G., Zhang Y., Yu Y., Wu Y., Wu J., Zhou B., Pedersen J., Lobato-Busto R., Ruiz-Dominguez J.M., Mengual L., Alcaraz A., Pow-Sang J., Herkommer K., Vlahova A., Dikov T., Christova S., Carracedo A., Tretarre B., Rebillard X., Mulot C., Jan Adolfsson, Stattin P., Johansson J.-E., Martin R.M., Thompson I.M., Chambers S., Aitken J., Horvath L., Haynes A.-M., Tilley W., Risbridger G., Aly M., Nordstrom T., Pharoah P., Tammela T.L.J., Murtola T., Auvinen A., Burnet N., Barnett G., Andriole G., Klim A., Drake B.F., Borre M., Carter B.D., Kerns S., Ostrer H., Zhang H.-W., Cao G., Lin J., Li M., Feng N., Li J., He W., Guo X., Sun Z., Wang G., Guo J., Southey M.C., FitzGerald L.M., Marsden G., Gomez-Caamano A., Carballo A., Peleteiro P., Calvo P., Szulkin R., Llorca J., Dierssen-Sotos T., Gomez-Acebo I., Lin H.-Y., Ostrander E.A., Bisbjerg R., Klarskov P., Roder M.A., Iversen P., Holleczek B., Stegmaier C., Schnoeller T., Bohnert P., John E.M., Ost P., Teo S.-H., Gamulin M., Kulis T., Kastelan Z., Slavov C., Popov E., Van den Broeck T., Joniau S., Larkin S., Castelao J.E., Martinez M.E., van Schaik R.H.N., Xu J., Lindstrom S., Riboli E., Berry C., Siddiq A., Canzian F., Kolonel L.N., Le Marchand L., Freedman M., Cenee S., Sanchez M., Wiklund F., Chanock S.J., Easton D.F., Eeles R.A., Kote-Jarai Z., Conti D.V., Haiman C.A., Hutchinson A., Ling J., Papargiris M., Matejcic M., Saunders E.J., Dadaev T., Brook M.N., Wang K., Sheng X., Olama A.A.A., Schumacher F.R., Ingles S.A., Govindasami K., Benlloch S., Berndt S.I., Albanes D., Koutros S., Muir K., Stevens V.L., Gapstur S.M., Tangen C.M., Batra J., Clements J., Gronberg H., Pashayan N., Schleutker J., Wolk A., West C., Mucci L., Kraft P., Cancel-Tassin G., Sorensen K.D., Maehle L., Grindedal E.M., Strom S.S., Neal D.E., Hamdy F.C., Donovan J.L., Travis R.C., Hamilton R.J., Rosenstein B., Lu Y.-J., Giles G.G., Kibel A.S., Vega A., Bensen J.T., Kogevinas M., Penney K.L., Park J.Y., Stanford J.L., Cybulski C., Nordestgaard B.G., Brenner H., Maier C., Kim J., Teixeira M.R., Neuhausen S.L., De Ruyck K., Razack A., Newcomb L.F., Lessel D., Kaneva R., Usmani N., Claessens F., Townsend P.A., Dominguez M.G., Roobol M.J., Menegaux F., Khaw K.-T., Cannon-Albright L.A., Pandha H., Thibodeau S.N., Schaid D.J., Henderson B.E., Stern M.C., Thwaites A., Guy M., Whitmore I., Morgan A., Fisher C., Hazel S., Livni N., Cook M., Fachal L., Weinstein S., Beane Freeman L.E., Hoover R.N., Machiela M.J., Lophatananon A., Goodman P., Moya L., Srinivasan S., Kedda M.-A., Yeadon T., Eckert A., Eklund M., Cavalli-Bjoerkman C., Dunning A.M., Sipeky C., Hakansson N., Elliott R., Ranu H., Giovannucci E., Turman C., Hunter D.J., Cussenot O., Orntoft T.F., Lane A., Lewis S.J., Davis M., Key T.J., Brown P., Kulkarni G.S., Zlotta A.R., Fleshner N.E., Finelli A., Mao X., Marzec J., MacInnis R.J., Milne R., Hopper J.L., Aguado M., Bustamante M., Castano-Vinyals G., Gracia-Lavedan E., Cecchini L., Stampfer M., Ma J., Sellers T.A., Geybels M.S., Park H., Zachariah B., Kolb S., Wokolorczyk D., Jan Lubinski, Kluzniak W., Nielsen S.F., Weisher M., Cuk K., Vogel W., Luedeke M., Logothetis C.J., Paulo P., Cardoso M., Maia S., Silva M.P., Steele L., Ding Y.C., De Meerleer G., De Langhe S., Thierens H., Lim J., Tan M.H., Ong A.T., Lin D.W., Kachakova D., Mitkova A., Mitev V., Parliament M., Jenster G., Bangma C., Schroder F.H., Truong T., Koudou Y.A., Michael A., Kierzek A., Karlsson A., Broms M., Wu H., Aukim-Hastie C., Tillmans L., Riska S., McDonnell S.K., Dearnaley D., Spurdle A., Gardiner R., Hayes V., Butler L., Taylor R., Saunders P., Kujala P., Talala K., Taari K., Bentzen S., Hicks B., Vogt A., Cox A., George A., Toi A., Evans A., van der Kwast T.H., Imai T., Saito S., Zhao S.-C., Ren G., Zhang Y., Yu Y., Wu Y., Wu J., Zhou B., Pedersen J., Lobato-Busto R., Ruiz-Dominguez J.M., Mengual L., Alcaraz A., Pow-Sang J., Herkommer K., Vlahova A., Dikov T., Christova S., Carracedo A., Tretarre B., Rebillard X., Mulot C., Jan Adolfsson, Stattin P., Johansson J.-E., Martin R.M., Thompson I.M., Chambers S., Aitken J., Horvath L., Haynes A.-M., Tilley W., Risbridger G., Aly M., Nordstrom T., Pharoah P., Tammela T.L.J., Murtola T., Auvinen A., Burnet N., Barnett G., Andriole G., Klim A., Drake B.F., and Borre M.

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Chromosome 8q24 is a susceptibility locus for multiple cancers, including prostate cancer. Here we combine genetic data across the 8q24 susceptibility region from 71,535 prostate cancer cases and 52,935 controls of European ancestry to define the overall contribution of germline variation at 8q24 to prostate cancer risk. We identify 12 independent risk signals for prostate cancer (p < 4.28 x 10-15), including three risk variants that have yet to be reported. From a polygenic risk score (PRS) model, derived to assess the cumulative effect of risk variants at 8q24, men in the top 1% of the PRS have a 4-fold (95%CI = 3.62-4.40) greater risk compared to the population average. These 12 variants account for ~25% of what can be currently explained of the familial risk of prostate cancer by known genetic risk factors. These findings highlight the overwhelming contribution of germline variation at 8q24 on prostate cancer risk which has implications for population risk stratification.Copyright © 2018, The Author(s).

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2019

7. Erratum to: Germline variation at 8q24 and prostate cancer risk in men of European ancestry (Nature Communications, (2018), 9, 1, (4616), 10.1038/s41467-018-06863-1).

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Wang G., Lessel D., Kaneva R., Usmani N., Kastelan Z., Slavov C., Popov E., Van den Broeck T., Joniau S., Larkin S., Castelao J.E., Martinez M.E., van Schaik R.H.N., Xu J., Lindstrom S., Riboli E., Berry C., Siddiq A., Canzian F., Kolonel L.N., Le Marchand L., Freedman M., Cenee S., Sanchez M., Wiklund F., Chanock S.J., Easton D.F., Eeles R.A., Kote-Jarai Z., Conti D.V., Haiman C.A., Hutchinson A., Ling J., Papargiris M., Matejcic M., Saunders E.J., Dadaev T., Brook M.N., Wang K., Sheng X., Olama A.A.A., Schumacher F.R., Ingles S.A., Govindasami K., Benlloch S., Berndt S.I., Albanes D., Koutros S., Muir K., Stevens V.L., Gapstur S.M., Tangen C.M., Batra J., Clements J., Gronberg H., Pashayan N., Schleutker J., Wolk A., West C., Mucci L., Kraft P., Cancel-Tassin G., Sorensen K.D., Maehle L., Grindedal E.M., Strom S.S., Neal D.E., Hamdy F.C., Donovan J.L., Travis R.C., Hamilton R.J., Rosenstein B., Lu Y.-J., Giles G.G., Kibel A.S., Vega A., Bensen J.T., Kogevinas M., Penney K.L., Park J.Y., Stanford J.L., Cybulski C., Nordestgaard B.G., Brenner H., Maier C., Kim J., Teixeira M.R., Neuhausen S.L., De Ruyck K., Razack A., Newcomb L.F., Claessens F., Townsend P.A., Gago-Dominguez M., Roobol M.J., Menegaux F., Khaw K.-T., Cannon-Albright L.A., Pandha H., Thibodeau S.N., Schaid D.J., Henderson B.E., Stern M.C., Thwaites A., Guy M., Whitmore I., Morgan A., Fisher C., Hazel S., Livni N., Cook M., Fachal L., Weinstein S., Beane Freeman L.E., Hoover R.N., Machiela M.J., Lophatananon A., Carter B.D., Goodman P., Moya L., Srinivasan S., Kedda M.-A., Yeadon T., Eckert A., Eklund M., Cavalli-Bjoerkman C., Dunning A.M., Sipeky C., Hakansson N., Elliott R., Ranu H., Giovannucci E., Turman C., Hunter D.J., Cussenot O., Orntoft T.F., Lane A., Lewis S.J., Davis M., Key T.J., Brown P., Kulkarni G.S., Zlotta A.R., Fleshner N.E., Finelli A., Mao X., Marzec J., MacInnis R.J., Milne R., Hopper J.L., Aguado M., Bustamante M., Castano-Vinyals G., Gracia-Lavedan E., Cecchini L., Stampfer M., Ma J., Sellers T.A., Geybels M.S., Park H., Zachariah B., Kolb S., Wokolorczyk D., Lubinski J., Kluzniak W., Nielsen S.F., Weisher M., Cuk K., Vogel W., Luedeke M., Logothetis C.J., Paulo P., Cardoso M., Maia S., Silva M.P., Steele L., Ding Y.C., De Meerleer G., De Langhe S., Thierens H., Lim J., Tan M.H., Ong A.T., Lin D.W., Kachakova D., Mitkova A., Mitev V., Parliament M., Jenster G., Bangma C., Schroder F.H., Truong T., Koudou Y.A., Michael A., Kierzek A., Karlsson A., Broms M., Wu H., Aukim-Hastie C., Tillmans L., Riska S., McDonnell S.K., Dearnaley D., Spurdle A., Gardiner R., Hayes V., Butler L., Taylor R., Saunders P., Kujala P., Talala K., Taari K., Bentzen S., Hicks B., Vogt A., Cox A., George A., Toi A., Evans A., van der Kwast T.H., Imai T., Saito S., Zhao S.-C., Ren G., Zhang Y., Yu Y., Wu Y., Wu J., Zhou B., Pedersen J., Lobato-Busto R., Ruiz-Dominguez J.M., Mengual L., Alcaraz A., Pow-Sang J., Herkommer K., Vlahova A., Dikov T., Christova S., Carracedo A., Tretarre B., Rebillard X., Mulot C., Adolfsson J., Stattin P., Johansson J.-E., Martin R.M., Thompson I.M., Chambers S., Aitken J., Horvath L., Haynes A.-M., Tilley W., Risbridger G., Aly M., Nordstrom T., Pharoah P., Tammela T.L.J., Murtola T., Auvinen A., Burnet N., Barnett G., Andriole G., Klim A., Drake B.F., Borre M., Kerns S., Ostrer H., Zhang H.-W., Cao G., Lin J., Li M., Feng N., Li J., He W., Guo X., Sun Z., Guo J., Southey M.C., FitzGerald L.M., Marsden G., Gomez-Caamano A., Carballo A., Peleteiro P., Calvo P., Szulkin R., Llorca J., Dierssen-Sotos T., Gomez-Acebo I., Lin H.-Y., Ostrander E.A., Bisbjerg R., Klarskov P., Roder M.A., Iversen P., Holleczek B., Stegmaier C., Schnoeller T., Bohnert P., John E.M., Ost P., Teo S.-H., Gamulin M., Kulis T., Wang G., Lessel D., Kaneva R., Usmani N., Kastelan Z., Slavov C., Popov E., Van den Broeck T., Joniau S., Larkin S., Castelao J.E., Martinez M.E., van Schaik R.H.N., Xu J., Lindstrom S., Riboli E., Berry C., Siddiq A., Canzian F., Kolonel L.N., Le Marchand L., Freedman M., Cenee S., Sanchez M., Wiklund F., Chanock S.J., Easton D.F., Eeles R.A., Kote-Jarai Z., Conti D.V., Haiman C.A., Hutchinson A., Ling J., Papargiris M., Matejcic M., Saunders E.J., Dadaev T., Brook M.N., Wang K., Sheng X., Olama A.A.A., Schumacher F.R., Ingles S.A., Govindasami K., Benlloch S., Berndt S.I., Albanes D., Koutros S., Muir K., Stevens V.L., Gapstur S.M., Tangen C.M., Batra J., Clements J., Gronberg H., Pashayan N., Schleutker J., Wolk A., West C., Mucci L., Kraft P., Cancel-Tassin G., Sorensen K.D., Maehle L., Grindedal E.M., Strom S.S., Neal D.E., Hamdy F.C., Donovan J.L., Travis R.C., Hamilton R.J., Rosenstein B., Lu Y.-J., Giles G.G., Kibel A.S., Vega A., Bensen J.T., Kogevinas M., Penney K.L., Park J.Y., Stanford J.L., Cybulski C., Nordestgaard B.G., Brenner H., Maier C., Kim J., Teixeira M.R., Neuhausen S.L., De Ruyck K., Razack A., Newcomb L.F., Claessens F., Townsend P.A., Gago-Dominguez M., Roobol M.J., Menegaux F., Khaw K.-T., Cannon-Albright L.A., Pandha H., Thibodeau S.N., Schaid D.J., Henderson B.E., Stern M.C., Thwaites A., Guy M., Whitmore I., Morgan A., Fisher C., Hazel S., Livni N., Cook M., Fachal L., Weinstein S., Beane Freeman L.E., Hoover R.N., Machiela M.J., Lophatananon A., Carter B.D., Goodman P., Moya L., Srinivasan S., Kedda M.-A., Yeadon T., Eckert A., Eklund M., Cavalli-Bjoerkman C., Dunning A.M., Sipeky C., Hakansson N., Elliott R., Ranu H., Giovannucci E., Turman C., Hunter D.J., Cussenot O., Orntoft T.F., Lane A., Lewis S.J., Davis M., Key T.J., Brown P., Kulkarni G.S., Zlotta A.R., Fleshner N.E., Finelli A., Mao X., Marzec J., MacInnis R.J., Milne R., Hopper J.L., Aguado M., Bustamante M., Castano-Vinyals G., Gracia-Lavedan E., Cecchini L., Stampfer M., Ma J., Sellers T.A., Geybels M.S., Park H., Zachariah B., Kolb S., Wokolorczyk D., Lubinski J., Kluzniak W., Nielsen S.F., Weisher M., Cuk K., Vogel W., Luedeke M., Logothetis C.J., Paulo P., Cardoso M., Maia S., Silva M.P., Steele L., Ding Y.C., De Meerleer G., De Langhe S., Thierens H., Lim J., Tan M.H., Ong A.T., Lin D.W., Kachakova D., Mitkova A., Mitev V., Parliament M., Jenster G., Bangma C., Schroder F.H., Truong T., Koudou Y.A., Michael A., Kierzek A., Karlsson A., Broms M., Wu H., Aukim-Hastie C., Tillmans L., Riska S., McDonnell S.K., Dearnaley D., Spurdle A., Gardiner R., Hayes V., Butler L., Taylor R., Saunders P., Kujala P., Talala K., Taari K., Bentzen S., Hicks B., Vogt A., Cox A., George A., Toi A., Evans A., van der Kwast T.H., Imai T., Saito S., Zhao S.-C., Ren G., Zhang Y., Yu Y., Wu Y., Wu J., Zhou B., Pedersen J., Lobato-Busto R., Ruiz-Dominguez J.M., Mengual L., Alcaraz A., Pow-Sang J., Herkommer K., Vlahova A., Dikov T., Christova S., Carracedo A., Tretarre B., Rebillard X., Mulot C., Adolfsson J., Stattin P., Johansson J.-E., Martin R.M., Thompson I.M., Chambers S., Aitken J., Horvath L., Haynes A.-M., Tilley W., Risbridger G., Aly M., Nordstrom T., Pharoah P., Tammela T.L.J., Murtola T., Auvinen A., Burnet N., Barnett G., Andriole G., Klim A., Drake B.F., Borre M., Kerns S., Ostrer H., Zhang H.-W., Cao G., Lin J., Li M., Feng N., Li J., He W., Guo X., Sun Z., Guo J., Southey M.C., FitzGerald L.M., Marsden G., Gomez-Caamano A., Carballo A., Peleteiro P., Calvo P., Szulkin R., Llorca J., Dierssen-Sotos T., Gomez-Acebo I., Lin H.-Y., Ostrander E.A., Bisbjerg R., Klarskov P., Roder M.A., Iversen P., Holleczek B., Stegmaier C., Schnoeller T., Bohnert P., John E.M., Ost P., Teo S.-H., Gamulin M., and Kulis T.

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The original version of this Article contained an error in the spelling of the author Manuela Gago-Dominguez, which was incorrectly given as Manuela G. Dominguez. This has now been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article.Copyright © 2019, The Author(s).

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2019

8. Author Correction: Association analyses of more than 140,000 men identify 63 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci (Nature Genetics, (2018), 50, 7, (928-936), 10.1038/s41588-018-0142-8).

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Truong T., Khaw K.-T., Cannon-Albright L., Pandha H., Michael A., Thibodeau S.N., McDonnell S.K., Schaid D.J., Lindstrom S., Turman C., Ma J., Hunter D.J., Riboli E., Siddiq A., Canzian F., Kolonel L.N., Le Marchand L., Hoover R.N., Machiela M.J., Cui Z., Kraft P., Amos C.I., Conti D.V., Easton D.F., Wiklund F., Chanock S.J., Henderson B.E., Kote-Jarai Z., Haiman C.A., Eeles R.A., Schumacher F.R., Olama A.A.A., Berndt S.I., Benlloch S., Ahmed M., Saunders E.J., Dadaev T., Leongamornlert D., Anokian E., Cieza-Borrella C., Goh C., Brook M.N., Sheng X., Fachal L., Dennis J., Tyrer J., Muir K., Lophatananon A., Stevens V.L., Gapstur S.M., Carter B.D., Tangen C.M., Goodman P.J., Thompson I.M., Batra J., Chambers S., Moya L., Clements J., Horvath L., Tilley W., Risbridger G.P., Gronberg H., Aly M., Nordstrom T., Pharoah P., Pashayan N., Schleutker J., Tammela T.L.J., Sipeky C., Auvinen A., Albanes D., Weinstein S., Wolk A., Hakansson N., West C.M.L., Dunning A.M., Burnet N., Mucci L.A., Giovannucci E., Andriole G.L., Cussenot O., Cancel-Tassin G., Koutros S., Beane Freeman L.E., Sorensen K.D., Orntoft T.F., Borre M., Maehle L., Grindedal E.M., Neal D.E., Donovan J.L., Hamdy F.C., Martin R.M., Travis R.C., Key T.J., Hamilton R.J., Fleshner N.E., Finelli A., Ingles S.A., Stern M.C., Rosenstein B.S., Kerns S.L., Ostrer H., Lu Y.-J., Zhang H.-W., Feng N., Mao X., Guo X., Wang G., Sun Z., Giles G.G., Southey M.C., MacInnis R.J., FitzGerald L.M., Kibel A.S., Drake B.F., Vega A., Gomez-Caamano A., Szulkin R., Eklund M., Kogevinas M., Llorca J., Castano-Vinyals G., Penney K.L., Stampfer M., Park J.Y., Sellers T.A., Lin H.-Y., Stanford J.L., Cybulski C., Wokolorczyk D., Lubinski J., Ostrander E.A., Geybels M.S., Nordestgaard B.G., Nielsen S.F., Weischer M., Bisbjerg R., Roder M.A., Iversen P., Brenner H., Cuk K., Holleczek B., Maier C., Luedeke M., Schnoeller T., Kim J., Logothetis C.J., John E.M., Teixeira M.R., Paulo P., Cardoso M., Neuhausen S.L., Steele L., Ding Y.C., De Ruyck K., De Meerleer G., Ost P., Razack A., Lim J., Teo S.-H., Lin D.W., Newcomb L.F., Lessel D., Gamulin M., Kulis T., Kaneva R., Usmani N., Singhal S., Slavov C., Mitev V., Parliament M., Claessens F., Joniau S., Van den Broeck T., Larkin S., Townsend P.A., Aukim-Hastie C., Gago-Dominguez M., Castelao J.E., Martinez M.E., Roobol M.J., Jenster G., van Schaik R.H.N., Menegaux F., Koudou Y.A., Xu J., Truong T., Khaw K.-T., Cannon-Albright L., Pandha H., Michael A., Thibodeau S.N., McDonnell S.K., Schaid D.J., Lindstrom S., Turman C., Ma J., Hunter D.J., Riboli E., Siddiq A., Canzian F., Kolonel L.N., Le Marchand L., Hoover R.N., Machiela M.J., Cui Z., Kraft P., Amos C.I., Conti D.V., Easton D.F., Wiklund F., Chanock S.J., Henderson B.E., Kote-Jarai Z., Haiman C.A., Eeles R.A., Schumacher F.R., Olama A.A.A., Berndt S.I., Benlloch S., Ahmed M., Saunders E.J., Dadaev T., Leongamornlert D., Anokian E., Cieza-Borrella C., Goh C., Brook M.N., Sheng X., Fachal L., Dennis J., Tyrer J., Muir K., Lophatananon A., Stevens V.L., Gapstur S.M., Carter B.D., Tangen C.M., Goodman P.J., Thompson I.M., Batra J., Chambers S., Moya L., Clements J., Horvath L., Tilley W., Risbridger G.P., Gronberg H., Aly M., Nordstrom T., Pharoah P., Pashayan N., Schleutker J., Tammela T.L.J., Sipeky C., Auvinen A., Albanes D., Weinstein S., Wolk A., Hakansson N., West C.M.L., Dunning A.M., Burnet N., Mucci L.A., Giovannucci E., Andriole G.L., Cussenot O., Cancel-Tassin G., Koutros S., Beane Freeman L.E., Sorensen K.D., Orntoft T.F., Borre M., Maehle L., Grindedal E.M., Neal D.E., Donovan J.L., Hamdy F.C., Martin R.M., Travis R.C., Key T.J., Hamilton R.J., Fleshner N.E., Finelli A., Ingles S.A., Stern M.C., Rosenstein B.S., Kerns S.L., Ostrer H., Lu Y.-J., Zhang H.-W., Feng N., Mao X., Guo X., Wang G., Sun Z., Giles G.G., Southey M.C., MacInnis R.J., FitzGerald L.M., Kibel A.S., Drake B.F., Vega A., Gomez-Caamano A., Szulkin R., Eklund M., Kogevinas M., Llorca J., Castano-Vinyals G., Penney K.L., Stampfer M., Park J.Y., Sellers T.A., Lin H.-Y., Stanford J.L., Cybulski C., Wokolorczyk D., Lubinski J., Ostrander E.A., Geybels M.S., Nordestgaard B.G., Nielsen S.F., Weischer M., Bisbjerg R., Roder M.A., Iversen P., Brenner H., Cuk K., Holleczek B., Maier C., Luedeke M., Schnoeller T., Kim J., Logothetis C.J., John E.M., Teixeira M.R., Paulo P., Cardoso M., Neuhausen S.L., Steele L., Ding Y.C., De Ruyck K., De Meerleer G., Ost P., Razack A., Lim J., Teo S.-H., Lin D.W., Newcomb L.F., Lessel D., Gamulin M., Kulis T., Kaneva R., Usmani N., Singhal S., Slavov C., Mitev V., Parliament M., Claessens F., Joniau S., Van den Broeck T., Larkin S., Townsend P.A., Aukim-Hastie C., Gago-Dominguez M., Castelao J.E., Martinez M.E., Roobol M.J., Jenster G., van Schaik R.H.N., Menegaux F., Koudou Y.A., and Xu J.

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In the version of this article initially published, the name of author Manuela Gago-Dominguez was misspelled as Manuela Gago Dominguez. The error has been corrected in the HTML and PDF version of the article.Copyright © 2018, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature America, Inc.

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2019

9. Association analyses of more than 140,000 men identify 63 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci.

Author

Grindedal E.M., Maier C., Luedeke M., Schnoeller T., Kim J., Logothetis C.J., John E.M., Teixeira M.R., Paulo P., Cardoso M., Neuhausen S.L., Steele L., Ding Y.C., De Ruyck K., De Meerleer G., Ost P., Razack A., Lim J., Teo S.-H., Lin D.W., Newcomb L.F., Lessel D., Gamulin M., Kulis T., Kaneva R., Usmani N., Singhal S., Slavov C., Mitev V., Parliament M., Claessens F., Joniau S., Van Den Broeck T., Larkin S., Townsend P.A., Aukim-Hastie C., Dominguez M.G., Castelao J.E., Martinez M.E., Roobol M.J., Jenster G., Van Schaik R.H.N., Menegaux F., Truong T., Koudou Y.A., Xu J., Khaw K.-T., Cannon-Albright L., Pandha H., Michael A., Thibodeau S.N., McDonnell S.K., Schaid D.J., Lindstrom S., Turman C., Ma J., Hunter D.J., Riboli E., Siddiq A., Canzian F., Kolonel L.N., Le Marchand L., Hoover R.N., Machiela M.J., Cui Z., Kraft P., Amos C.I., Conti D.V., Easton D.F., Wiklund F., Chanock S.J., Henderson B.E., Kote-Jarai Z., Haiman C.A., Eeles R.A., Schumacher F.R., Al Olama A.A., Berndt S.I., Benlloch S., Ahmed M., Saunders E.J., Dadaev T., Leongamornlert D., Anokian E., Cieza-Borrella C., Goh C., Brook M.N., Sheng X., Fachal L., Dennis J., Tyrer J., Muir K., Lophatananon A., Stevens V.L., Gapstur S.M., Carter B.D., Tangen C.M., Goodman P.J., Thompson I.M., Batra J., Chambers S., Moya L., Clements J., Horvath L., Tilley W., Risbridger G.P., Gronberg H., Aly M., Nordstrom T., Pharoah P., Pashayan N., Schleutker J., Tammela T.L.J., Sipeky C., Auvinen A., Albanes D., Weinstein S., Wolk A., Hakansson N., West C.M.L., Dunning A.M., Burnet N., Mucci L.A., Giovannucci E., Andriole G.L., Cussenot O., Cancel-Tassin G., Koutros S., Beane Freeman L.E., Sorensen K.D., Orntoft T.F., Borre M., Maehle L., Neal D.E., Donovan J.L., Hamdy F.C., Martin R.M., Travis R.C., Key T.J., Hamilton R.J., Fleshner N.E., Finelli A., Ingles S.A., Stern M.C., Rosenstein B.S., Kerns S.L., Ostrer H., Lu Y.-J., Zhang H.-W., Feng N., Mao X., Guo X., Wang G., Sun Z., Giles G.G., Southey M.C., MacInnis R.J., Fitzgerald L.M., Kibel A.S., Drake B.F., Vega A., Gomez-Caamano A., Szulkin R., Eklund M., Kogevinas M., Llorca J., Castano-Vinyals G., Penney K.L., Stampfer M., Park J.Y., Sellers T.A., Lin H.-Y., Stanford J.L., Cybulski C., Wokolorczyk D., Lubinski J., Ostrander E.A., Geybels M.S., Nordestgaard Bo.G., Nielsen S.F., Weischer M., Bisbjerg R., Roder M.A., Iversen P., Brenner H., Cuk K., Holleczek B., Grindedal E.M., Maier C., Luedeke M., Schnoeller T., Kim J., Logothetis C.J., John E.M., Teixeira M.R., Paulo P., Cardoso M., Neuhausen S.L., Steele L., Ding Y.C., De Ruyck K., De Meerleer G., Ost P., Razack A., Lim J., Teo S.-H., Lin D.W., Newcomb L.F., Lessel D., Gamulin M., Kulis T., Kaneva R., Usmani N., Singhal S., Slavov C., Mitev V., Parliament M., Claessens F., Joniau S., Van Den Broeck T., Larkin S., Townsend P.A., Aukim-Hastie C., Dominguez M.G., Castelao J.E., Martinez M.E., Roobol M.J., Jenster G., Van Schaik R.H.N., Menegaux F., Truong T., Koudou Y.A., Xu J., Khaw K.-T., Cannon-Albright L., Pandha H., Michael A., Thibodeau S.N., McDonnell S.K., Schaid D.J., Lindstrom S., Turman C., Ma J., Hunter D.J., Riboli E., Siddiq A., Canzian F., Kolonel L.N., Le Marchand L., Hoover R.N., Machiela M.J., Cui Z., Kraft P., Amos C.I., Conti D.V., Easton D.F., Wiklund F., Chanock S.J., Henderson B.E., Kote-Jarai Z., Haiman C.A., Eeles R.A., Schumacher F.R., Al Olama A.A., Berndt S.I., Benlloch S., Ahmed M., Saunders E.J., Dadaev T., Leongamornlert D., Anokian E., Cieza-Borrella C., Goh C., Brook M.N., Sheng X., Fachal L., Dennis J., Tyrer J., Muir K., Lophatananon A., Stevens V.L., Gapstur S.M., Carter B.D., Tangen C.M., Goodman P.J., Thompson I.M., Batra J., Chambers S., Moya L., Clements J., Horvath L., Tilley W., Risbridger G.P., Gronberg H., Aly M., Nordstrom T., Pharoah P., Pashayan N., Schleutker J., Tammela T.L.J., Sipeky C., Auvinen A., Albanes D., Weinstein S., Wolk A., Hakansson N., West C.M.L., Dunning A.M., Burnet N., Mucci L.A., Giovannucci E., Andriole G.L., Cussenot O., Cancel-Tassin G., Koutros S., Beane Freeman L.E., Sorensen K.D., Orntoft T.F., Borre M., Maehle L., Neal D.E., Donovan J.L., Hamdy F.C., Martin R.M., Travis R.C., Key T.J., Hamilton R.J., Fleshner N.E., Finelli A., Ingles S.A., Stern M.C., Rosenstein B.S., Kerns S.L., Ostrer H., Lu Y.-J., Zhang H.-W., Feng N., Mao X., Guo X., Wang G., Sun Z., Giles G.G., Southey M.C., MacInnis R.J., Fitzgerald L.M., Kibel A.S., Drake B.F., Vega A., Gomez-Caamano A., Szulkin R., Eklund M., Kogevinas M., Llorca J., Castano-Vinyals G., Penney K.L., Stampfer M., Park J.Y., Sellers T.A., Lin H.-Y., Stanford J.L., Cybulski C., Wokolorczyk D., Lubinski J., Ostrander E.A., Geybels M.S., Nordestgaard Bo.G., Nielsen S.F., Weischer M., Bisbjerg R., Roder M.A., Iversen P., Brenner H., Cuk K., and Holleczek B.

Abstract

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 x 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 x 10-9; G>C, p.Pro1054Arg) in ATM and rs2066827 (OR = 1.06; P = 2.3 x 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 PrCa 1 .Copyright © 2018 The Author(s).

Published
2018

10. Fine-mapping of prostate cancer susceptibility loci in a large meta-analysis identifies candidate causal variants.

Author

Stampfer M., Ranu H., Hicks B., Vogt A., Cox A., Davis M., Brown P., George A., Marsden G., Lane A., Lewis S.J., Berry C., Kulkarni G.S., Toi A., Evans A., Zlotta A.R., Van Der Kwast T.H., Imai T., Saito S., Marzec J., Cao G., Lin J., Li M., Zhao S.-C., Ren G., Yu Y., Wu Y., Wu J., Zhou B., Zhang Y., Li J., He W., Guo J., Pedersen J., Hopper J.L., Milne R., Klim A., Carballo A., Lobato-Busto R., Peleteiro P., Calvo P., Aguado M., Ruiz-Dominguez J.M., Cecchini L., Mengual L., Alcaraz A., Bustamante M., Gracia-Lavedan E., Dierssen-Sotos T., Gomez-Acebo I., Pow-Sang J., Park H., Zachariah B., Kluzniak W., Kolb S., Klarskov P., Stegmaier C., Vogel W., Herkommer K., Bohnert P., Maia S., Silva M.P., De Langhe S., Thierens H., Tan M.H., Ong A.T., Kastelan Z., Popov E., Kachakova D., Mitkova A., Vlahova A., Dikov T., Christova S., Carracedo A., Bangma C., Schroder F.H., Cenee S., Tretarre B., Rebillard X., Mulot C., Sanchez M., Adolfsson J., Stattin P., Johansson J.-E., Cavalli-Bjoerkman C., Karlsson A., Broms M., Wu H., Tillmans L., Riska S., Freedman M., Wiklund F., Chanock S., Henderson B.E., Easton D.F., Haiman C.A., Eeles R.A., Conti D.V., Kote-Jarai Z., Hutchinson A., Ling J., Papargiris M., Dadaev T., Saunders E.J., Newcombe P.J., Anokian E., Leongamornlert D.A., Brook M.N., Cieza-Borrella C., Mijuskovic M., Wakerell S., Olama A.A.A., Schumacher F.R., Berndt S.I., Benlloch S., Ahmed M., Goh C., Sheng X., Zhang Z., Muir K., Govindasami K., Lophatananon A., Stevens V.L., Gapstur S.M., Carter B.D., Tangen C.M., Goodman P., Thompson I.M., Batra J., Chambers S., Moya L., Clements J., Horvath L., Tilley W., Risbridger G., Gronberg H., Aly M., Nordstrom T., Pharoah P., Pashayan N., Schleutker J., Tammela T.L.J., Sipeky C., Auvinen A., Albanes D., Weinstein S., Wolk A., Hakansson N., West C., Dunning A.M., Burnet N., Mucci L., Giovannucci E., Andriole G., Cussenot O., Cancel-Tassin G., Koutros S., Freeman L.E.B., Sorensen K.D., Orntoft T.F., Borre M., Maehle L., Grindedal E.M., Neal D.E., Donovan J.L., Hamdy F.C., Martin R.M., Travis R.C., Key T.J., Hamilton R.J., Fleshner N.E., Finelli A., Ingles S.A., Stern M.C., Rosenstein B., Kerns S., Ostrer H., Lu Y.-J., Zhang H.-W., Feng N., Mao X., Guo X., Wang G., Sun Z., Giles G.G., Southey M.C., MacInnis R.J., Fitzgerald L.M., Kibel A.S., Drake B.F., Vega A., Gomez-Caamano A., Fachal L., Szulkin R., Eklund M., Kogevinas M., Llorca J., Castano-Vinyals G., Penney K.L., Park J.Y., Sellers T.A., Lin H.-Y., Stanford J.L., Cybulski C., Wokolorczyk D., Lubinski J., Ostrander E.A., Geybels M.S., Nordestgaard Bo.G., Nielsen S.F., Weisher M., Bisbjerg R., Roder M.A., Iversen P., Brenner H., Cuk K., Holleczek B., Maier C., Luedeke M., Schnoeller T., Kim J., Logothetis C.J., John E.M., Teixeira M.R., Paulo P., Cardoso M., Neuhausen S.L., Steele L., Ding Y.C., De Ruyck K., De Meerleer G., Ost P., Razack A., Lim J., Teo S.-H., Lin D.W., Newcomb L.F., Lessel D., Gamulin M., Kulis T., Kaneva R., Usmani N., Slavov C., Mitev V., Parliament M., Singhal S., Claessens F., Joniau S., Van Den Broeck T., Larkin S., Townsend P.A., Aukim-Hastie C., Gago-Dominguez M., Castelao J.E., Martinez M.E., Roobol M.J., Jenster G., Van Schaik R.H.N., Menegaux F., Truong T., Koudou Y.A., Xu J., Khaw K.-T., Cannon-Albright L., Pandha H., Michael A., Kierzek A., Thibodeau S.N., McDonnell S.K., Schaid D.J., Lindstrom S., Turman C., Ma J., Hunter D.J., Riboli E., Siddiq A., Canzian F., Kolonel L.N., Le Marchand L., Hoover R.N., Machiela M.J., Kraft P., Cook M., Thwaites A., Guy M., Whitmore I., Morgan A., Fisher C., Hazel S., Livni N., Spurdle A., Srinivasan S., Kedda M.-A., Aitken J., Gardiner R., Hayes V., Butler L., Taylor R., Yeadon T., Eckert A., Saunders P., Haynes A.-M., Kujala P., Talala K., Murtola T., Taari K., Dearnaley D., Barnett G., Bentzen So., Elliott R., Stampfer M., Ranu H., Hicks B., Vogt A., Cox A., Davis M., Brown P., George A., Marsden G., Lane A., Lewis S.J., Berry C., Kulkarni G.S., Toi A., Evans A., Zlotta A.R., Van Der Kwast T.H., Imai T., Saito S., Marzec J., Cao G., Lin J., Li M., Zhao S.-C., Ren G., Yu Y., Wu Y., Wu J., Zhou B., Zhang Y., Li J., He W., Guo J., Pedersen J., Hopper J.L., Milne R., Klim A., Carballo A., Lobato-Busto R., Peleteiro P., Calvo P., Aguado M., Ruiz-Dominguez J.M., Cecchini L., Mengual L., Alcaraz A., Bustamante M., Gracia-Lavedan E., Dierssen-Sotos T., Gomez-Acebo I., Pow-Sang J., Park H., Zachariah B., Kluzniak W., Kolb S., Klarskov P., Stegmaier C., Vogel W., Herkommer K., Bohnert P., Maia S., Silva M.P., De Langhe S., Thierens H., Tan M.H., Ong A.T., Kastelan Z., Popov E., Kachakova D., Mitkova A., Vlahova A., Dikov T., Christova S., Carracedo A., Bangma C., Schroder F.H., Cenee S., Tretarre B., Rebillard X., Mulot C., Sanchez M., Adolfsson J., Stattin P., Johansson J.-E., Cavalli-Bjoerkman C., Karlsson A., Broms M., Wu H., Tillmans L., Riska S., Freedman M., Wiklund F., Chanock S., Henderson B.E., Easton D.F., Haiman C.A., Eeles R.A., Conti D.V., Kote-Jarai Z., Hutchinson A., Ling J., Papargiris M., Dadaev T., Saunders E.J., Newcombe P.J., Anokian E., Leongamornlert D.A., Brook M.N., Cieza-Borrella C., Mijuskovic M., Wakerell S., Olama A.A.A., Schumacher F.R., Berndt S.I., Benlloch S., Ahmed M., Goh C., Sheng X., Zhang Z., Muir K., Govindasami K., Lophatananon A., Stevens V.L., Gapstur S.M., Carter B.D., Tangen C.M., Goodman P., Thompson I.M., Batra J., Chambers S., Moya L., Clements J., Horvath L., Tilley W., Risbridger G., Gronberg H., Aly M., Nordstrom T., Pharoah P., Pashayan N., Schleutker J., Tammela T.L.J., Sipeky C., Auvinen A., Albanes D., Weinstein S., Wolk A., Hakansson N., West C., Dunning A.M., Burnet N., Mucci L., Giovannucci E., Andriole G., Cussenot O., Cancel-Tassin G., Koutros S., Freeman L.E.B., Sorensen K.D., Orntoft T.F., Borre M., Maehle L., Grindedal E.M., Neal D.E., Donovan J.L., Hamdy F.C., Martin R.M., Travis R.C., Key T.J., Hamilton R.J., Fleshner N.E., Finelli A., Ingles S.A., Stern M.C., Rosenstein B., Kerns S., Ostrer H., Lu Y.-J., Zhang H.-W., Feng N., Mao X., Guo X., Wang G., Sun Z., Giles G.G., Southey M.C., MacInnis R.J., Fitzgerald L.M., Kibel A.S., Drake B.F., Vega A., Gomez-Caamano A., Fachal L., Szulkin R., Eklund M., Kogevinas M., Llorca J., Castano-Vinyals G., Penney K.L., Park J.Y., Sellers T.A., Lin H.-Y., Stanford J.L., Cybulski C., Wokolorczyk D., Lubinski J., Ostrander E.A., Geybels M.S., Nordestgaard Bo.G., Nielsen S.F., Weisher M., Bisbjerg R., Roder M.A., Iversen P., Brenner H., Cuk K., Holleczek B., Maier C., Luedeke M., Schnoeller T., Kim J., Logothetis C.J., John E.M., Teixeira M.R., Paulo P., Cardoso M., Neuhausen S.L., Steele L., Ding Y.C., De Ruyck K., De Meerleer G., Ost P., Razack A., Lim J., Teo S.-H., Lin D.W., Newcomb L.F., Lessel D., Gamulin M., Kulis T., Kaneva R., Usmani N., Slavov C., Mitev V., Parliament M., Singhal S., Claessens F., Joniau S., Van Den Broeck T., Larkin S., Townsend P.A., Aukim-Hastie C., Gago-Dominguez M., Castelao J.E., Martinez M.E., Roobol M.J., Jenster G., Van Schaik R.H.N., Menegaux F., Truong T., Koudou Y.A., Xu J., Khaw K.-T., Cannon-Albright L., Pandha H., Michael A., Kierzek A., Thibodeau S.N., McDonnell S.K., Schaid D.J., Lindstrom S., Turman C., Ma J., Hunter D.J., Riboli E., Siddiq A., Canzian F., Kolonel L.N., Le Marchand L., Hoover R.N., Machiela M.J., Kraft P., Cook M., Thwaites A., Guy M., Whitmore I., Morgan A., Fisher C., Hazel S., Livni N., Spurdle A., Srinivasan S., Kedda M.-A., Aitken J., Gardiner R., Hayes V., Butler L., Taylor R., Yeadon T., Eckert A., Saunders P., Haynes A.-M., Kujala P., Talala K., Murtola T., Taari K., Dearnaley D., Barnett G., Bentzen So., and Elliott R.

Abstract

Prostate cancer is a polygenic disease with a large heritable component. A number of common, low-penetrance prostate cancer risk loci have been identified through GWAS. Here we apply the Bayesian multivariate variable selection algorithm JAM to fine-map 84 prostate cancer susceptibility loci, using summary data from a large European ancestry meta-analysis. We observe evidence for multiple independent signals at 12 regions and 99 risk signals overall. Only 15 original GWAS tag SNPs remain among the catalogue of candidate variants identified; the remainder are replaced by more likely candidates. Biological annotation of our credible set of variants indicates significant enrichment within promoter and enhancer elements, and transcription factor-binding sites, including AR, ERG and FOXA1. In 40 regions at least one variant is colocalised with an eQTL in prostate cancer tissue. The refined set of candidate variants substantially increase the proportion of familial relative risk explained by these known susceptibility regions, which highlights the importance of fine-mapping studies and has implications for clinical risk profiling.Copyright © 2018 The Author(s).

Published
2018

11. Obtaining high quality transcriptome data from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded diagnostic prostate tumor specimens.

Author

Pedersen J., O'Callaghan N., Nottle T., Giles G.G., Southey M.C., Fitzgerald L.M., Jung C.-H., Wong E.M., Joo J.E., Gould J.A., Vasic V., Bassett J.K., Pedersen J., O'Callaghan N., Nottle T., Giles G.G., Southey M.C., Fitzgerald L.M., Jung C.-H., Wong E.M., Joo J.E., Gould J.A., Vasic V., and Bassett J.K.

Abstract

Prognostic genomic biomarkers that can be measured at diagnosis to aid choice of treatment options are unavailable for most common cancers. This is due in part to the poor quality and quantity of available diagnostic specimens for discovery research and to limitations in genomic technologies. Recent technical advances now enable high-density molecular analyses using suboptimal biological specimens. Here we describe the optimization of a transcriptome-specific protocol for use with formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) diagnostic prostate cancer (PrCa) specimens. We applied the Ion AmpliSeq Transcriptome Human Gene Expression Kit (AmpliSeq Kit) to RNA samples extracted from 36 tumor-enriched and 16 adjacent normal tissues (ADJNT) from 37 FFPE PrCa specimens over a series of eight pilot studies, incorporating protocol modifications from Pilots 2 to 5. Data quality were measured by (1) the total number of mapped reads; (2) the percentage of reads that mapped to AmpliSeq target regions (OnTarget%); (3) the percentage of genes on the AmpliSeq panel with a read count >=10 (TargetsDetected%); and (4) comparing the gene read-count distribution of the prostate tissue samples with the median gene read-count distribution of cell line-derived RNA samples. Modifications incorporated into Pilot study 5 provided gene expression data equivalent to cell line-derived RNA samples. These modifications included the use of freshly cut slides for macrodissection; increased tissue section thickness (8 mum); RNA extraction using the RecoverAll Total Nucleic Acid Isolation Kit for FFPE (ThermoFisher); 18 target amplification cycles; and processing six samples per Ion PI chip. This protocol will facilitate the discovery of prognostic biomarkers for cancer by allowing researchers to exploit previously underutilized diagnostic FFPE specimens.Copyright © 2018 United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology.

Published
2018

12. Genome-wide measures of DNA methylation in peripheral blood and the risk of urothelial cell carcinoma: A prospective nested case-control study.

Author

English D.R., Severi G., Saffery R., Southey M.C., Giles G.G., Dugue P.-A., Brinkman M.T., Milne R.L., Wong E.M., FitzGerald L.M., Bassett J.K., Joo J.E., Jung C.-H., Makalic E., Schmidt D.F., Park D.J., Chung J., Ta A.D., Bolton D.M., Lonie A., Longano A., Hopper J.L., English D.R., Severi G., Saffery R., Southey M.C., Giles G.G., Dugue P.-A., Brinkman M.T., Milne R.L., Wong E.M., FitzGerald L.M., Bassett J.K., Joo J.E., Jung C.-H., Makalic E., Schmidt D.F., Park D.J., Chung J., Ta A.D., Bolton D.M., Lonie A., Longano A., and Hopper J.L.

Abstract

Background: Global DNA methylation has been reported to be associated with urothelial cell carcinoma (UCC) by studies using blood samples collected at diagnosis. Using the Illumina HumanMethylation450 assay, we derived genome-wide measures of blood DNA methylation and assessed them for their prospective association with UCC risk. Method(s): We used 439 case-control pairs from the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study matched on age, sex, country of birth, DNA sample type, and collection period. Conditional logistic regression was used to compute odds ratios (OR) of UCC risk per s.d. of each genome-wide measure of DNA methylation and 95% confidence intervals (CIs), adjusted for potential confounders. We also investigated associations by disease subtype, sex, smoking, and time since blood collection. Result(s): The risk of superficial UCC was decreased for individuals with higher levels of our genome-wide DNA methylation measure (OR=0.71, 95% CI: 0.54-0.94; P=0.02). This association was particularly strong for current smokers at sample collection (OR=0.47, 95% CI: 0.27-0.83). Intermediate levels of our genome-wide measure were associated with decreased risk of invasive UCC. Some variation was observed between UCC subtypes and the location and regulatory function of the CpGs included in the genome-wide measures of methylation. Conclusion(s): Higher levels of our genome-wide DNA methylation measure were associated with decreased risk of superficial UCC and intermediate levels were associated with reduced risk of invasive disease. These findings require replication by other prospective studies.Copyright © 2016 Cancer Research UK.

Published
2016

14. Society Notes and Announcements. State University of Iowa, College of Dentistry

Author

Fitzgerald, L.M., Fitzgerald, L.M., Fitzgerald, L.M., and Fitzgerald, L.M.

Abstract

Editors: Aug. 1859-July 1865, J. D. White, J. H. McQuillen, G. J. Ziegler.--Aug. 1865-Dec. 1871, J. H. McQuillen, G. J. Ziegler.--Jan. 1872-May 1891, J. W. White.--July 1891-Apr. 1930, E. C. Kirk (with L. P. Anthony, Dec. 1917-Apr. 1930).--May 1930-Dec. 1936, L. P. Anthony., Vols. 1-13 are called "new series.", Merged in Jan. 1937 with: Journal of the American Dental Association, ISSN 1048-6364, to form: Journal of the American Dental Association and dental cosmos, ISSN 0375-8451., The Dental cosmos; a monthly record of dental science. [Vol. 73] : Vol 73 : Issue 11, Page(s) 1140, (dlps) volume: 0527912.0073.001, (dlps) article: 0527912.0073.001:880, http://quod.lib.umich.edu/t/text/accesspolicy.html

15. Looking invertebrate.

Author

FitzGerald, L.M. and Humann, P.

Subjects
*MOLLUSKS
Abstract

Presents a photo essay with text showing some of the less-well-known members of the mollusk family. Includes the black-spotted nudibranch, the lettuce sea slug, and the star horseshoe worm.

Published
1992

16. Expedition to San Blas.

Author

FitzGerald, L.M.

Subjects
*CUNA (Central American people)
Abstract

Offers a look at the Kuna Indians of the San Blas Islands in the Caribbean. They live mainly in reserves established for them after they successfully rebelled against the Panamanian government in 1925. They're known for their bright, intricately stitched molas, or hand-worked cloth. INSET: Getting there..

Published
1991

17. Dolphins dolphins.

Author

FitzGerald, L.M. and Leal, J.

Subjects
*DOLPHINS
Abstract

Summarizes several news events involving dolphins, including their possible use as Trident submarine guards, habitat destruction in the Amazon, and coastal and non-coastal migrations.

Published
1991

18. Seven underwater wonders of the world.

Author

Fitzgerald, L.M.

Subjects
*OCEAN bottom
Abstract

Describes the recently chosen seven underwater wonders of the world. Belau, Lake Baikal, the north Red Sea, the Galapagos Islands, the Belize barrier reef, the northern Great Barrier Reef, and the unusual deep-ocean vents.

Published
1990

19. Evolution of a wind rose.

Author

FitzGerald, L.M.

Subjects
*COMPASS (Orienteering & navigation)
Abstract

Describes the historical evolution of the wind rose, which combined a circular directional emblem with beautiful colors and designs, into the modern marine compass. How wind roses work; Designs; Uses.

Published
1990

23. Deep-ocean warming triggered big die-offs.

Author

FitzGerald, L.M.

Subjects
*OCEANOGRAPHY
Abstract

Announces that college researchers James P. Kennett and Lowell D. Stott have linked deep-ocean warming 57 million years ago to much of the benthic fauna extinction. The researchers suggest that oceanic circulation reversed, replacing polar bottomwater with tropical bottom water. Bottom-living community; Old drilling techniques; New technology.

Published
1992

24. Earth keeps its cool.

Author

FitzGerald, L.M.

Subjects
*GREENHOUSE effect
Abstract

Describes the possibility that Earth has a built in thermostat and that it may work to overcome temperature increases caused by atmospheric pollution. Research; Ocean studies; Possibility that irrevocable changes may occur in Earth's weather patterns before this mechanism kicks in.

Published
1991

25. Sea life fueled by gas from rock-dwelling microbes.

Author

FitzGerald, L.M.

Subjects
*OCEANOGRAPHY
Abstract

Describes the fossil methane discovered in 1984 off the west coast of Florida. It supports deep-sea life and may be produced by microbes living inside the rocky cliff where the organisms lives. Rocky cliff formation; Determining methane's origin; Cold and hot communities.

Published
1992

26. Building coral bones.

Author

FitzGerald, L.M.

Subjects
*CORALS
Abstract

Announces that at least 200 people have received coral grafts in place of bone implants in experimental surgery. Two types of coral, Porites and Goniopora, have pores just the right size for infiltration by human capillaries and osteoblast cells.Use; Surgical process; Benefits of coral use.

Published
1992

27. Lobster settlers seek housing.

Author

FitzGerald, L.M.

Subjects
*LOBSTERS
Abstract

Reports that a study is being done to determine if spiny lobsters need more places to settle in Florida, or if the population depends more on the number of larvae in the bay. Researchers may seed the Florida Bay floor with artificial habitats.

Published
1992

28. Saltwater farming.

Author

FitzGerald, L.M.

Subjects
*SALICORNIA, *AQUACULTURE, *ANIMAL feeds
Abstract

Reports that glasswort (`Salicornia bigelovii') may soon be used for animal feed. Glasswort grows in saltwater marshes and hypersaline flats. It produces seeds rich in protein and polyunsaturated oil and its yield is higher per acre than soybeans and sunflowers.

Published
1991

29. Feathered physicist.

Author

FitzGerald, L.M.

Subjects
*HERONS, *FOOD
Abstract

Looks at the two phases, prestrike and strike, of the western reef heron's fishing technique. The technique allows the reef heron to accurately gauge the location of submerged prey by compensating for light refraction.

Published
1991

30. Megamouth alive!

Author

FitzGerald, L.M.

Subjects
*SHARKS
Abstract

Shows a 15-foot megamouth shark, the first ever seen alive and only the fifth ever caught by humans. Its scientific name is `Megachasma pelagios.'

Published
1991

31. Reviews.

Author

FitzGerald, L.M.

Subjects
CHESAPEAKE Bay (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `Chesapeake Bay: Nature of the Estuary, a Field Guide,' by Christopher P. White. The two-part book gives general information on the estuary and presents a field guide to its flora and fauna.

Published
1990

32. Video reviews.

Author

FitzGerald, L.M.

Subjects
*VIDEO reviews
Abstract

Reviews two videotapes: `The Frontier of Biomedicine (#14 The Blue Revolution)' and `Treasures of Neptune: Klondike on the Ocean Floor (#11 The Blue Revolution)' from Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Inc.

Published
1990

33. Reviews.

Author

FitzGerald, L.M.

Subjects
*BOOKS
Abstract

Reviews Evelyn Kaye's book, `Travel and Learn: The New Guide to Educational Travel.' It catalogues specialty organizations that offer educational trips focusing on ecology, archaeology, history and other areas of interest.

Published
1992

34. Tidepool Wonders of the Sea of Cortez.

Author

FitzGerald, L.M.

Subjects
*BOOKS
Abstract

Reviews `Tidepool Wonders of the Sea of Cortez,' by Wesley M. Farmer, a sea-life guide and handy take-along reference book.

Published
1990

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