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Genetic architectures of proximal and distal colorectal cancer are partly distinct
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Huyghe, Jeroen RHarrison, Tabitha ABien, Stephanie AHampel, HeatherFigueiredo, Jane CSchmit, Stephanie LConti, David VChen, SaiQu, ConghuiLin, YiBarfield, RichardBaron, John ACross, Amanda JDiergaarde, BrendaDuggan, DavidHarlid, Sophia, 1978; Imaz, LiherKang, Hyun MinLevine, David MPerduca, VittorioPerez-Cornago, AuroraSakoda, Lori CSchumacher, Fredrick RSlattery, Martha LToland, Amanda EVan Duijnhoven, Fränzel J Bvan Guelpen, BethanyAgudo, AntonioAlbanes, DemetriusAlonso, M HenarAnderson, KristinArnau-Collell, CoralArndt, VolkerBanbury, Barbara LBassik, Michael CBerndt, Sonja IBézieau, StéphaneBishop, D TimothyBoehm, JuergenBoeing, HeinerBoutron-Ruault, Marie-ChristineBrenner, HermannBrezina, StefanieBuch, StephanBuchanan, Daniel DBurnett-Hartman, AndreaCaan, Bette JCampbell, Peter TCarr, Prudence RCastells, AntoniCastellví-Bel, SergiChan, Andrew TChang-Claude, JennyChanock, Stephen JCurtis, Keith RDe La Chapelle, AlbertEaston, Douglas FEnglish, Dallas RFeskens, Edith J MGala, ManishGallinger, Steven JGauderman, W JamesGiles, Graham GGoodman, Phyllis JGrady, William MGrove, John SGsur, AndreaGunter, Marc JHaile, Robert WHampe, JochenHoffmeister, MichaelHopper, John LHsu, Wan-LingHuang, Wen-YiHudson, Thomas JJenab, MazdaJenkins, Mark AJoshi, Amit DKeku, Temitope OKooperberg, CharlesKühn, TilmanKüry, SébastienLe Marchand, LoicLejbkowicz, FlavioLi, Christopher ILi, LiLieb, WolfgangLindblom, AnnikaLindor, Noralane MMännistö, SatuMarkowitz, Sanford DMilne, Roger LMoreno, LorenaMurphy, NeilNassir, RamiOffit, KennethOgino, ShujiPanico, SalvatoreParfrey, Patrick SPearlman, RachelPharoah, Paul D PPhipps, Amanda IPlatz, Elizabeth APotter, John DPrentice, Ross LQi, LihongRaskin, LeonRennert, GadRennert, Hedy SRiboli, ElioSchafmayer, ClemensSchoen, Robert ESeminara, DanielaSong, MingyangSu, Yu-RuTangen, Catherine MThibodeau, Stephen NThomas, Duncan CTrichopoulou, AntoniaUlrich, Cornelia MVisvanathan, KalaVodicka, PavelVodickova, LudmilaVymetalkova, VeronikaWeigl, KorbinianWeinstein, Stephanie JWhite, EmilyWolk, AlicjaWoods, Michael OWu, Anna HAbecasis, Goncalo RNickerson, Deborah AScacheri, Peter CKundaje, AnshulCasey, GrahamGruber, Stephen BHsu, LiMoreno, VictorHayes, Richard BNewcomb, Polly APeters, Ulrike
Source
Gut. 70(7):1325-1334
Subject
cancer genetics
cancer susceptibility
colon carcinogenesis
colorectal cancer
genetic polymorphisms
Language
English
ISSN
0017-5749
1468-3288
Abstract
Objective: An understanding of the etiologic heterogeneity of colorectal cancer (CRC) is critical for improving precision prevention, including individualized screening recommendations and the discovery of novel drug targets and repurposable drug candidates for chemoprevention. Known differences in molecular characteristics and environmental risk factors among tumors arising in different locations of the colorectum suggest partly distinct mechanisms of carcinogenesis. The extent to which the contribution of inherited genetic risk factors for CRC differs by anatomical subsite of the primary tumor has not been examined.Design: To identify new anatomical subsite-specific risk loci, we performed genome-wide association study (GWAS) meta-analyses including data of 48 214 CRC cases and 64 159 controls of European ancestry. We characterised effect heterogeneity at CRC risk loci using multinomial modelling.Results: We identified 13 loci that reached genome-wide significance (p<5×10-8) and that were not reported by previous GWASs for overall CRC risk. Multiple lines of evidence support candidate genes at several of these loci. We detected substantial heterogeneity between anatomical subsites. Just over half (61) of 109 known and new risk variants showed no evidence for heterogeneity. In contrast, 22 variants showed association with distal CRC (including rectal cancer), but no evidence for association or an attenuated association with proximal CRC. For two loci, there was strong evidence for effects confined to proximal colon cancer.Conclusion: Genetic architectures of proximal and distal CRC are partly distinct. Studies of risk factors and mechanisms of carcinogenesis, and precision prevention strategies should take into consideration the anatomical subsite of the tumour.