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Prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in males in developed countries. To identify common prostate cancer susceptibility alleles, we genotyped 211,155 SNPs on a custom Illumina array (iCOGS) in blood DNA from 25,074 prostate cancer cases and 24,272 controls from the international PRACTICAL Consortium. Twenty-three new prostate cancer susceptibility loci were identified at genome-wide significance (P < 5 × 10(-8)). More than 70 prostate cancer susceptibility loci, explaining ∼30% of the familial risk for this disease, have now been identified. On the basis of combined risks conferred by the new and previously known risk loci, the top 1% of the risk distribution has a 4.7-fold higher risk than the average of the population being profiled. These results will facilitate population risk stratification for clinical studies.

Original publication

DOI

10.1038/ng.2560

Type

Journal article

Journal

Nat Genet

Publication Date

04/2013

Volume

45

Pages

385 - 391e2

Keywords

Case-Control Studies, Cooperative Behavior, Genetic Loci, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genotype, Humans, Male, Meta-Analysis as Topic, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Prostatic Neoplasms, Risk Factors