Trans-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of prostate cancer identifies new susceptibility loci and informs genetic risk prediction

DV Conti, BF Darst, LC Moss, EJ Saunders, X Sheng… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Prostate cancer is a highly heritable disease with large disparities in incidence rates across
ancestry populations. We conducted a multiancestry meta-analysis of prostate cancer …

Characterizing prostate cancer risk through multi-ancestry genome-wide discovery of 187 novel risk variants

A Wang, J Shen, AA Rodriguez, EJ Saunders, F Chen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The transferability and clinical value of genetic risk scores (GRSs) across populations
remain limited due to an imbalance in genetic studies across ancestrally diverse …

A meta-analysis of 87,040 individuals identifies 23 new susceptibility loci for prostate cancer

AA Al Olama, Z Kote-Jarai, SI Berndt, DV Conti… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 76 variants associated with
prostate cancer risk predominantly in populations of European ancestry. To identify …

A large multiethnic genome-wide association study of prostate cancer identifies novel risk variants and substantial ethnic differences

TJ Hoffmann, SK Van Den Eeden, LC Sakoda… - Cancer discovery, 2015 - AACR
A genome-wide association study (GWAS) of prostate cancer in Kaiser Permanente health
plan members (7,783 cases, 38,595 controls; 80.3% non-Hispanic white, 4.9% African …

Genome-wide association study identifies new prostate cancer susceptibility loci

FR Schumacher, SI Berndt, A Siddiq… - Human molecular …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Prostate cancer (PrCa) is the most common non-skin cancer diagnosed among males in
developed countries and the second leading cause of cancer mortality, yet little is known …

Validation of genome-wide prostate cancer associations in men of African descent

BL Chang, E Spangler, S Gallagher, CA Haiman… - … , biomarkers & prevention, 2011 - AACR
Background: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified numerous prostate
cancer susceptibility alleles, but these loci have been identified primarily in men of …

Genetic hitchhiking and population bottlenecks contribute to prostate cancer disparities in men of African descent

J Lachance, AJ Berens, MEB Hansen, AK Teng… - Cancer research, 2018 - AACR
Prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates in African and African American men are
greatly elevated compared with other ethnicities. This disparity is likely explained by a …

Generalizability of associations from prostate cancer genome-wide association studies in multiple populations

KM Waters, L Le Marchand, LN Kolonel… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2009 - AACR
Genome-wide association studies have identified multiple common alleles associated with
prostate cancer risk in populations of European ancestry. Testing these variants in other …

[HTML][HTML] Testing the generalizability of ancestry-specific polygenic risk scores to predict prostate cancer in sub-Saharan Africa

MS Kim, D Naidoo, U Hazra, MH Quiver, WC Chen… - Genome biology, 2022 - Springer
Background Genome-wide association studies do not always replicate well across
populations, limiting the generalizability of polygenic risk scores (PRS). Despite higher …

Genome-wide association study of prostate cancer in men of African ancestry identifies a susceptibility locus at 17q21

CA Haiman, GK Chen, WJ Blot, SS Strom, SI Berndt… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
In search of common risk alleles for prostate cancer that could contribute to high rates of the
disease in men of African ancestry, we conducted a genome-wide association study, with …