Risk factors for lung cancer worldwide

J Malhotra, M Malvezzi, E Negri… - European …, 2016 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Lung cancer is the most frequent malignant neoplasm in most countries, and the main
cancer-related cause of mortality worldwide in both sexes combined. The geographic and …

A decade of GWAS results in lung cancer

Y Bossé, CI Amos - Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 2018 - AACR
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) were successful to identify genetic factors
robustly associated with lung cancer. This review aims to synthesize the literature in this field …

Rare variants of large effect in BRCA2 and CHEK2 affect risk of lung cancer

Y Wang, JD McKay, T Rafnar, Z Wang, MN Timofeeva… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
We conducted imputation to the 1000 Genomes Project of four genome-wide association
studies of lung cancer in populations of European ancestry (11,348 cases and 15,861 …

Genome-wide association analysis identifies new lung cancer susceptibility loci in never-smoking women in Asia

Q Lan, CA Hsiung, K Matsuo, YC Hong, A Seow… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
To identify common genetic variants that contribute to lung cancer susceptibility, we
conducted a multistage genome-wide association study of lung cancer in Asian women who …

Influence of common genetic variation on lung cancer risk: meta-analysis of 14 900 cases and 29 485 controls

MN Timofeeva, RJ Hung, T Rafnar… - Human molecular …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Recent genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified common genetic variants
at 5p15. 33, 6p21–6p22 and 15q25. 1 associated with lung cancer risk. Several other …

FOXM1: a multifunctional oncoprotein and emerging therapeutic target in ovarian cancer

C Liu, CJ Barger, AR Karpf - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Ovarian cancer is a lethal disease in women with a 10-year survival rate
of< 40% worldwide. A key molecular alteration in ovarian cancer is the aberrant …

Characterizing the genetic basis of methylome diversity in histologically normal human lung tissue

J Shi, CN Marconett, J Duan, PL Hyland, P Li… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The genetic regulation of the human epigenome is not fully appreciated. Here we describe
the effects of genetic variants on the DNA methylome in human lung based on methylation …

RAD52 Functions in Homologous Recombination and Its Importance on Genomic Integrity Maintenance and Cancer Therapy

A Nogueira, M Fernandes, R Catarino, R Medeiros - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Genomes are continually subjected to DNA damage whether they are induced from intrinsic
physiological processes or extrinsic agents. Double-stranded breaks (DSBs) are the most …

Functional studies of lung cancer GWAS beyond association

E Long, H Patel, J Byun, CI Amos… - Human molecular …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Fourteen years after the first genome-wide association study (GWAS) of lung cancer was
published, approximately 45 genomic loci have now been significantly associated with lung …

Relationships between sleep traits and lung cancer risk: a prospective cohort study in UK Biobank

J Xie, M Zhu, M Ji, J Fan, Y Huang, X Wei, X Jiang, J Xu… - Sleep, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Study objectives To prospectively investigate the association between sleep traits and lung
cancer risk, accounting for the interactions with genetic predisposition of lung cancer …