Esther M. John

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• Evaluation of a candidate breast cancer associated SNP in ERCC4 as a risk modifier in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Results from the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/BRCA2 (CIMBA).

  Osorio A, Milne RL, Pita G, Peterlongo P, Heikkinen T, Simard J, Chenevix-Trench G, Spurdle AB, Beesley J, Chen X, Healey S, Neuhausen SL, Ding YC, Couch FJ, Wang X, Lindor N, Manoukian S, Barile M, Viel A, Tizzoni L, Szabo CI, Foretova L, Zikan M, Claes K, Greene MH, Mai P, Rennert G, Lejbkowicz F, Barnett-Griness O, Andrulis IL, Ozcelik H, Weerasooriya N, Gerdes AM, Thomassen M, Cruger DG, Caligo MA, Friedman E, Kaufman B, Laitman Y, Cohen S, Kontorovich T, Gershoni-Baruch R, Dagan E, Jernström H, Askmalm MS, Arver B, Malmer B, Domchek SM, Nathanson KL, Brunet J, Ramón Y Cajal T, Yannoukakos D, Hamann U, Hogervorst FB, Verhoef S, Gómez García EB, Wijnen JT, van den Ouweland A, Easton DF, Peock S, Cook M, Oliver CT, Frost D, Luccarini C, Evans DG, Lalloo F, Eeles R, Pichert G, Cook J, Hodgson S, Morrison PJ, Douglas F, Godwin AK, Sinilnikova OM, Barjhoux L, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Moncoutier V, Giraud S, Cassini C, Olivier-Faivre L, Révillion F, Peyrat JP, Muller D, Fricker JP, Lynch HT, John EM, Buys S, Daly M, Hopper JL, Terry MB, Miron A, Yassin Y, Goldgar D, Singer CF, Gschwantler-Kaulich D, Pfeiler G, Spiess AC, Hansen TV, Johannsson OT, Kirchhoff T, Offit K, Kosarin K, Piedmonte M, Rodriguez GC, Wakeley K, Boggess JF, Basil J, Schwartz PE, Blank SV, Toland AE, Montagna M, Casella C, Imyanitov EN, Allavena A, Schmutzler RK, Versmold B, Engel C, Meindl A, Ditsch N, Arnold N, Niederacher D, Deissler H, Fiebig B, Varon-Mateeva R, Schaefer D, Froster UG, Caldes T, de la Hoya M, McGuffog L, Antoniou AC, Nevanlinna H, Radice P, Benítez J. Br J Cancer. 2009; 101 (12): 2048-54

  In this study we aimed to evaluate the role of a SNP in intron 1 of the ERCC4 gene (rs744154), previously reported to be associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer in the general population, as a breast cancer risk modifier in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.

  PubMedID: 19920816