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BACKGROUND: The BRCA1 c.3331_3334delCAAG founder mutation has been reported in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer families from multiple Hispanic groups. We aimed to evaluate BRCA1 c.3331_3334delCAAG haplotype diversity in cases of European, African, and Latin American ancestry. METHODS: BC mutation carrier cases from Colombia (n = 32), Spain (n = 13), Portugal (n = 2), Chile (n = 10), Africa (n = 1), and Brazil (n = 2) were genotyped with the genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays to evaluate haplotype diversity around BRCA1 c.3331_3334delCAAG. Additional Portuguese (n = 13) and Brazilian (n = 18) BC mutation carriers were genotyped for 15 informative SNPs surrounding BRCA1. Data were phased using SHAPEIT2, and identical by descent regions were determined using BEAGLE and GERMLINE. DMLE+ was used to date the mutation in Colombia and Iberia. RESULTS: The haplotype reconstruction revealed a shared 264.4-kb region among carriers from all six countries. The estimated mutation age was ~ 100 generations in Iberia and that it was introduced to South America early during the European colonization period. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that this mutation originated in Iberia and later introduced to Colombia and South America at the time of Spanish colonization during the early 1500s. We also found that the Colombian mutation carriers had higher European ancestry, at the BRCA1 gene harboring chromosome 17, than controls, which further supported the European origin of the mutation. Understanding founder mutations in diverse populations has implications in implementing cost-effective, ancestry-informed screening.

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Proteína BRCA1/genética , Neoplasias da Mama/epidemiologia , Neoplasias da Mama/genética , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Mutação em Linhagem Germinativa , Haplótipos , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , África/epidemiologia , Brasil/epidemiologia , Chile/epidemiologia , Cromossomos Humanos Par 17/genética , Colômbia/epidemiologia , Feminino , Efeito Fundador , Estudo de Associação Genômica Ampla/métodos , Humanos , Portugal/epidemiologia , Espanha/epidemiologia

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Women of Latin American origin in the United States are more likely to be diagnosed with advanced breast cancer and have a higher risk of mortality than non-Hispanic White women. Studies in U.S. Latinas and Latin American women have reported a high incidence of HER2 positive (+) tumors; however, the factors contributing to this observation are unknown. Genome-wide genotype data for 1,312 patients from the Peruvian Genetics and Genomics of Breast Cancer Study (PEGEN-BC) were used to estimate genetic ancestry. We tested the association between HER2 status and genetic ancestry using logistic and multinomial logistic regression models. Findings were replicated in 616 samples from Mexico and Colombia. Average Indigenous American (IA) ancestry differed by subtype. In multivariate models, the odds of having an HER2+ tumor increased by a factor of 1.20 with every 10% increase in IA ancestry proportion (95% CI, 1.07-1.35; P = 0.001). The association between HER2 status and IA ancestry was independently replicated in samples from Mexico and Colombia. Results suggest that the high prevalence of HER2+ tumors in Latinas could be due in part to the presence of population-specific genetic variant(s) affecting HER2 expression in breast cancer. SIGNIFICANCE: The positive association between Indigenous American genetic ancestry and HER2+ breast cancer suggests that the high incidence of HER2+ subtypes in Latinas might be due to population and subtype-specific genetic risk variants.

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Neoplasias da Mama/química , Neoplasias da Mama/etnologia , Hispânico ou Latino/genética , Receptor ErbB-2/análise , Adulto , Idoso , Povo Asiático/etnologia , Povo Asiático/estatística & dados numéricos , População Negra/etnologia , População Negra/estatística & dados numéricos , Neoplasias da Mama/genética , Colômbia/etnologia , Feminino , Humanos , Indígenas Norte-Americanos , Indígenas Sul-Americanos , América Latina/etnologia , Modelos Lineares , Modelos Logísticos , México/etnologia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Peru/etnologia , Receptor ErbB-2/genética , Receptores de Estrogênio/sangue , Receptores de Progesterona/sangue , Estados Unidos , População Branca/etnologia , População Branca/estatística & dados numéricos , Adulto Jovem

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Introducción. El cáncer colorrectal es una carga para la salud pública en Colombia y el mundo. Estudios de asociación genética han identificado regiones cromosómicas asociadas a esta enfermedad, mostrando riesgo variable entre poblaciones, debido a la historia demográfica y la ancestría genética. Objetivo. Estudiar el riesgo que aportan 20 marcadores al cáncer colorrectal en Colombia, empleando 955 casos y 972 controles del consorcio CHIBCHA, analizando conjuntamente el efecto de la ancestría genética global y local. Metodología. Las muestras se genotipificaron usando microarreglos Axyom Affymetrix LAT y CUSTOME, para obtener los genotipos genómicos globales, incluyendo 20 SNPs de riesgo. Los análisis estadísticos se realizaron en PLINK (asociaciones), ADMIXTURE (ancestría global), Elai (ancestría local) y R (modelos logísticos). Resultados. Once regiones cromosómicas resultaron asociadas presentando ORs entre 1.14 y 1.41 (p<0.05): 18q21.1, 19q13.11, 10p14, 14q.2.2, 20p12.3, 8q23.3, 6p21.2, 15q13.3 y 8q24.21. Una mayor ancestría europea se asoció con el riesgo a nivel global (OR=3.016, IC 95%:1.162-7.894, p=0.00325), y a nivel cromosómico local se detectaron las regiones 6q23.2 (ORajustado=1.378, IC95%: 1.202-1.580, Pajustado=4.2e-6) y 4p13 (ORajustado=1.301, IC95%:1.137-1.489; Pajustado=0.00013). Conclusiones. La ancestría podría considerarse un factor en la explicación de la susceptibilidad en Colombia, indicando que la mezcla genética de origen amerindio y europeo, influye en la estructura poblacional y explicaría las diferencias en la incidencia del CCR entre poblaciones latinas y europeas.

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Introduction: Colorectal cancer is a public health burden in the world and Colombia. Recent genome wide association studies have identified chromosomal regions associated with the disease, depicting variable risk between populations, owing to the demographic history and genetic ancestry. Objective: We aimed to study the colorectal cancer risk in Colombia provided for 20 genetic markers, by using 955 cases and 972 controls from the CHIBCHA consortium, in the context of global and local genetic ancestry. Methodology: The samples were genotyped using Axyom Affymetrix LAT and CUSTOME array in order to obtain the global genome genotypes including 20 risk SNPs. Statistical analysis was performed in PLINK (associations), ADMIXTURE (global ancestry), Elai (local ancestry) and R language (logistic models). Results: Eleven chromosomal regions were associated with ORs ranging between 1.14-1.41 (p<0.05): 18q21.1, 19q13.11, 10p14, 14q.2.2, 20p12.3, 8q23.3, 6p21.2, 15q13.3 y 8q24.21. On average, a higher global European ancestry was associated with colorectal cancer risk (OR=3.016, IC 95%:1.162-7.894, p=0.00325). At the local chromosomal level two regions presented a significant increment of European ancestry 6q23.2 (OR adjusted=1.378, CI95%: 1.202-1.580, p adjusted =4.2e-6) and 4p13 (OR adjusted =1.301, CI95%:1.137-1.489; p adjusted =0.00013). Conclusions: Genetic ancestry can be considered as a relevant factor for the colorectal cancer susceptibility in Colombia. Both Native American and European ancestry are accounting for the most part of population structure in the sample we studied, which could explain the differences for the colorectal cancer incidence between Latin American and European populations.

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Humanos , Estudos de Associação Genética , Neoplasias Colorretais , Colômbia , Predisposição Genética para Doença

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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a major public health problem, and its incidence is rising in developing countries. However, studies characterizing CRC clinicopathological features in cases from developing countries are still lacking. The goal of this study was to evaluate clinicopathological and demographic features in one of the largest CRC studies in Latin America.The study involved over 1525 CRC cases recruited in a multicenter study in Colombia between 2005 and 2014 as part of ongoing genetic and epidemiological studies. We gathered clinicopathological data such as age at diagnosis, sex, body mass index, tobacco and alcohol consumption, family history of cancer, and tumor features including location, histological type, and stage. Statistical analyses were performed to test the association between age of onset, sex, and clinical manifestations.The average age at CRC diagnosis was 57.4 years, with 26.5% of cases having early-onset CRC (diagnosed by age 50 years). Most cases were women (53.2%; P = 0.009), 49.2% were overweight or obese, 49.1% were regular alcohol drinkers, 52% were smokers/former smokers, and 12.2% reported relatives with cancer. Most tumors in the study were located in the rectum (42.7%), were adenocarcinomas (91.5%), and had advanced stage (T3-T4, 79.8%). Comparisons by sex found that male cases were more likely to be obese (36.5% vs 31.1%; P = 0.001), less likely to have a family history of cancer (9.7% vs 15.3%; P = 0.016), and more likely to have advanced-stage tumors (83.9% vs 76.1%; P = 0.036). Comparisons by age of onset found that early-onset cases were more likely to be women (59.3% vs 51.0%; P = 0.005) and report a family history of cancer (17.4% vs 10.2%; P = 0.001).To our knowledge, our study is the largest report of clinicopathological characterization of Hispanic CRC cases, and we suggest that further studies are needed to understand CRC etiology in diverse Hispanic populations.

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Neoplasias Colorretais/epidemiologia , Neoplasias Colorretais/fisiopatologia , Adenocarcinoma/patologia , Adulto , Fatores Etários , Idade de Início , Idoso , Consumo de Bebidas Alcoólicas/epidemiologia , Índice de Massa Corporal , Colômbia/epidemiologia , Neoplasias Colorretais/patologia , Feminino , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Humanos , Incidência , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos Retrospectivos , Fatores Sexuais , Fumar/epidemiologia , Adulto Jovem

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Thyroid cancer (TC) is the second most common cancer among Hispanic women. Recent genome-wide association (GWA) and candidate studies identified 6 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs; rs966423, rs2439302, rs965513, rs6983267, rs944289, and rs116909374), associated with increased TC risk in Europeans but their effects on disease risk have not been comprehensively tested in Hispanics. In this study, we aimed to describe the main clinicopathological manifestations and to evaluate the effects of known SNPs on TC risk and on clinicopathological manifestations in a Hispanic population.We analyzed 281 nonmedullary TC cases and 1146 cancer-free controls recruited in a multicenter population-based study in Colombia. SNPs were genotyped by Kompetitive allele specific polymerase chain reaction (KASP) technique. Association between genetic variants and TC risk was assessed by computing odds ratios (OR) and confidence intervals (CIs).Consistent with published data in U.S. Hispanics, our cases had a high prevalence of large tumors (>2 cm, 43%) and a high female/male ratio (5:1). We detected significant associations between TC risk and rs965513A (OR = 1.41), rs944289T (OR = 1.26), rs116909374A (OR = 1.96), rs2439302G (OR = 1.19), and rs6983267G (OR = 1.18). Cases carried more risk alleles than controls (5.16 vs. 4.78, P = 4.8 × 10). Individuals with ≥6 risk alleles had >6-fold increased TC risk (OR = 6.33, P = 4.0 × 10) compared to individuals with ≤2 risk alleles. rs944289T and rs116909374A were strongly associated with follicular histology (ORs = 1.61 and 3.33, respectively); rs2439302G with large tumors (OR = 1.50); and rs965513A with regional disease (OR = 1.92).To our knowledge, this is the first study of known TC risk variants in South American Hispanics and suggests that they increase TC susceptibility in this population and can identify patients at higher risk of severe disease.

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Predisposição Genética para Doença/etnologia , Variação Genética , Hispânico ou Latino/genética , Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide/etnologia , Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide/genética , Adulto , Carcinoma/etnologia , Carcinoma/genética , Carcinoma/cirurgia , Carcinoma Papilar , Estudos de Coortes , Colômbia/epidemiologia , Feminino , Estudo de Associação Genômica Ampla , Humanos , Incidência , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Estudos Retrospectivos , Câncer Papilífero da Tireoide , Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide/cirurgia , Estados Unidos/epidemiologia

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Familial nonmedullary thyroid cancer (NMTC) has not been clearly linked to causal germline variants, despite the large role that genetic factors play in risk. Recently, HABP2 G534E (rs7080536A) has been implicated as a causal variant in NMTC. We have previously shown that the HABP2 G534E variant is not associated with TC risk in patients from the British Isles. Hispanics are the largest and the youngest minority in the United States and NMTC is now the second most common malignancy in women from this population. In order to determine if the HABP2 G534E variant played a role in NMTC risk among Hispanic populations, we analyzed 281 cases and 1105 population-matched controls from a multicenter study in Colombia, evaluating the association through logistic regression. We found that the HABP2 G534E variant was not significantly associated with NMTC risk (P=0.843) in this Hispanic group. We also stratified available clinical data by multiple available clinicopathological variables and further analyzed the effect of HABP2 on NMTC presentation. However, we failed to detect associations between HABP2 G534E and NMTC risk, regardless of disease presentation (P≥0.273 for all cases). Therefore, without any significant associations between the HABP2 G534E variant and NMTC risk, we conclude that the variant is not causal of NMTC in this Hispanic population.

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The G allele of the rs6983267 single-nucleotide polymorphism, located on chromosome 8q24, has been associated with increased risk of several cancer types. The association between rs6983267G and thyroid cancer (TC) has been tested in different populations, mostly of European ancestry, and has led to inconclusive results. While significant associations have been reported in the British and Polish populations, no association has been detected in populations from Spain, Italy and the USA. To further investigate the role of rs6983267G in TC susceptibility, we evaluated rs6983267 genotypes in three populations of different continental ancestry (British Isles, Colombia and Japan), providing a total of 3067 cases and 8575 controls. We detected significant associations between rs6983267G and TC in the British Isles (odds ratio (OR)=1.19, 95% CI: 1.11-1.27, P=4.03×10(-7)), Japan (OR=1.20, 95% CI: 1.03-1.41, P=0.022) and a borderline significant association of similar effect direction and size in Colombia (OR=1.19, 95% CI: 0.99-1.44, P=0.069). A meta-analysis of our multi-ethnic study and previously published non-overlapping datasets, which included a total of 5484 cases and 12 594 controls, confirmed the association between rs6983267G and TC (P=1.23×10(-7), OR=1.13, 95% CI: 1.08-1.18). Our results therefore support the notion that rs6983267G is a bona fide TC risk variant that increases the risk of disease by ∼13%.

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Cromossomos Humanos Par 8/genética , Loci Gênicos , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único/genética , Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide/epidemiologia , Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide/genética , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Colômbia/epidemiologia , Humanos , Japão/epidemiologia , Metanálise como Assunto , Prognóstico , Fatores de Risco , Reino Unido/epidemiologia