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Survival following a diagnosis of multiple myeloma (MM) varies between patients and some of these differences may be a consequence of inherited genetic variation. In this study, to identify genetic markers associated with MM overall survival (MM-OS), we conduct a meta-analysis of four patient series of European ancestry, totalling 3,256 patients with 1,200 MM-associated deaths. Each series is genotyped for similar to 600,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms across the genome; genotypes for six million common variants are imputed using 1000 Genomes Project and UK10K as the reference. The association between genotype and OS is assessed by Cox proportional hazards model adjusting for age, sex, International staging system and treatment. We identify a locus at 6q25.1 marked by rs12374648 associated with MM-OS (hazard ratio = 1.34, 95% confidence interval = 1.22-1.48, P = 4.69 x 10(-9)). Our findings have potential clinical implications since they demonstrate that inherited genotypes can provide prognostic information in addition to conventional tumor acquired prognostic factors.
Author(s): Johnson DC, Weinhold N, Mitchell JS, Chen BW, Kaiser M, Begum DB, Hillengass J, Bertsch U, Gregory WA, Cairns D, Jackson GH, Forsti A, Nickel J, Hoffmann P, Noethen MM, Stephens OW, Barlogie B, Davis FE, Hemminki K, Goldschmidt H, Houlston RS, Morgan GJ
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Nature Communications
Year: 2016
Volume: 7
Issue: 10
Online publication date: 08/01/2016
Acceptance date: 25/11/2015
ISSN (print): 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10290
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10290
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