Abstract A13: Genome-wide association study identifies multiple new loci associated with Ewing sarcoma susceptibility

• Published in: Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) Ill.), 2018-10, Vol.78 (19_Supplement), p.A13-A13
• Main Authors: Machiela, Mitchell J., Grünewald, Thomas G.P., Surdez, Didier, Reynaud, Stephanie, Mirabeau, Olivier, Karlins, Eric, Rubio, Rebeca Alba, Zaidi, Sakina, Grossetete-Lalami, Sandrine, Ballet, Stelly, Lapouble, Eve, Laurence, Valérie, Michon, Jean, Pierron, Gaelle, Kovar, Heinrich, Gaspar, Nathalie, Kontny, Udo, González-Neira, Anna, Picci, Piero, Alonso, Javier, Patino-Garcia, Ana, Corradini, Nadège, Freedman, Neal D., Rothman, Nathaniel, Dagnall, Casey L., Burdett, Laurie, Jones, Kristine, Manning, Michelle, Wyatt, Kathleen, Zhou, Weiyin, Yeager, Meredith, Cox, David G., Hoover, Robert N., Khan, Javed, Armstrong, Gregory T., Leisenring, Wendy M., Bhatia, Smita, Robison, Leslie L., Dirksen, Uta, Metzler, Markus, Hartmann, Wolfgang, Strauch, Konstantin, Kirchner, Thomas, Kulozik, Andreas E., Morton, Lindsay M., Mirabello, Lisa, Tucker, Margaret A., Tirode, Franck, Chanock, Stephen, Delattre, Olivier
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0008-5472; 1538-7445
• DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.PEDCA17-A13

Ewing sarcoma (EWS), a pediatric tumor predominantly occurring in children of European ancestry, is characterized by the EWSR1-FLI1 fusion oncogene. We performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 749 EWS cases and 1,378 unaffected individuals of European ancestry. Our study replicated previously reported susceptibility loci at 1p36.22, 10q21.3, and 15q15.1 and identified new loci at 6p25.1, 8q24.23, 20p11.22, and 20p11.23 (P-values