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ArticleCancers2016

Association between Genetic Variants in DNA Double-Strand Break Repair Pathways and Risk of Radiation Therapy-Induced Pneumonitis and Esophagitis in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Lina Zhao, Xia Pu, Yuanqing Ye, Charles Lu, Joe Y Chang, Xifeng Wu

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Article in Cancers, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Lina ZhaoDepartment of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA. zhaolinazln@outlook.com.
Xia PuDepartment of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA. ipuxia@gmail.com.
Yuanqing YeDepartment of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA. yqye@mdanderson.org.
Charles LuDepartment of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA. jychang@mdanderson.org.
Joe Y ChangDepartement of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA. clu@mdanderson.org.
Xifeng WuDepartment of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA. xwu@mdanderson.org.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USXijing Hospital · CN

Funding

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS--SPORE IN LUNG CANCERP50CA070907 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI GIBBONS, DON LYNN · 1996 to 2024
$57.4M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA070907
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Radiation therapy (RT)-induced pneumonitis and esophagitis are commonly developed side effects in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with definitive RT. Identifying patients who are at increased risk for these toxicities would help to maximize treatment efficacy while minimizing toxicities. Here, we systematically investigated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within double-strand break (DSB) repair pathway as potential predictive markers for radiation-induced esophagitis and pneumonitis. We genotyped 440 SNPs from 45 genes in DSB repair pathways in 250 stage I-III NSCLC patients who received definitive radiation or chemoradiation therapy, followed by internal validation in 170 additional patients. We found that 11 SNPs for esophagitis and 8 SNPs for pneumonitis showed consistent effects between discovery and validation populations (same direction of OR and reached significance in meta-analysis). Among them, rs7165790 in the BLM gene was significantly associated with decreased risk of esophagitis in both discovery (OR = 0.59, 95% CI: 0.37-0.97, p = 0.037) and validation subgroups (OR = 0.45, 95% CI: 0.22-0.94, p = 0.032). A strong cumulative effect was observed for the top SNPs, and gene-based tests revealed 12 genes significantly associated with esophagitis or pneumonitis. Our results support the notion that genetic variations within DSB repair pathway could influence the risk of developing toxicities following definitive RT in NSCLC.

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DNA double-stranded break repair pathwayNSCLCradiation pneumonitis and esophagitissingle nucleotide polymorphism

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PMID26901225
PMCPMC4773746
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