Chapter 13 – Colorectal cancer
Human Genome Epidemiology (2nd ed.): Building the evidence for using genetic information to improve health and prevent disease
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Harry Campbell, Steven Hawken, Evropi Theodoratou, Alex Demarsh, Kimberley Hutchings, Candice Y. Johnson, Lindsey Masson, Linda Sharp, Valerie Tait, and Julian Little
| Authors | Date | Country/ Ethnicity |
Gender | Description of Cases | Description of Controls | Number of Cases/ Controls |
% of Controls GSTT1 null |
OR (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdel-Rahman et al. (22) |
1999
|
Egypt |
M/F
|
Newly diagnosed patients from three cancer hospitals | Healthy controls, friends of other cancer patients from the same centers, matched on age |
59/51
|
41.2
|
Crude OR: 0.85 (0.37, 1.97) |
| Lee et al. (23) |
1995
|
Singapore | Surgical patients | Patients with no history of neoplasms from the clinical chemistry department of a local hospital |
300/183
|
49
|
Not reported | |
| Yoshioka et al. (24) |
1999
|
Japan | Consecutive histologically confirmed | Hospital based (routine physical exam) |
106/100
|
41
|
Crude OR: 1.33 (0.77, 2.32) | |
| Zhu et al. (25) |
2002
|
China | Sporadic colorectal adenocarcinoma patients | Healthy controls |
104/101
|
47.5
|
1.63 (0.94, 2.84) | |
| Chen et al. (26) |
2004
|
China |
M/F
|
125/339
|
20.4
|
0.88 (0.52, 1.49) | ||
| Yeh et al. (27) |
2005
|
China |
M/F
|
Histologically confirmed new cases | Hospital based (presenting for routine checkup) |
723/733
|
49.1
|
1.25 (1.02, 1.53) |
| Chenevix- Trench et al. (28) |
1995
|
Australia | Patients with colorectal adenocarcinoma | Source not stated (n = 94) and cancer free geriatric patients (n = 54) |
132/148
|
19 9 |
0.7 (0.3, 1.4) 1.5 (0.6, 4.3) |
|
| Butler et al. (29) |
2001
|
Australia white |
M/F
|
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, white adults | Hospital based (blood donors) |
203/200
|
20.0
|
Crude OR: 2.18 (1.38, 3.43) |
| Zhang et al. (30) |
1999
|
Sweden | Pathology confirmed | Population based |
99/109
|
20%
|
4.49 (2.42, 8.34) | |
| Laso et al. (31) |
2002
|
Spain |
M/F
|
Consecutive patients undergoing surgery from the University of Barcelona Hospital Clinic, Spain | Hospital based, during the same time period as case accrual |
247/296
|
11.1
|
Crude OR: 1.68 (1, 2.82) |
| van der Hel et al. (32) |
2003
|
Netherlands |
F
|
Population-based screening program for early detection of breast cancer | Population based |
234/765
|
29.3
|
0.91 (0.65, 1.28) |
| Kiss et al. (33) |
2004
|
Hungary |
M/F
|
Histologically confirmed | Hospital based cancer-free controls (inpatients and outpatients) |
500/500
|
21.6
|
Crude OR: 1.29 (0.95, 1.74) |
| van der Logt et al. (34) |
2004
|
Netherlands |
M/F
|
Gastroenterology and general surgery patients | Recruited from local newspaper |
371/415
|
16.6
|
Crude OR: 1.2 (0.84, 1.7) |
| Saadat and Saadat (35) |
2001
|
Iran |
M/F
|
Pathologically confirmed | Healthy blood donor matched to cases on age and gender |
46/131
|
11.5
|
Crude OR: 1.41 (0.70, 2.88) |
| Ates et al. (36) |
2005
|
Turkey |
M/F
|
Consecutive histologically confirmed (inpatients and outpatients) | Unrelated healthy controls recruited from two hospitals in Turkey |
181/204
|
26.0
|
Adjusted OR: 1.64 (1.10, 2.59) |
| Nascimento et al. (37) |
2003
|
Brazil |
M/F
|
Consecutive histologically confirmed cases | Blood donors from the same hospital |
102/300
|
17.3
|
Crude OR: 0.95 (0.50, 1.80) |
| Seow et al. (38) |
2002
|
Singapore |
M/F
|
Incident cases identified through populationbased Singapore Cancer Registry | Cancer-free participants of the Singapore Chinese Health Study (population based, prospective) |
213/1194
|
40.2
|
Adjusted OR: 0.88 (0.64, 1.21) |
| Welfare et al. (39) |
1999
|
U.K. |
M/F
|
Histologically confirmed cases | Community-based controls |
201/187
|
16.9
|
Adjusted OR: 1.21 (0.63, 2.0) |
| Loktionov et al. (40) |
2001
|
U.K. | Histologically confirmed cases | Cancer/adenoma free participants of the ongoing UK Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Screening Trial |
206/355
|
15.2
|
Crude OR: 1.43 (0.89, 2.28) | |
| Sachse et al. (41) |
2002
|
U.K. |
M/F
|
Incident cases | Healthy population-based controls with no history of previous cancer |
490/593
|
63.7
|
Crude OR: 0.87 (0.67, 1.13) |
| Rajagopal et al. (42) |
2005
|
U.K. white |
M/F
|
Surgical cases with operative and histological confi rmation | Hospital-based cancer-free controls |
361/881
|
17.9
|
Crude OR: 1.65 (1.22, 2.24) |
| Little et al. (43) |
2006
|
U.K. |
M/F
|
Histologically confirmed cases identified from the database of the pathology laboratory | Selected from the Grampian Community Health Index (list of everyone registered with a GP) matched by age and sex |
264/408
|
17
|
Adjusted OR: 1.25 (0.81, 1.93) Adjusted OR: 1.23 (0.74, 2.02) |
| Gertig et al. (44) |
1998
|
U.K. white |
M
|
Cases with CRC from the prospective Physician’s Health Study | White male participants not diagnosed with CRC within the prospective Physicians’ Health Study |
212/221
|
23
|
0.8 (0.5, 1.2) |
| Study/ Outcome | Year | Year Country/ Ethnicity | Gender | Description of Cases | Description of Cases | Number of Cases/Controls | Lys Allele Frequency | Comparison | OR (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yin et al. (50) |
2007
|
Japan
|
M/F
|
Consecutive surgical admissions | Two-stage random sampling from hospital catchment areas | 685/778 | 0.267 | Lys/Lys vs Glu/Glu Lys/Glu vs Glu/Glu |
0.55 (0.33–0.93) 0.89 (0.71–1.13) |
| Matsuo (51) |
2006
|
Japan
|
M/F
|
Aichi Cancer Centre Hospital (ACCH) | Outpatients during same time period as case diagnoses | 257/768 | 0.297 | Lys/Lys vs Glu/Glu Lys/Glu vs Glu/Glu |
0.98 (0.54–1.75) 0.99 (0.71–1.37) |
| Kuriki (52) |
2005
|
Japan
|
M/F
|
Aichi Cancer Centre Hospital (ACCH) | Hospital outpatients | Men: 72/116 Women: 54/122 |
Men: 0.259 Women: 0.291 |
Lys carrier vs not | Men: 1.04 (0.53–2.06) Women: 0.87 (0.45–1.68) |
| Otani (53) |
2005
|
Japan
|
M/F
|
All presenting cases identified | Hospital outpatients | 107/224 | 0.228 | Lys/Lys vs Glu/Glu Lys/Glu vs Glu/Glu |
1.2 (0.49–2.9) 1.1 (0.67–1.9) |
| Matsuo (54) |
2002
|
Japan
|
M/F
|
Aichi Cancer Centre Hospital (ACCH) | Gastroscopy outpatients | Men: 82/118 Women: 59/123 |
Men: 0.263 Women: 0.293 |
Men: Lys/Lys vs Glu/Glu Lys/Glu vs Glu/Glu Women: Lys/Lys vs Glu/Glu Lys/Glu vs Glu/Glu |
0.38 (0.10–1.51) 0.70 (0.38–1.30) 0.63 (0.16–2.48) 1.11 (0.58–2.14) |
| Murata (55) Colon cancer |
1999
|
Japan
|
M/F
|
Colon cancer surgery patients | Noncancer outpatients | Men: 89/60 | 0.200 | “Doses of mutant allele” | Men: 2.13 (0.97–4.66) |
| Murata (55) Rectal cancer |
1999
|
Japan
|
M/F
|
Colon cancer surgery patients | Noncancer outpatients | Men: 74/60 | 0.200 | “Doses of mutant allele” | Men: 1.03 (0.48–2.20) |
| Yokoyama (56) Colon cancer |
1998
|
Japan
|
M
|
Consecutively admitted alcoholic males with colon cancer | Cancer-free alcoholic males consecutively admitted to same institution | 46/487 | 0.045 | Lys/Glu vs Glu/Glu | 3.35 (1.51–7.45) |
| Jiang (57) Rectal cancer |
2007
|
China
|
M/F
|
Incident cases | Population based | 210/439 | 0.223 | Lys/Lys vs Glu/Glu Lys/Glu vs Glu/Glu | 0.72 (0.45–1.15) 0.74 (0.51–1.06) |
| Study | Year | Country/ Ethnicity |
Gender | Description of Cases | Description of Controls | % TT in Controls | Number of Cases/Controls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chen et al. (61) | 1996 | U.S. white |
M
|
Health Professionals Followup Study (HPFS) |
HPFS
|
13.4
|
144/627
|
| Ma et al. (62)* | 1997 | U.S. white |
M
|
Physicians’ Health Study (PHS) |
PHS
|
15.0
|
202/326
|
| Slattery et al. (63)† | 1999 | U.S. >90% white |
M/F
|
Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program (KPMCP) |
Population
|
11.4
|
1,467/1,821
|
| Park et al. (64) | 1999 | Korea |
M/F
|
Hospital series |
Hospital
|
16.1
|
200/460
|
| Ryan et al. (65) | 2001 | Ireland |
M/F
|
Hospital series |
Hospital
|
9.8
|
136/848
|
| Chen et al. (66)*,‡ | 2002 | U.S. white |
M
|
PHS |
PHS
|
15.0
|
202/326
|
| Shannon et al. (67) | 2002 | Australia |
M/F
|
Hospital series |
Population
|
9.4
|
501/1,207
|
| Keku et al. (68)‡ | 2002 | U.S. white |
M/F
|
North Carolina Colon Cancer Study (NCCCS) |
Population
|
9.5
|
308/539
|
| U.S. black |
1.8
|
244/329
|
|||||
| Le Marchand et al. (69)‡ |
2002 | U.S. Japanese |
M/F
|
Hawaii Tumor Registry (HTR) |
Population
|
19.4
|
322/397
|
| U.S. white |
14.0
|
149/171
|
|||||
| U.S. Hawaiian |
3.4
|
77/88
|
|||||
| Matsuo et al. (70)‡ | 2002 | Japan |
M/F
|
Hospital series |
Hospital
|
14.9
|
142/241
|
| Sachse et al. (41) | 2002 | U.K. white |
M/F
|
Hospital series |
Hospital
|
8.3
|
490/592
|
| Toffoli et al. (71)‡ | 2003 | Italy |
M/F
|
Hospital series |
Population
|
20.1
|
276/279
|
| Heijmans et al. (72) | 2003 | Netherlands |
M
|
Zutphen Elderly Study (ZES) cohort |
ZES cohort
|
7.9
|
18/7,933 §
|
| Plaschke et al. (73)‡ | 2003 | Germany |
M/F
|
Hospital series |
Hospital
|
11.0
|
287/346
|
| Pufulete et al. (74)‡ | 2003 | U.K. |
M/F
|
Hospital series |
Hospital
|
7.9
|
28/76
|
| Kim et al. (75) | 2004 | Korea |
M/F
|
Hospital series |
Hospital
|
14.7
|
243/225
|
| Curtin et al. (76)†,‡ | 2004 | U.S. >90% white |
M/F
|
KPMCP |
Population
|
11.5
|
1,608/1,972
|
| Yin et al. (77)‡ | 2004 | Japan |
M/F
|
Hospital series |
Population
|
17.1
|
685/778
|
| Ulvik et al. (78) | 2004 | Norway |
M/F
|
JANUS cohort |
JANUS cohort
|
9.7
|
2,159/2,190
|
| Le Marchand et al. (79) | 2005 | U.S. mixed |
M/F
|
Multiethnic cohort |
Population
|
12.6
|
822/2,021
|
| Otani et al. (53)‡ | 2005 | Japan |
M/F
|
Hospital series |
Hospital
|
25.7
|
106/222
|
| Matsuo et al. (80)‡ | 2005 | Japan |
M/F
|
Hospital series |
Hospital
|
17.4
|
256/771
|
| Jiang et al. (81)‡ | 2005 | China |
M/F
|
Screening cohort |
Screening cohort
|
18.3
|
196/980
|
| Wang et al. (82)‡ | 2006 | India |
M/F
|
Hospital series |
Population
|
0
|
302/291
|
| Webb et al. (83) | 2006 | U.K. white |
M/F
|
Hospital series |
Population
|
12.1
|
2,556/2,692
|
| Koushik et al. (84)‡ | 2006 | U.S. 97% white |
M/F
|
Nurses Health Study(NHS)/HPFS |
NHS/HPFS
|
14.1
|
349/794
|
| Murtaugh et al. (85)‡ | 2007 | U.S. 84% white |
M/F
|
KPMCP |
Population
|
11.5
|
742/970
|
| Sharp et al. (86)‡ | 2007 | U.K. 98% white |
M/F
|
Grampian Health Board Registry |
Population
|
11.9
|
264/408
|
| Theodoratou (87)‡ | 2008 | U.K. >99% white |
M/F
|
Hospital series |
Population
|
11.5
|
999/1,010
|
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*Data for same subjects, used later publication in meta-analysis (66).
†Data for same subjects, used later publication in meta-analysis (76).
‡Also looked at A1298C.
§ Prospective cohort study.