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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-11-17
pubmed:abstractText
Genetic analysis of human breast cancer, as with many common diseases, raises several problems including sampling strategies, genetic heterogeneity, and gene-environment interactions. A reanalysis of 200 Danish breast cancer pedigrees, under the unified mixed model, was conducted to investigate more specifically these three points. We found that use of different sampling schemes leads to similar conclusions: familial transmission of breast cancer in this whole Danish sample cannot be accounted for by the Mendelian segregation of a dominant gene. Homogeneity tests, based on an a priori subdivision of the sample, were all nonsignificant under a given genetic model. However, it was possible to isolate a particular subgroup of pedigrees displaying only breast cancer, which was compatible with the segregation of a dominant gene. We have also shown that correct specification of a liability indicator according to epidemiological factors is of major importance to detect a major effect under the mixed model. Our results emphasize the need to design family studies including various types of information in the probands and family members to permit some progress in the understanding of complex diseases.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0741-0395
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
225-33
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Genetic analysis of human breast cancer: implications for family study designs.
pubmed:affiliation
Unité de Recherche de Génétique Epidémiologique, I.N.S.E.R.M., Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article