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Genetic Risk Can Be Decreased: Quitting Smoking Decreases and Delays Lung Cancer for Smokers With High and Low CHRNA5 Risk Genotypes - A Meta-Analysis.


ABSTRACT: Recent meta-analyses show that individuals with high risk variants in CHRNA5 on chromosome 15q25 are likely to develop lung cancer earlier than those with low-risk genotypes. The same high-risk genetic variants also predict nicotine dependence and delayed smoking cessation. It is unclear whether smoking cessation confers the same benefits in terms of lung cancer risk reduction for those who possess CHRNA5 risk variants versus those who do not.Meta-analyses examined the association between smoking cessation and lung cancer risk in 15 studies of individuals with European ancestry who possessed varying rs16969968 genotypes (N=12,690 ever smokers, including 6988 cases of lung cancer and 5702 controls) in the International Lung Cancer Consortium.Smoking cessation (former vs. current smokers) was associated with a lower likelihood of lung cancer (OR=0.48, 95%CI=0.30-0.75, p=0.0015). Among lung cancer patients, smoking cessation was associated with a 7-year delay in median age of lung cancer diagnosis (HR=0.68, 95%CI=0.61-0.77, p=4.9?10-10). The CHRNA5 rs16969968 risk genotype (AA) was associated with increased risk and earlier diagnosis for lung cancer, but the beneficial effects of smoking cessation were very similar in those with and without the risk genotype.We demonstrate that quitting smoking is highly beneficial in reducing lung cancer risks for smokers regardless of their CHRNA5 rs16969968 genetic risk status. Smokers with high-risk CHRNA5 genotypes, on average, can largely eliminate their elevated genetic risk for lung cancer by quitting smoking- cutting their risk of lung cancer in half and delaying its onset by 7years for those who develop it. These results: 1) underscore the potential value of smoking cessation for all smokers, 2) suggest that CHRNA5 rs16969968 genotype affects lung cancer diagnosis through its effects on smoking, and 3) have potential value for framing preventive interventions for those who smoke.

SUBMITTER: Chen LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5049934 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Genetic Risk Can Be Decreased: Quitting Smoking Decreases and Delays Lung Cancer for Smokers With High and Low CHRNA5 Risk Genotypes - A Meta-Analysis.

Chen Li-Shiun LS   Baker Timothy T   Hung Rayjean J RJ   Horton Amy A   Culverhouse Robert R   Hartz Sarah S   Saccone Nancy N   Cheng Iona I   Deng Bo B   Han Younghun Y   Hansen Helen M HM   Horsman Janet J   Kim Claire C   Rosenberger Albert A   Aben Katja K KK   Andrew Angeline S AS   Chang Shen-Chih SC   Saum Kai-Uwe KU   Dienemann Hendrik H   Hatsukami Dorothy K DK   Johnson Eric O EO   Pande Mala M   Wrensch Margaret R MR   McLaughlin John J   Skaug Vidar V   van der Heijden Erik H EH   Wampfler Jason J   Wenzlaff Angela A   Woll Penella P   Zienolddiny Shanbeh S   Bickeböller Heike H   Brenner Hermann H   Duell Eric J EJ   Haugen Aage A   Brüske Irene I   Kiemeney Lambertus A LA   Lazarus Philip P   Le Marchand Loic L   Liu Geoffrey G   Mayordomo Jose J   Risch Angela A   Schwartz Ann G AG   Teare M Dawn MD   Wu Xifeng X   Wiencke John K JK   Yang Ping P   Zhang Zuo-Feng ZF   Spitz Margaret R MR   Amos Christopher I CI   Bierut Laura J LJ  

EBioMedicine 20160810


<h4>Background</h4>Recent meta-analyses show that individuals with high risk variants in CHRNA5 on chromosome 15q25 are likely to develop lung cancer earlier than those with low-risk genotypes. The same high-risk genetic variants also predict nicotine dependence and delayed smoking cessation. It is unclear whether smoking cessation confers the same benefits in terms of lung cancer risk reduction for those who possess CHRNA5 risk variants versus those who do not.<h4>Methods</h4>Meta-analyses exam  ...[more]

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