RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Evaluation of Breast Cancer Susceptibility Loci on 2q35, 3p24, 17q23 and FGFR2 Genes in Taiwanese Women with Breast Cancer JF Anticancer Research JO Anticancer Res FD International Institute of Anticancer Research SP 475 OP 482 VO 32 IS 2 A1 CHIEN-YU LIN A1 CHENG-MAO HO A1 DA-TIAN BAU A1 SHU-FEN YANG A1 SHU-HUI LIU A1 PO-HAN LIN A1 TSAI-HSIU LIN A1 NI TIEN A1 MU-CHIN SHIH A1 JANG-JIH LU YR 2012 UL http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/32/2/475.abstract AB Aim: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. In recent years, mounting evidence has identified the possibility that 2q35, 3p24, 17q23 and fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) may be genetic susceptibility loci for breast cancer. This study aimed to evaluate the association of four polymorphic genotypes in these loci with breast cancer in Taiwanese women. Patients and Methods: Eighty-eight patients with breast cancer and 70 controls without breast cancer were selected. Polymorphic variants of 2q35-rs13387042, 3p24-rs4973768, 17q23-rs650490 and FGFR2-rs2981578 were analyzed to test for their association with breast cancer susceptibility. The 2q35, 17q23 and FGFR2 polymorphisms were detected using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and the 3p24 polymorphism was detected using an amplification-created restriction site method. Results: The distribution of genotypes of 2q35 were significantly different between the breast cancer group and the control group (p=0.035), while the distributions for 3p24, 17q23, and FGFR2 did not produce statistically significant differences (p>0.05). In addition, allele A of 2q35 conferred a higher risk for breast cancer risk than allele G (odds ratio, OR=2.95, 95% confidence interval, CI=1.29-6.71, p=0.008). Furthermore, the genotypic distribution of 2q35 was not significantly different among patients with different tumor stages, or from different specimen type. Conclusion: The 2q35 allele A may be a potential biomarker for breast cancer risk, but further confirmation is required to determine its role in breast carcinogenesis. Blood samples can be used for determining the genotypes for 2q35-rs13387042 in patients for risk of breast cancer.