Obesity and prostate cancer risk according to tumor tmprss2:Erg gene fusion status

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Abstract

The T2E gene fusion, formed by fusion of the transmembrane protease, serine 2, gene (TMPRSS2) with the erythroblast transformation-specific (ETS)-related gene (ERG), is found in approximately 50% of prostate cancers and may characterize distinct molecular subtypes of prostate cancer with different etiologies. We investigated the relationship between body mass index (BMI; weight (kg)/height (m)2) and prostate cancer risk by T2E status. Study participants were residents of King County, Washington, recruited for 2 population-based case-control studies conducted in 1993-1996 and 2002-2005. Tumor T2E status was determined for 563 prostate cancer patients who underwent radical prostatectomy. Information on weight, height, and covariables was obtained through in-person interviews. We performed polytomous logistic regression to calculate odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for T2E-positive and -negative prostate cancer. Comparing the highest BMI quartile with the lowest, inverse associations were observed between recent (=29.7 vs. <24.5: odds ratio = 0.66, 95% confidence interval: 0.45, 0.97) and maximum (=31.8 vs. <25.9: odds ratio = 0.69, 95% confidence interval: 0.47, 1.02) BMI and the risk of T2E-positive prostate cancer. No significant associations were seen for men with T2E-negative tumors. This study provides evidence that obesity is specifically associated with reduced risk of developing androgen-responsive T2E fusion-positive tumors. The altered steroid hormone profile in obese men may contribute to this inverse association.

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Egbers, L., Luedeke, M., Rinckleb, A., Kolb, S., Wright, J. L., Maier, C., … Stanford, J. L. (2015). Obesity and prostate cancer risk according to tumor tmprss2:Erg gene fusion status. American Journal of Epidemiology, 181(9), 706–713. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwu344

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