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Item A genome-wide association study of prostate cancer in West African men(Human Genetics, 2014-05) Cook, M.B.; Wang, Z.; Yeboah, E.D.; Tettey, Y.; Biritwum, R.B.; Adjei, A.A.; Tay, E.; Truelove, A.; Niwa, S.; Chung, C.C.; Chokkalingam, A.P.; Chu, L.W.; Yeager, M.; Hutchinson, A.; Yu, K.; Rand, K.A.; Haiman, C.A.; Hoover, R.N.; Hsing, A.W.; Chanock, S.J.Age-adjusted mortality rates for prostate cancer are higher for African-American men compared with those of European ancestry. Recent data suggest that West African men also have elevated risk for prostate cancer relative to European men. Genetic susceptibility to prostate cancer could account for part of this difference. We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of prostate cancer in West African men in the Ghana Prostate Study. Association testing was performed using multivariable logistic regression adjusted for age and genetic ancestry for 474 prostate cancer cases and 458 population-based controls on the Illumina HumanOmni-5 Quad BeadChip. The most promising association was at 10p14 within an intron of a long non-coding RNA (lncRNA RP11-543F8.2) 360 kb centromeric of GATA3 (p = 1.29E-7). In sub-analyses, SNPs at 5q31.3 were associated with high Gleason score (≥7) cancers, the strongest of which was a missense SNP in PCDHA1 (rs34575154, p = 3.66E-8), and SNPs at Xq28 (rs985081, p = 8.66E-9) and 6q21 (rs2185710, p = 5.95E-8) were associated with low Gleason score (<7) cancers. We sought to validate our findings in silico in the African Ancestry Prostate Cancer GWAS Consortium, but only one SNP, at 10p14, replicated at p < 0.05. Of the 90 prostate cancer loci reported from studies of men of European, Asian or African-American ancestry, we were able to test 81 in the Ghana Prostate Study, and 10 of these replicated at p < 0.05. Further genetic studies of prostate cancer in West African men are needed to confirm our promising susceptibility loci. © 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg (outside the USA).Item High prevalence of screen detected prostate cancer in West Africans: Implications for racial disparity of prostate cancer(Journal of Urology, 2014-04) Hsing, A.W.; Yeboah, E.; Biritwum, R.; Tettey, Y.; De Marzo, A.M.; Adjei, A.; Netto, G.J.; Yu, K.; Li, Y.; Chokkalingam, A.P.; Chu, L.W.; Chia, D.; Partin, A.; Thompson, I.M.; Quraishi, S.M.; Niwa, S.; Tarone, R.; Hoover, R.N.Purpose To our knowledge the reasons for the high rates of prostate cancer in black American men are unknown. Genetic and lifestyle factors have been implicated. Better understanding of prostate cancer rates in West African men would help clarify why black American men have such high rates since the groups share genetic ancestry and yet have different lifestyles and screening practices. To estimate the prostate cancer burden in West African men we performed a population based screening study with biopsy confirmation in Ghana. Materials and Methods We randomly selected 1,037 healthy men 50 to 74 years old from Accra, Ghana for prostate cancer screening with prostate specific antigen testing and digital rectal examination. Men with a positive screen result (positive digital rectal examination or prostate specific antigen greater than 2.5 ng/ml) underwent transrectal ultrasound guided biopsies. Results Of the 1,037 men 154 (14.9%) had a positive digital rectal examination and 272 (26.2%) had prostate specific antigen greater than 2.5 ng/ml, including 166 with prostate specific antigen greater than 4.0 ng/ml. A total of 352 men (33.9%) had a positive screen by prostate specific antigen or digital rectal examination and 307 (87%) underwent biopsy. Of these men 73 were confirmed to have prostate cancer, yielding a 7.0% screen detected prostate cancer prevalence (65 patients), including 5.8% with prostate specific antigen greater than 4.0 ng/ml. Conclusions In this relatively unscreened population in Africa the screen detected prostate cancer prevalence is high, suggesting a possible role of genetics in prostate cancer etiology and the disparity in prostate cancer risk between black and white American men. Further studies are needed to confirm the high prostate cancer burden in African men and the role of genetics in prostate cancer etiology. © 2014 by American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.Item Prevalence of BPH and lower urinary tract symptoms in West Africa(Prostate Canc and Prostatic Dis, 2011) Chokkalingam, A.P.; Yeboah, E.D.; DeMarzo, A.; Netto, G.; Yu, K; Biritwum, R.B.; Tettey, Y.BACKGROUND: BPH and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are very common among older men in Western countries. However, the prevalence of these two conditions in the developing countries is less clear. METHODS: We assessed the age-standardized prevalence of BPH and/or LUTS among West Africans in a probability sample of 950 men aged 50-74 in Accra, Ghana, with no evidence of biopsy-confirmed prostate cancer after screening with PSA and digital rectal examination (DRE). Information on LUTS was based on self-reports of the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS). BPH was estimated using DRE, PSA levels and imputed prostate volume. RESULTS: The prevalence of DRE-detected enlarged prostate was 62.3%, while that of PSA≥1.5 ng ml -1 (an estimate of prostate volume ≥ 30 cm 3) was 35.3%. The prevalence of moderate-to-severe LUTS (IPSS≥8) was 19.9%. The prevalence of IPSS≥8 and an enlarged prostate on DRE was 13.3%. Although there is no universally agreed-upon definition of BPH/LUTS, making comparisons across populations difficult, BPH and/or LUTS appear to be quite common among older Ghanaian men. CONCLUSIONS: We found that after age standardization, the prevalence of DRE-detected enlarged prostate in Ghanaian men is higher than previously reported for American men, but the prevalence of LUTS was lower than previously reported for African Americans. Further studies are needed to confirm these findings and identify the risk factors for BPH in both Africans and African Americans. © 2012 Macmillan Publishers Limited All rights reserved.