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Polymorphism rs1801516 (G > A) in the ATM gene is not associated with overall cancer risk: an updated meta-analysis
Yueting Li1, Pengxu Shi2, Daqing Jiang1
1Department of Breast Surgery, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, P.R. China.
Objective:
The ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) gene contains a functional single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs1801516 (G > A) that may be associated with cancer risk. This meta-analysis aimed to interrogate the relationship between rs1801516 and cancer occurrence and disease etiology.
Methods:
We retrieved and identified the available case-control studies that met the inclusion criteria from the PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase databases. Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used to measure the association between rs1801516 and cancer risk. Additionally, we performed sensitivity, subgroup, and publication bias analyses.
Results:
After inclusion criteria were met, the meta-analysis included 29 studies, with 9,453 cancer patients (cases) and 14,646 controls. No association was found between rs1801516 and cancer risk (pooled OR = 0.911; 95% CI, 0.740-1.123). Concordantly, no association was found between rs1801516 and cancer risk after subgroup analysis by source of controls, cancer type, or ethnicity, which confirmed the finding of the dominant model that this SNP is not involved in the occurrence of cancer.
Conclusions:
Through this meta-analysis, we found no association between rs1801516 and cancer occurrence as a risk factor. These data provide useful information for future case-control studies on cancer etiology.
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