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Genetic analysis of families with nonsmoking lung cancer probands

โœ Scribed by P. Yang; A.G. Schwartz; A.E. McAllister; C.E. Aston; G.M. Swanson

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1997
Tongue
English
Weight
63 KB
Volume
14
Category
Article
ISSN
0741-0395

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โœฆ Synopsis

As part of a genetic epidemiologic study of lung cancer among nonsmokers, we investigated the role of genetic predisposition in familial aggregation. Cases were identified from the Metropolitan Detroit Cancer Surveillance System. Information on lung cancer occurrence, smoking habits (active or passive), and chronic respiratory diseases in first-degree relatives was obtained for 257 nonsmoking lung cancer probands (71 males, 186 females) diagnosed at ages 40-84 years. Among the 2,021 first-degree relatives, 24 (2.6%) males and 10 (1.1%) females were reported as having lung cancer. The occurrence of lung cancer among smoking and nonsmoking relatives was 4.5% and 1.1% in males and 2.8% and 0.4% in females, respectively. To evaluate the role of a putative Mendelian gene (one locus, two alleles) in the presence of other risk factors, we performed complex segregation analyses on the data using two different regressive model approaches [Segregation Analysis of a Discrete Trait Under a Class A Regressive Logistic Model, V4.0 (REGD) and Segregation Analysis of a Truncated Trait, V2.0, Model I (REGTL)] as implemented in the Statistical Analysis for Genetic Epidemiology (SAGE) program. Using either approach, an environmental model best explained the observed lung cancer aggregation in families ascertained through nonsmoking probands. Based on our final model, only 0.04% of this population had a very high risk and 4.2% had a moderate risk of lung cancer. The rest of the

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