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Ovarian cancer in BRCA1 mutation carriers

PLEKHM1 · rs17631303

Where this position leads

Condition: Ovarian Cancer

rs17631303 Condition: Ovarian Cancer Ovarian Cancer Condition rs17631303 rs17631303 PLEKHM1

What the study found

Who was studied 683 European ancestry cases, 2,044 European ancestry controls; replicated in 1,706 European ancestry cases, 10,258 European ancestry controls.

The effect Each copy of the G allele carried 1.27 times the odds of Ovarian cancer in BRCA1 mutation carriers (95% confidence interval 1.17-1.38); p = 1 × 10−8.

How common The G allele had a frequency of about 19% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 17, band 17q21.31 — in an intron of PLEKHM1.

What each result means

A/A No copy of the version the research linked to Ovarian cancer in BRCA1 mutation carriers. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
A/G One copy of the version the research linked to Ovarian cancer in BRCA1 mutation carriers. That is a smaller link than two copies.
G/G Two copies of the version the research linked to Ovarian cancer in BRCA1 mutation carriers. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
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Questions about rs17631303

What is rs17631303?

rs17631303 is a single position in the genome, in or near the PLEKHM1 gene. Published research associates it with ovarian cancer in brca1 mutation carriers. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

What conditions is rs17631303 linked to?

On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Ovarian Cancer. The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.

Does having rs17631303 mean I will get this?

No. Common variants like this one move a probability slightly and, on their own, rarely decide anything about one person. Nothing on this page is a diagnosis, and health decisions should be made with a clinician who can see your whole picture.

Where does the information about rs17631303 come from?

GWAS Catalog, PLoS genetics 2013, PMID:23544013. Every variant on MyGeneLog comes from public primary sources and is published with its citation and the date it was checked.

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