Identification of a BRCA2-Specific Modifier Locus at 6p24 Related to Breast Cancer Risk

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Funding Acknowledgements

Hospital grants, Cancer Fund of North Savo, the Finnish Cancer Organizations, the Academy of Finland, and by the strategic funding of the University of Eastern Finland. Kathleen Cuningham Consortium for Research into Familial Breast Cancer: kConFab is supported by grants from the National Breast Cancer Foundation and the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and by the Queensland Cancer Fund; the Cancer Councils of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia; and the Cancer Foundation of Western Australia. G Chenevix-Trench and AB Spurdle are NHMRC Senior Research Fellows. Financial support for the AOCS was provided by the United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command [DAMD17-01-1-0729], the Cancer Council of Tasmania and Cancer Foundation of Western Australia, and the NHMRC [199600]. G Chenevix-Trench is supported by the NHMRC. The Clinical Follow Up Study (funded 2001-2009 by NHMRC and currently by the National Breast Cancer Foundation and Cancer Australia #628333) Korean Hereditary Breast Cancer Study: KOHBRA is supported by a grant from the National R&D Program for Cancer Control, Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, Republic of Korea (1020350). Leuven Multidisciplinary Breast Centre: LMBC is supported by the 'Stichting tegen Kanker' (232-2008 and 196-2010). D Lambrechts is supported by the FWO and the KULPFV/10/016-SymBioSysII. Mammary Carcinoma Risk Factor Investigation: The MARIE study was supported by the Deutsche Krebshilfe e.V. [70-2892-BR I], the Hamburg Cancer Society, the German Cancer Research Center, and the genotype work in part by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Germany [01KH0402]. Mayo Clinic: MAYO is supported by NIH grant CA128978, an NCI Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Breast Cancer (CA116201), a U.S. Department of Defence Ovarian Cancer Idea award (W81XWH-10-1-0341), and grants from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and the Komen Foundation for the Cure. Milan Breast Cancer Study Group: MBCSG was funded by grants from Fondazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (Special Project "Hereditary tumors"), Italian Association for Cancer Research (AIRC, IG 8713), Italian Ministry of Health ("Progetto Tumori Femminili"), and by Italian citizens who allocated the 561000 share of their tax payment in support of the Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, according to Italian laws (INT-Institutional strategic projects "5 x 1000"). Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study: MCCS cohort recruitment was funded by VicHealth and Cancer Council Victoria. The MCCS was further supported by Australian NHMRC grants 209057, 251553 and 504711 and by infrastructure provided by Cancer Council Victoria. McGill University: The McGill Study was supported by Jewish General Hospital Weekend to End Breast Cancer, Quebec Ministry of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade. Multi-Ethnic Cohort: The MEC was supported by NIH grants CA63464, CA54281, CA098758, and CA132839. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: The MSKCC was supported by Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Niehaus Clinical Cancer Genetics Initiative, Andrew Sabin Family Foundation, and Lymphoma Foundation. Montreal Gene-Environment Breast Cancer Study: The work of MTLGEBCS was supported by the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for the "CIHR Team in Familial Risks of Breast Cancer" program grant CRN-87521 and the Ministry of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade grant PSR-SIIRI-701.J Simard is Chairholder of the Canada Research Chair in Oncogenetics. National Cancer Institute: The research of MH Greene and PL Mai was supported by the Intramural Research Program of the US National Cancer Institute, NIH, and by support services contracts NO2-CP-11019-50 and N02-CP-65504 with Westat, Rockville, MD. National Israeli Cancer Control Center: NICCC is supported by Clalit Health Services in Israel. Some of its activities are supported by the Israel Cancer Association and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), New York. N. N. Petrov Institute of Oncology: The NNPIO study has been supported by the Russian Federation for Basic Research (grants 11-04-00227, 12-04-00928, and 12-04-01490) and the Federal Agency for Science and Innovations, Russia (contract 02.740.11.0780). Oulu Breast Cancer Study: The OBCS was supported by research grants from the Finnish Cancer Foundation, the Academy of Finland, the University of Oulu, and the Oulu University Hospital. Leiden University Medical Centre Breast Cancer Study: The ORIGO study was supported by the Dutch Cancer Society (RUL 1997-1505) and the Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure (BBMRI-NL CP16). The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center: OSUCCG is supported by the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. SEABASS is supported by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Ministry of Higher Education (UM.C/HlR/MOHE/06) and Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation. The U. S. National Cancer Institute Polish Breast Cancer Study: The PBCS was funded by Intramural Research Funds of the National Cancer Institute, Department of Health and Human Services, USA. Karolinska Mammography Project for Risk Prediction of Breast Cancer - prevalent cases: The pKARMA study was supported by Marit and Hans Rausings Initiative Against Breast Cancer. Rotterdam Breast Cancer Study: The RBCS was funded by the Dutch Cancer Society (DDHK 2004-3124, DDHK 2009-4318). Singapore and Sweden Breast Cancer Study: The SASBAC study was supported by funding from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research of Singapore (A*STAR), the U.S. National Institute of Health (NIH), and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Sheffield Breast Cancer Study: The SBCS was supported by Yorkshire Cancer Research S295, S299, and S305PA. South East Asian Breast Cancer Association Study: SEABASS is supported by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Ministry of Higher Education (UM.C/HlR/MOHE/06) and Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation. The Malaysian Breast Cancer Genetic Study is funded by research grants from the Malaysian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation; Ministry of Higher Education (UM.C/HIR/MOHE/06);and charitable funding from Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation. Study of Epidemiology and Risk Factors in Cancer Heredity: SEARCH is funded by programmegrants from Cancer Research UK [C490/A10124][C8197/A10123]. AM Dunning was funded by [C8197/A10865]. Sheba Medical Centre: The SMC study was partially funded through a grant by the Israel Cancer Association and the funding for the Israeli Inherited Breast Cancer Consortium. Swedish Breast Cancer Study: SWE-BRCA collaborators are supported by the Swedish Cancer Society. IHCC-Szczecin Breast Cancer Study: The SZBCS was supported by Grant PBZ_KBN_122/P05/2004. The University of Chicago Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics and Global Health: UCHICAGO is supported by grants from the U.S.National Cancer Institute (NIH/NCI) and by the Ralph and Marion Falk Medical Research Trust, the Entertainment Industry Fund National Women's Cancer Research Alliance, and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. University of California Los Angeles: The UCLA study was supported by the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Foundation and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. University of California San Francisco: The UCSF study was supported by the UCSF Cancer Risk Program and the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. United Kingdom Breakthrough Generations Study: The UKBGS is funded by Breakthrough Breast Cancer and the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR). ICR acknowledges NHS funding to the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre. United Kingdom Familial Ovarian Cancer Registries: UKFOCR was supported by a project grant from CRUK to PDP Pharoah. University of Pennsylvania: The UPENN study was supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (R01-CA102776 and R01-CA083855), Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Rooney Family Foundation, Susan G. Komen Foundation for the Cure, and the Facdonald Family Foundation. Victorian Familial Cancer Trials Group: The VFCTG study was supported by the Victorian Cancer Agency, Cancer Australia, and National Breast Cancer Foundation. Women's Cancer Program: The WCP at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute is funded by the American Cancer Society Early Detection Professorship (SIOP-06-258-01-COUN). Genetic Modifiers of Cancer Risk in BRCA1/2 Mutation Carriers (GEMO) study: The study was supported by the Ligue National Contre le Cancer, the Association "Le cancer du sein, parlons-en!" Award, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for the "CIHR Team in Familial Risks of Breast Cancer" program. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.