In summary, this meta-analysis suggests that Leu432Val polymorphism is associated with ovarian cancer, lung cancer, and endome</span>trial cancer risk; Asn453Ser and Arg48Gly polymorphisms are associated with endometrial cancer risk among Caucasians, Ala119Ser polymorphism is associated with prostate cancer risk, and Ala119Ser polymorphism is associated with breast cancer risk in Caucasians.
We found that CYP1B1 gene L432V polymorphism was associated with a significantly increased risk of endometrial cancer (G vs. C: OR=1.23, 95% CI: 1.06-1.43, P=0.007; GC+GG vs. CC:OR=1.24, 95% CI: 1.08-1.43, P=0.003; GC vs. CC: OR=1.16, 95% CI: 1.04-1.29, P=0.009).
Gene-gene interaction between the Arg48Arg (142C > C) and Leu432Val (4326C > G) variants and between Arg48Gly (142C > G) -CYP1B1 and 975C > G -ERalpha as well as Gly48Gly (142G > G)-CYP1B1 and 975C > G-ERalpha increased the risk of endometrial cancer (OR 2.70; 95%CI 1.12-6.49; OR 2.52; 95%CI 1.04-6.11 and OR 3.62; 95%CI 1.27-10.30, respectively).
We evaluated the association between the CYP1B1 Leu432Val and CYP1B1 Asn453Ser polymorphisms and the COMT Val158Met polymorphism and invasive endometrial cancer risk in a case-control study nested within the Nurses' Health Study (n = 222 cases, 666 controls).