Variant Gene Risk Allele Score vda Association Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
dbSNP: rs16902094
rs16902094
0.720 GeneticVariation BEFREE A statistically significant interaction was observed for each of 2 SNPs in the 8q24 region (rs620861 and rs16902094), 25(OH)D concentration, and fatal prostate cancer on both multiplicative and additive scales (P ≤ 0.001). 28399564

2017

dbSNP: rs16902094
rs16902094
0.720 GeneticVariation BEFREE These included correlations between an intergenic CpG site at Chr8:128393157 and the prostate cancer SNP rs16902094 (ρ = -0.54; P = 9.7 × 10(-7); q = 0.002), a PRNCR1 CpG site at Chr8:128167809 and the prostate cancer SNP rs1456315 (ρ = 0.52; P = 1.4 × 10(-6); q = 0.002), and two POU5F1B CpG sites and several prostate/colorectal cancer SNPs (for Chr8:128498051 and rs6983267, ρ = 0.46; P = 2.0 × 10(-5); q = 0.01). 25315430

2014

dbSNP: rs378854
rs378854
0.010 GeneticVariation BEFREE This approach identified rs378854, which is in complete linkage disequilibrium (LD) with rs620861, as a novel functional prostate cancer-specific genetic variant. 21814516

2011

dbSNP: rs72725854
rs72725854
0.710 GeneticVariation BEFREE The 8q24 risk region was also found to be a major contributor to PCa risk in Ugandan men, with the African ancestry-specific risk variant rs72725854 estimated to account for 12% of PCa in this population. 29356057

2018

dbSNP: rs16901979
rs16901979
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE Two of these 17 SNPs, located at 3p12, and region 2 at 8q24, were significantly associated with prostate cancer risk (P < 0.05), and only SNP rs16901979 at region 2 of 8q24 remained significant after accounting for 20 tests. 19549807

2009

dbSNP: rs16901979
rs16901979
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE Therefore, this meta-analysis demonstrated that 8q24 polymorphisms (rs6983267 T>G, rs1447295 C>A, rs16901979 C>A, rs6983561 A>C and rs10090154 C>T) were associated with the susceptibility to PCa, which held the potential biomarkers for PCa risk. 29158792

2017

dbSNP: rs16901979
rs16901979
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE The variants rs16901979 and rs6983561 at 8q24 are associated with prostate cancer risk in Taiwanese men. 19908238

2010

dbSNP: rs16901979
rs16901979
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE A meta-analysis across 10 studies including our results of four 8q24 variants (rs1442295 and DG8S737-region 1, rs16901979-region 2, and rs6983267-region 3) and prostate cancer risk demonstrated strong associations across a wide array of study designs and populations. 18231127

2008

dbSNP: rs16901979
rs16901979
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE In particular, both homozygous AA and heterozygous CA genotypes of rs16901979, as well as the AA and CA genotypes of rs1447295, were associated with the risk of prostate cancer. 30061842

2018

dbSNP: rs16901979
rs16901979
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE There was no joint effect between SNPs rs16901979 A and rs6983267 G. These results confirm the significance of these SNPs in prostate cancer etiology in a previously unstudied population who do not undergo prostate cancer screening and are diagnosed with severe disease. 18768513

2008

dbSNP: rs16901979
rs16901979
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE Forty-nine tagging SNPs including three previously reported significant variants (rs1447295, rs6983267, rs16901979) and seven variants in the 5' upstream region of the MYC proto-oncogene were tested for association with susceptibility to PC and tumor aggressiveness in 596 histologically verified PC cases and 567 ethnically matched controls. 19562729

2009

dbSNP: rs16901979
rs16901979
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE Significant differences (P < 0.00185) between the two subtypes were observed for rs16901979 (8q24) and rs1859962 (17q24), which were enriched in TMPRSS2:ERG fusion-negative (OR = 0.53, P = 0.0007) and TMPRSS2:ERG fusion-positive PrCa (OR = 1.30, P = 0.0016), respectively. 27798103

2016

dbSNP: rs16901979
rs16901979
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE In summary, the A allele at rs16901979 was associated with the risk of prostate cancer in the Caribbean population of Guadeloupe, confirming its involvement in populations of African descent. 25130587

2016

dbSNP: rs16901979
rs16901979
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE In conclusion, this is the first study showing that prostate cancer risk variants, such as rs16901979, might improve outcome prediction following ADT, thus allowing identification of high-risk patients who might benefit from appropriate adjuvant therapy. 21445969

2012

dbSNP: rs16901979
rs16901979
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE We demonstrate that trans-acting RNA molecules facilitating resistance to androgen depletion (RAD) in vitro and castration-resistant phenotype (CRP) in vivo of PC contain intergenic 8q24-locus SNP variants (rs1447295; rs16901979; rs6983267) that were recently linked with increased risk of PC. 22067658

2011

dbSNP: rs16901979
rs16901979
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE The rs16901979 CA genotype carriers had a higher risk of prostate cancer than the CC genotype. 22583965

2012

dbSNP: rs16901979
rs16901979
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE SNPs rs6983561, rs7008482, and rs16901979 were significantly associated with CaP risk in WAs (P < 0.03). 22234922

2012

dbSNP: rs16901979
rs16901979
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE We report that rs7008482, which maps to the 8q24.13 region, is an additional independent prostate cancer risk variant (P = 5 x 10(-4)), and we also replicate the association of rs16901979 with prostate cancer (P = 0.002). 17978284

2007

dbSNP: rs16901979
rs16901979
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE SNP rs16901979 in region 2 was associated with significantly increased risk of prostate cancer (OR = 1.41, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.02-1.95, P = 0.04) with the risk stronger in men with early-onset prostate cancer (OR = 2.37, 95% CI 1.40-3.99, P = 0.001). 21557270

2011

dbSNP: rs16901979
rs16901979
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE Three 8q24 polymorphisms (rs1447295 C>A, rs16901979 C>A, and rs6983267 T>G) have been extensively investigated for their association with prostate cancer (PCa) susceptibility, yet conclusions are contradictory. 26159557

2015

dbSNP: rs16901979
rs16901979
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE The results of the meta-analyses indicate that rs6983267, rs1447295, rs6983561, rs7837688, rs16901979, and DG8S737 are significantly associated with a higher risk for PCa for at least one race, whereas the variants rs13254738 and rs7000448 are not. 22382457

2012

dbSNP: rs6983561
rs6983561
0.780 GeneticVariation BEFREE Notably, rs6983561 was significantly associated with prostate cancer among men diagnosed at an early (<50 years) but not later age (p = 0.03 versus p = 0.21). 18360876

2008

dbSNP: rs6983561
rs6983561
0.780 GeneticVariation BEFREE In the Japanese population examined in this study, the rs6983561 polymorphism at 8q24 was significantly associated with prostate cancer mortality, especially among patients with metastatic disease. 21700508

2011

dbSNP: rs6983561
rs6983561
0.780 GeneticVariation BEFREE Of the 82 known risk variants, 68 (83%) had effects that were directionally consistent in their association with prostate cancer risk and 30 (37%) were significantly associated with risk at p < 0.05, with the most statistically significant variants being rs116041037 (p = 3.7 × 10(-26) ) and rs6983561 (p = 1.1 × 10(-16) ) at 8q24, as well as rs7210100 (p = 5.4 × 10(-8) ) at 17q21. 25044450

2015

dbSNP: rs6983561
rs6983561
0.780 GeneticVariation BEFREE Furthermore, the SNPs rs6983561 and rs4430796 were associated with a susceptibility to aggressive prostate cancer, whereas rs1859962 was associated with non-aggressive prostate cancer. 21557267

2011