Relationship between ABO Blood Group Alleles and Pancreatic Cancer Is Modulated by Secretor (FUT2) Genotype, but Not Lewis Antigen (FUT3) Genotype.
Kim J, Yuan C, Amundadottir L, Wolpin B, Klein A, Risch H, Kraft P. Relationship between ABO Blood Group Alleles and Pancreatic Cancer Is Modulated by Secretor (FUT2) Genotype, but Not Lewis Antigen (FUT3) Genotype. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2023, 32: 1242-1248. PMID: 37342060, PMCID: PMC10527950, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-23-0009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-O blood typeABO blood groupSecretor statusBlood typeBlood groupNon-O blood groupMultivariable logistic regressionConfidence intervalsPancreatic cancer riskO blood typeABO blood typeABO blood group allelesPancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) riskAdenocarcinoma riskAntigen genotypesPancreatic cancerEffect modificationSecretor genotypesCancer riskPDAC riskCancer ConsortiumBlood group allelesLogistic regressionLewis antigensWestern populations