rs889312

rs889312 is a SNP near the MAP3K1 gene. rs889312 was one of the four strongest associating SNPs found in a genome-wide association study of over 4,000 breast cancer samples. . From a DeCode user report, it appears that the risk allele is C; this A;A individual reportedly has 0.93x risk of breast cancer. In a study of 1,267 breast cancer patients, rs889312 heterozygotes and minor allele homozygotes were less likely to be lymph node positive at breast cancer diagnosis (P = 0.044) relative to major allele homozygote carriers. A meta-analysis including 26,015 cases and 33,962 controls concludes that the rs889312(C) allele is clearly a significant - but quite weak - contributor to increased risk for breast cancer. breast cancer *rs2981582, rs3803662, and rs889312) showed weak but significant associations with ER-negative disease, the strongest association being for rs3803662 in TNRC9 (1.14 (1.09-1.21)) Relevant data indicate that SNP rs889312 in MAP3K1 is correlated with BC susceptibility only in BRCA2 mutation carriers, but is not associated with an increased risk in BRCA1 carriers.