Genotyping and population characteristics of the China Kadoorie Biobank

RG Walters, IY Millwood, K Lin, DS Valle, P McDonnell… - Cell Genomics, 2023 - cell.com
Summary The China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB) is a population-based prospective cohort of>
512,000 adults recruited from 2004 to 2008 from 10 geographically diverse regions across …

A systematic review and critical assessment of breast cancer risk prediction tools incorporating a polygenic risk score for the general population

C Mbuya-Bienge, N Pashayan, CD Kazemali… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Several risk prediction tools have been developed to better stratify women
according to their risk of developing breast cancer (BC) and inform prevention and early …

Individualizing Breast Cancer Risk Assessment in Clinical Practice

AE Cyr, K Kennard - Surgical Oncology Clinics, 2023 - surgonc.theclinics.com
Breast cancer (BC) is the most common malignancy in American women.*, 1 Mortality has
declined, in part because screening detects cancers at an early stage. 2 For most women …

Genome-wide association analyses of breast cancer in women of African ancestry identify new susceptibility loci and improve risk prediction

G Jia, J Ping, X Guo, Y Yang, R Tao, B Li, S Ambs… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
We performed genome-wide association studies of breast cancer including 18,034 cases
and 22,104 controls of African ancestry. Genetic variants at 12 loci were associated with …

Incorporating alternative polygenic risk scores into the BOADICEA breast cancer risk prediction model

N Mavaddat, L Ficorella, T Carver, A Lee… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2023 - AACR
Background: The multifactorial risk prediction model BOADICEA enables identification of
women at higher or lower risk of developing breast cancer. BOADICEA models genetic …

[HTML][HTML] Breast cancer risk stratification using genetic and non-genetic risk assessment tools for 246,142 women in the UK Biobank

PJ Ho, EH Lim, M Hartman, FY Wong, J Li - Genetics in Medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose The benefit of using individual risk prediction tools to identify high-risk individuals
for breast cancer (BC) screening is uncertain, despite the personalized approach of risk …

Addition of polygenic risk score to a risk calculator for prediction of breast cancer in US Black women

GR Zirpoli, RM Pfeiffer, KA Bertrand, D Huo… - Breast Cancer …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Previous work in European ancestry populations has shown that
adding a polygenic risk score (PRS) to breast cancer risk prediction models based on …

Incorporating polygenic risk scores and nongenetic risk factors for breast cancer risk prediction among Asian women

Y Yang, R Tao, X Shu, Q Cai, W Wen, K Gu… - JAMA network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) have shown promise in breast cancer risk
prediction; however, limited studies have been conducted among Asian women. Objective …

Genetic and lifestyle factors for breast cancer risk assessment in Southeast China

S Zou, Y Lin, X Yu, M Eriksson, M Lin, F Fu… - Cancer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Despite the rising incidence and mortality of breast cancer among women in
China, there are currently few predictive models for breast cancer in the Chinese population …

[HTML][HTML] Differences in polygenic score distributions in European ancestry populations: implications for breast cancer risk prediction

K Yiangou, N Mavaddat, J Dennis, M Zanti, Q Wang… - medRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The 313-variant polygenic risk score (PRS 313) provides a promising tool for breast cancer
risk prediction. However, evaluation of the PRS 313 across different European populations …