Developing and evaluating polygenic risk prediction models for stratified disease prevention

N Chatterjee, J Shi, M García-Closas - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract Knowledge of genetics and its implications for human health is rapidly evolving in
accordance with recent events, such as discoveries of large numbers of disease …

The evolution of cancer surgery and future perspectives

L Wyld, RA Audisio, GJ Poston - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2015 - nature.com
Surgery is the oldest oncological discipline, dating back thousands of years. Prior to the
advent of anaesthesia and antisepsis 150 years ago, only the brave, desperate, or ill …

Polygenic risk scores for prediction of breast cancer and breast cancer subtypes

N Mavaddat, K Michailidou, J Dennis, M Lush… - The American Journal of …, 2019 - cell.com
Stratification of women according to their risk of breast cancer based on polygenic risk
scores (PRSs) could improve screening and prevention strategies. Our aim was to develop …

BOADICEA: a comprehensive breast cancer risk prediction model incorporating genetic and nongenetic risk factors

A Lee, N Mavaddat, AN Wilcox, AP Cunningham… - Genetics in …, 2019 - nature.com
Purpose Breast cancer (BC) risk prediction allows systematic identification of individuals at
highest and lowest risk. We extend the Breast and Ovarian Analysis of Disease Incidence …

Gene-panel sequencing and the prediction of breast-cancer risk

DF Easton, PDP Pharoah, AC Antoniou… - … England Journal of …, 2015 - Mass Medical Soc
Gene-Panel Sequencing and the Prediction of Breast-Cancer Risk | New England Journal of
Medicine Skip to main content The New England Journal of Medicine homepage Advanced …

CanRisk Tool—A web interface for the prediction of breast and ovarian cancer risk and the likelihood of carrying genetic pathogenic variants

T Carver, S Hartley, A Lee, AP Cunningham… - … , biomarkers & prevention, 2021 - AACR
Abstract Background: The CanRisk Tool (https://canrisk. org) is the next-generation web
interface for the latest version of the BOADICEA (Breast and Ovarian Analysis of Disease …

Ovarian and Breast Cancer Risks Associated With Pathogenic Variants in RAD51C and RAD51D

X Yang, H Song, G Leslie, C Engel… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background The purpose of this study was to estimate precise age-specific tubo-ovarian
carcinoma (TOC) and breast cancer (BC) risks for carriers of pathogenic variants in RAD51C …

The role of risk-reducing surgery in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer

LC Hartmann, NM Lindor - New England Journal of Medicine, 2016 - Mass Medical Soc
The risk of breast and ovarian cancer among women with mutations such as BRCA1 and
BRCA2 mutations can be mitigated by operations to remove the organs at greatest risk. Data …

Breast cancer prevention in high-risk women

MA Thorat, R Balasubramanian - … Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Women at high risk of developing breast cancer are a heterogeneous group of women
including those with and without high-risk germline mutation/s. Prevention in these women …

Prevalence of BRCA1/2 germline mutations in 21 401 families with breast and ovarian cancer

K Kast, K Rhiem, B Wappenschmidt… - Journal of medical …, 2016 - jmg.bmj.com
Purpose To characterise the prevalence of pathogenic germline mutations in BRCA1 and
BRCA2 in families with breast cancer (BC) and ovarian cancer (OC) history. Patients and …