Assessing the Risk Stratification of Breast Cancer Polygenic Risk Scores in a Brazilian Cohort.
J Mol Diagn
; 26(9): 825-831, 2024 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) for breast cancer have a clear clinical utility in risk prediction. PRS transferability across populations and ancestry groups is hampered by population-specific factors, ultimately leading to differences in variant effects, such as linkage disequilibrium and differences in variant frequency (allele frequency differences). Thus, locally sourced population-based phenotypic and genomic data sets are essential to assess the validity of PRSs derived from signals detected across populations. This study assesses the transferability of a breast cancer PRS composed of 313 risk variants (313-PRS) in a Brazilian trihybrid admixed ancestries (European, African, and Native American) whole-genome sequenced cohort, the Rare Genomes Project. 313-PRS was computed in the Rare Genomes Project (n = 853) using the UK Biobank (UKBB; n = 264,307) as reference. The Brazilian cohorts have a high European ancestry (EA) component, with allele frequency differences and to a lesser extent linkage disequilibrium patterns similar to those found in EA populations. The 313-PRS distribution was found to be inflated when compared with that of the UKBB, leading to potential overestimation of PRS-based risk if EA is taken as a standard. However, case controls lead to equivalent predictive power when compared with UKBB-EA samples with area under the receiver operating characteristic curve values of 0.66 to 0.62 compared with 0.63 for UKBB.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neoplasias de la Mama
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Predisposición Genética a la Enfermedad
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Herencia Multifactorial
Límite:
Female
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Mol Diagn
Asunto de la revista:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Brasil