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SynthesisFamilial cancer2018

The association of low penetrance genetic risk modifiers with colorectal cancer in lynch syndrome patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Neil Donald, Salim Malik, Joshua L McGuire, Kevin J Monahan

Open access · hybridAbstract readMeta-AnalysisSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Familial cancer, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Modifier genes and Lynch syndrome: some considerations.Hereditary cancer in clinical practice · 2022
    Review
  5. Review
  6. Article
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  8. Review
  9. SameClinical medicine insights. Case reports · 2018
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Neil DonaldFaculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK. neil.donald11@imperial.ac.uk.
Salim MalikFaculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Joshua L McGuireFaculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Kevin J MonahanFaculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Imperial College London · GBChelsea and Westminster Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lynch syndrome (LS) is a highly penetrant inherited cancer predisposition syndrome accounting for approximately 1000 cases of colorectal cancer (CRC) in the UK annually. LS is characterised by autosomal dominant inheritance and germline mutations in DNA mismatch repair genes. The penetrance is highly variable and the reasons for this have not been fully elucidated. This study investigates whether low penetrance genetic risk factors may result in phenotype modification in LS patients. To conduct a systematic literature review and meta-analysis to assess the association between low penetrance genetic risk modifiers and CRC in LS patients. A systematic review was conducted of the PubMed and HuGENet databases. Eligibility of studies was determined by pre-defined criteria. Included studies were analysed via the per-allele model and assessed by pooled odds ratios and establishing 95% confidence intervals. Study heterogeneity was assessed via Cochrane's Q statistic and I2 values. Publication bias was evaluated with funnel plots. Subgroup analysis was conducted on gender. Statistical software used was the Metafor package for the R programme version 3.1.3. Sixty-four polymorphisms were identified and sufficient data was available for analysis of ten polymorphisms, with between 279 and 1768 CRC cases per polymorphism. None demonstrated association with CRC risk in LS patients. However in sub-group analysis the polymorphism rs16892766 (8q23.3) was significant in males (OR 1.53, 95% CI 1.12-2.10). The variable phenotype presentation of the disease still remains largely unexplained, and further investigation is warranted. Other factors may also be influencing the high variability of the disease, such as environmental factors, copy number variants and epigenetic alterations. Investigation into these areas is needed as well as larger and more definitive studies of the polymorphisms analysed in this study.

Indexed as

Genetic Predisposition to DiseasePenetranceChromosomes, Human, Pair 8Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary NonpolyposisDNA Copy Number VariationsDNA Mismatch RepairFemaleGerm-Line MutationHumansMalePolymorphism, Single NucleotideSex FactorsColorectal cancerGenetic riskHNPCCLow penetranceLynch syndromeMeta-analysisPolymorphismsSystematic review

Identifiers

PMID28508326
PMCPMC5770497
OpenAlexW2615729049

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