ArticleCancers2021
Non-Lynch Familial and Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Explained by Accumulation of Low-Risk Genetic Variants.
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- Serrated Polyposis Syndrome: A Narrative Review from Clinical Recognition to Risk-Adapted Cancer Prevention.International journal of general medicine · 2026Review
- Colorectal Cancer Polygenic Risk Score Is Associated With Screening Colonoscopy Findings but Not Follow-Up Outcomes.Gastro hep advances · 2024Article
- Clinically relevant combined effect of polygenic background, rare pathogenic germline variants, and family history on colorectal cancer incidence.BMC medical genomics · 2023Article
- High polygenic risk score is a risk factor associated with colorectal cancer based on data from the UK Biobank.PloS one · 2023Article
- Shared environment and colorectal cancer: A Nordic pedigree registry-based cohort study.International journal of cancer · 2022Article
- Polygenic risk score across distinct colorectal cancer screening outcomes: from premalignant polyps to colorectal cancer.BMC medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
A large proportion of familial and/or early-onset cancer patients do not carry pathogenic variants in known cancer predisposing genes. We aimed to assess the contribution of previously validated low-risk colorectal cancer (CRC) alleles to familial/early-onset CRC (fCRC) and to serrated polyposis. We estimated the association of CRC with a 92-variant-based weighted polygenic risk score (wPRS) using 417 fCRC patients, 80 serrated polyposis patients, 1077 hospital-based incident CRC patients, and 1642 controls. The mean wPRS was significantly higher in fCRC than in controls or sporadic CRC patients. fCRC patients in the highest (20th) wPRS quantile were at four-fold greater CRC risk than those in the middle quantile (10th). Compared to low-wPRS fCRC, a higher number of high-wPRS fCRC patients had developed multiple primary CRCs, had CRC family history, and were diagnosed at age ≥50. No association with wPRS was observed for serrated polyposis. In conclusion, a relevant proportion of mismatch repair (MMR)-proficient fCRC cases might be explained by the accumulation of low-risk CRC alleles. Validation in independent cohorts and development of predictive models that include polygenic risk score (PRS) data and other CRC predisposing factors will determine the implementation of PRS into genetic testing and counselling in familial and early-onset CRC.
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