Polygenic risk scores for breast cancer—Can they deliver on the promise of precision medicine?

PD Shah - JAMA Network Open, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified single-nucleotide variations
(SNVs), which are common genetic variants that confer little individual risk but, considered …

Cases in precision medicine: the role of polygenic risk scores in breast cancer risk assessment

N Zeinomar, WK Chung - Annals of internal medicine, 2021 - acpjournals.org
Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) have been consistently associated with elevated breast cancer
risk in cohort studies and are associated with risk in both women with and those without a …

Polygenic risk scores for breast cancer risk prediction: lessons learned and future opportunities

JR Palmer - JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In this issue of the Journal, Shieh et al. report findings from an assessment of performance of
a polygenic risk score (PRS) for breast cancer in Latin American women (Latinas)(1). Study …

Generalizability of polygenic risk scores for breast cancer among women with European, African, and Latinx ancestry

C Liu, N Zeinomar, WK Chung, K Kiryluk… - JAMA network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Multiple polygenic risk scores (PRSs) for breast cancer have been developed
from large research consortia; however, their generalizability to diverse clinical settings is …

Evaluating polygenic risk scores for breast cancer in women of African ancestry

Z Du, G Gao, B Adedokun, T Ahearn… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) have been demonstrated to identify
women of European, Asian, and Latino ancestry at elevated risk of developing breast cancer …

Breast cancer polygenic risk scores are associated with short-term risk of poor prognosis breast cancer

AM McCarthy, AK Manning, S Hsu, M Welch… - Breast Cancer Research …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Polygenic risk scores (PRS) for breast cancer may help guide screening decisions.
However, few studies have examined whether PRS are associated with risk of short-term or …

Development and validation of a clinical polygenic risk score to predict breast cancer risk

E Hughes, P Tshiaba, S Gallagher, S Wagner… - JCO precision …, 2020 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Women with a family history of breast cancer are frequently referred for
hereditary cancer genetic testing, yet< 10% are found to have pathogenic variants in known …

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 …

Uptake of polygenic risk information among women at increased risk of breast cancer

T Yanes, B Meiser, R Kaur… - Clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) are increasingly being implemented to assess breast cancer
risk. This study aimed to assess and determine factors associated with uptake of PRS …

[HTML][HTML] The limits of personalization in precision medicine: polygenic risk scores and racial categorization in a precision breast cancer screening trial

JE James, L Riddle, BA Koenig, G Joseph - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Population-based genomic screening is at the forefront of a new approach to disease
prevention. Yet the lack of diversity in genome wide association studies and ongoing …