Implications of polygenic risk for personalised colorectal cancer screening

Implications of polygenic risk for personalised colorectal cancer screening

We modelled the utility of applying a personalised screening approach for colorectal cancer (CRC) when compared with standard age-based screening. In this personalised screening approach, eligibility is determined by absolute risk which is calculated from age and polygenic risk score (PRS), where th...

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Published in:Annals of oncology Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 429 - 434
Main Authors: Frampton, M.J.E., Law, P., Litchfield, K., Morris, E.J., Kerr, D., Turnbull, C., Tomlinson, I.P., Houlston, R.S.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01-03-2016
Subjects:
Aged
colorectal cancer
Colorectal Neoplasms - diagnosis
Early Detection of Cancer - methods
England
Female
Humans
Male
Mass Screening - methods
Middle Aged
personalised screening
polygenic risk
Precision Medicine - methods
Risk
Risk Factors
colorectal cancer
personalised screening
polygenic risk
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Summary:We modelled the utility of applying a personalised screening approach for colorectal cancer (CRC) when compared with standard age-based screening. In this personalised screening approach, eligibility is determined by absolute risk which is calculated from age and polygenic risk score (PRS), where the PRS is relative risk attributable to common genetic variation. In contrast, eligibility in age-based screening is determined only by age. We calculated absolute risks of CRC from UK population age structure, incidence and mortality rate data, and a PRS distribution which we derived for the 37 known CRC susceptibility variants. We compared the number of CRC cases potentially detectable by personalised and age-based screening. Using Genome-Wide Complex Trait Analysis to calculate the heritability attributable to common variation, we repeated the analysis assuming all common CRC risk variants were known. Based on the known CRC variants, individuals with a PRS in the top 1% have a 2.9-fold increased CRC risk over the population median. Compared with age-based screening (aged 60: 10-year absolute risk 1.96% in men, 1.19% in women, as per the UK NHS National Bowel Screening Programme), personalised screening of individuals aged 55–69 at the same risk would lead to 16% fewer men and 17% fewer women being eligible for screening with 10% and 8%, respectively, fewer screen-detected cases. If all susceptibility variants were known, individuals with a PRS in the top 1% would have an estimated 7.7-fold increased risk. Personalised screening would then result in 26% fewer men and women being eligible for screening with 7% and 5% fewer screen-detected cases. Personalised screening using PRS has the potential to optimise population screening for CRC and to define those likely to maximally benefit from chemoprevention. There are however significant technical and operational details to be addressed before any such programme is introduced.
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ISSN:0923-7534
1569-8041
DOI:10.1093/annonc/mdv540