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External Validation of Risk Prediction Models Incorporating Common Genetic Variants for Incident Colorectal Cancer Using UK Biobank.
Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1 Jun 2020
Saunders Catherine L, Kilian Britt, Thompson Deborah J, McGeoch Luke J, Griffin Simon J, Antoniou Antonis C, Emery Jon D, Walter Fiona M, Dennis Joe, Yang Xin, Usher-Smith Juliet A
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The aim of this study was to compare and externally validate risk scores developed to predict incident colorectal cancer that include common genetic variants (SNPs), with or without established lifestyle/environmental (questionnaire-based/classical/phenotypic) risk factors. We externally validated 23 risk models from a previous systematic review in 443,888 participants ages 37 to 73 from the UK Biobank cohort who...
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