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Polygenic risk scores and breast cancer risk prediction.
Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Feb 2023
Roberts Eleanor, Howell Sacha, Evans D Gareth
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Polygenic Risk Scores (PRS) are a major component of accurate breast cancer risk prediction and have the potential to improve screening and prevention strategies. PRS combine the risk from Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with breast cancer in Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS) and explain over 30% of breast cancer heritability. When incorporated into risk models, the more personalised risk...
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