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Effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening integrating non-genetic and genetic risk: a prospective study based on UK Biobank data.
Cancer biology & medicine - 20 Jun 2024
Zhang Yu, Sheng Chao, Lyu Zhangyan, Dai Hongji, Song Fangfang, Song Fengju, Huang Yubei, Chen Kexin
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OBJECTIVE: Few studies have evaluated the benefits of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening integrating both non-genetic and genetic risk factors. Here, we aimed to integrate an existing non-genetic risk model (QCancer-10) and a 139-variant polygenic risk score to evaluate the effectiveness of screening on CRC incidence and mortality. METHODS: We applied the integrated model to calculate 10-year CRC risk for 430,908...
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