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ABSTRACT: Aim
To determine whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) can be used to identify people who should be screened for colorectal cancer.Methods
We simulated one million people with and without colorectal cancer based on published SNP allele frequencies and strengths of colorectal cancer association. We estimated 5-year risks of colorectal cancer by number of risk alleles.Results
We identified 45 SNPs with an average 1.14-fold increase colorectal cancer risk per allele (range: 1.05-1.53). The colorectal cancer risk for people in the highest quintile of risk alleles was 1.81-times that for the average person.Conclusion
We have quantified the extent to which known susceptibility SNPs can stratify the population into clinically useful colorectal cancer risk categories.
SUBMITTER: Jenkins MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4976832 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jenkins Mark A MA Makalic Enes E Dowty James G JG Schmidt Daniel F DF Dite Gillian S GS MacInnis Robert J RJ Ait Ouakrim Driss D Clendenning Mark M Flander Louisa B LB Stanesby Oliver K OK Hopper John L JL Win Aung K AK Buchanan Daniel D DD
Future oncology (London, England) 20160201 4
<h4>Aim</h4>To determine whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) can be used to identify people who should be screened for colorectal cancer.<h4>Methods</h4>We simulated one million people with and without colorectal cancer based on published SNP allele frequencies and strengths of colorectal cancer association. We estimated 5-year risks of colorectal cancer by number of risk alleles.<h4>Results</h4>We identified 45 SNPs with an average 1.14-fold increase colorectal cancer risk per allele ...[more]