Quantifying the utility of single nucleotide polymorphisms to guide colorectal cancer screening.

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

SUBMITTER: Jenkins MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4976832 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature