Over the past several decades, the incidence of early-onset cancers, often defined as
cancers diagnosed in adults< 50 years of age, in the breast, colorectum, endometrium …

Despite decades of laboratory, epidemiological and clinical research, breast cancer
incidence continues to rise. Breast cancer remains the leading cancer-related cause of …

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have successfully mapped thousands of loci
associated with complex traits. These associations could reveal the molecular mechanisms …

We present the Polygenic Score (PGS) Catalog (https://www. PGSCatalog. org), an open
resource of published scores (including variants, alleles and weights) and consistently …

Background Polygenic risk score (PRS) analyses have become an integral part of
biomedical research, exploited to gain insights into shared aetiology among traits, to control …

Aim Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women and one of the most important
causes of death among them. This review aimed to investigate the incidence and mortality …

A polygenic score (PGS) or polygenic risk score (PRS) is an estimate of an individual's
genetic liability to a trait or disease, calculated according to their genotype profile and …

Prediction of disease risk is an essential part of preventative medicine, often guiding clinical
management. Risk prediction typically includes risk factors such as age, sex, family history of …

Initial expectations for genome-wide association studies were high, as such studies
promised to rapidly transform personalized medicine with individualized disease risk …

Stratification of women according to their risk of breast cancer based on polygenic risk
scores (PRSs) could improve screening and prevention strategies. Our aim was to develop …