Testing the generalizability of ancestry-specific polygenic risk scores to predict prostate cancer in sub-Saharan Africa

BACKGROUND: Genome-wide association studies do not always replicate well across populations, limiting the generalizability of polygenic risk scores (PRS). Despite higher incidence and mortality rates of prostate cancer in men of African descent, much of what is known about cancer genetics comes from...

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Autores principales: Kim, Michelle S., Naidoo, Daphne, Hazra, Ujani, Quiver, Melanie H., Chen, Wenlong C., Simonti, Corinne N., Kachambwa, Paidamoyo, Harlemon, Maxine, Agalliu, Ilir, Baichoo, Shakuntala, Fernandez, Pedro, Hsing, Ann W., Jalloh, Mohamed, Gueye, Serigne M., Niang, Lamine, Diop, Halimatou, Ndoye, Medina, Snyper, Nana Yaa, Adusei, Ben, Mensah, James E., Abrahams, Afua O. D., Biritwum, Richard, Adjei, Andrew A., Adebiyi, Akindele O., Shittu, Olayiwola, Ogunbiyi, Olufemi, Adebayo, Sikiru, Aisuodionoe-Shadrach, Oseremen I., Nwegbu, Maxwell M., Ajibola, Hafees O., Oluwole, Olabode P., Jamda, Mustapha A., Singh, Elvira, Pentz, Audrey, Joffe, Maureen, Darst, Burcu F., Conti, David V., Haiman, Christopher A., Spies, Petrus V., van der Merwe, André, Rohan, Thomas E., Jacobson, Judith, Neugut, Alfred I., McBride, Jo, Andrews, Caroline, Petersen, Lindsay N., Rebbeck, Timothy R., Lachance, Joseph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9472407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36100952
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13059-022-02766-z

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