Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

A polygenic risk score for nasopharyngeal carcinoma shows potential for risk stratification and personalized screening

  • Yong-Qiao He,
  • Tong-Min Wang,
  • Mingfang Ji,
  • Zhi-Ming Mai,
  • Minzhong Tang,
  • Ruozheng Wang,
  • Yifeng Zhou,
  • Yuming Zheng,
  • Ruowen Xiao,
  • Dawei Yang,
  • Ziyi Wu,
  • Changmi Deng,
  • Jiangbo Zhang,
  • Wenqiong Xue,
  • Siqi Dong,
  • Jiyun Zhan,
  • Yonglin Cai,
  • Fugui Li,
  • Biaohua Wu,
  • Ying Liao,
  • Ting Zhou,
  • Meiqi Zheng,
  • Yijing Jia,
  • Danhua Li,
  • Lianjing Cao,
  • Leilei Yuan,
  • Wenli Zhang,
  • Luting Luo,
  • Xiating Tong,
  • Yanxia Wu,
  • Xizhao Li,
  • Peifen Zhang,
  • Xiaohui Zheng,
  • Shaodan Zhang,
  • Yezhu Hu,
  • Weiling Qin,
  • Bisen Deng,
  • Xuejun Liang,
  • Peiwen Fan,
  • Yaning Feng,
  • Jia Song,
  • Shang-Hang Xie,
  • Ellen T. Chang,
  • Zhe Zhang,
  • Guangwu Huang,
  • Miao Xu,
  • Lin Feng,
  • Guangfu Jin,
  • Jinxin Bei,
  • Sumei Cao,
  • Qing Liu,
  • Zisis Kozlakidis,
  • Haiqiang Mai,
  • Ying Sun,
  • Jun Ma,
  • Zhibin Hu,
  • Jianjun Liu,
  • Maria Li Lung,
  • Hans-Olov Adami,
  • Hongbing Shen,
  • Weimin Ye,
  • Tai-Hing Lam,
  • Yi-Xin Zeng,
  • Wei-Hua Jia

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29570-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Polygenic Risk Scores (PRS) show promise for facilitating cancer risk stratification. Here, the authors performed a large genome-wide association study and develop a PRS for nasopharyngeal carcinoma, which could improve risk stratification and personalized screening.