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Table 2 Summary of studies assessing PRS and breast cancer risk prediction models

From: Clinical applications of polygenic breast cancer risk: a critical review and perspectives of an emerging field

Reference

Year

Study design

Cohort

Cohort location

Sample size

No. of SNPs

Risk prediction model

AUC (95% CI) model only

AUC (95% CI) PRS only

AUC (95% CI) model and PRS

Wacholder et al. [58]

2010

Retrospective

Non-familial

USA, Poland

5590 cases

5998 controls

10

Gail

0.58

0.60

0.62

Mealiffe et al. [59]

2010

Retrospective

Non-familial

USA

1664 cases

1636 controls

7

Gail

0.54 (0.52–0.57)

0.59 (0.56–0.61)

0.62 (0.59–0.64)

Darabi et al. [60]

2012

Retrospective

Non-familial

Sweden

1569 cases

1730 controls

18

Gail, BMI, and PD

0.60 (0.58–0.62)

0.59 (0.56–0.61)

0.62 (0.59–0.64)

Dite et al. [56]

2013

Retrospective

High-risk families

Australia

962 cases

463 controls

7

Gail

0.58 (0.55–0.61)

0.58 (0.54–0.61)

0.61 (0.58–0.64)

Allman et al. [39]

2015

Retrospective

Non-familial

Hispanic

147 cases

3201 controls

75

Gail

0.55 (0.51–0.60)

0.59 (0.54–0.64)

0.61 (0.56–0.66)

TC

0.53 (0.48–0.57)

0.59 (0.54 to 0.64)

African American

421 cases

7049 controls

75

Gail

0.56 (0.53–0.59)

0.59 (0.54–0.64)

0.59 (0.56–0.61)

TC

0.51 (0.48–0.54)

0.55 (0.52–0.58)

Vachon et al. [40]

2015

Retrospective

Non-familial

USA

1643 cases

2397 controls

76

BCSC/BI-RADS

0.66 (0.61–0.70)

0.68 (0.66–0.69)

0.69 (0.67–0.71)

Dite et al. [46]

2016

Retrospective

High-risk families

Australia

1223 cases

805 controls

77

BOADICEA

0.66 (0.63–0.70)

0.61 (0.58–0.65)

0.70 (0.67–0.73)

BRCAPRO

0.65 (0.62–0.68)

0.69 (0.66–0.72)

Gail

0.64 (0.60–0.68)

0.67 (0.63–0.70)

TC

0.57 (0.53–0.60)

0.63 (0.59–0.66)

Shieh et al. [30]

2016

Retrospective

Non-familial

Combined cohort

482 cases

483 controls

83

BCSC

0.62 (0.59–0.66)

0.60 (0.57–0.64)

0.65 (0.61–0.68)

USA Caucasian

387 cases

387 controls

83

BCSC

0.62 (0.59–0.66)

0.59 (0.56–0.63)

0.63 (0.59–0.62)

Asian American

51 cases

51 controls

76

BCSC

0.62 (0.59–0.66)

0.64 (0.53–0.74)

0.72 (0.62–0.82)

Shieh et al. [65]

2017

Retrospective

Non-familial

USA

110 cases

214 controls

86

BCSC and estradiol levels

0.67 (0.60–0.74)

0.68 (0.61–0.75)

0.72 (0.65–0.79)

Starlard-Davenport et al. [62]

2018

Retrospective

Non-familial

African American

319 cases

599 controls

75

Gail

0.65 (0.61–0.69)

0.58 (0.54–0.62)

0.65 (0.62–0.70)

Van Veen et al. [41]

2018

Prospective

Non-familial

England

8897 unaffected

466 affected

18

TC and breast density

0.58 (0.52–0.62)

Not reported

0.64 (0.62–0.71)

Zhang et al. [61]

2018

Prospective

Non-familial

USA

4006 cases 7874 controls

67

Gail, breast density, hormone levels

0.56* (0.55–0.57)

Not reported

0.65 (0.64–0.66)

Evans et al. [52]

2019

Prospective

Non-familial

England

9362 unaffected women

18

TC and breast density

Not reported

Not reported

Not reported

Lakeman et al. [64]

2019

Retrospective

High-risk families

Netherlands, Hungary

323 cases

262 unaffected female relatives

77

BOADICEA

Not reported

Not reported

Not reported

Läll et al. [42]

2019

Retrospective

Non-familial

Estonia-Biobank and UK Biobank

3474 cases

43,827 controls

Meta GRS

Gail model

0.68

0.64

0.72

  1. CI confidence interval, BMI body mass index, PD percentage density
  2. *AUC for Gail model only, not inclusive of breast density and hormone levels