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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC, in persons younger than 50 years old) is increasing in incidence; yet, in the absence of a family history of CRC, this population lacks harmonized recommendations for prevention. We aimed to determine whether a polygenic risk score (PRS) developed from 95 CRC-associated common genetic risk variants was associated with risk for early-onset CRC. METHODS: We studied risk for CRC associated with a weighted PRS in 12,197 participants younger than 50 years old vs 95,865 participants 50 years or older. PRS was calculated based on single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with CRC in a large-scale genome-wide association study as of January 2019. Participants were pooled from 3 large consortia that provided clinical and genotyping data: the Colon Cancer Family Registry, the Colorectal Transdisciplinary Study, and the Genetics and Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer Consortium and were all of genetically defined European descent. Findings were replicated in an independent cohort of 72,573 participants. RESULTS: Overall associations with CRC per standard deviation of PRS were significant for early-onset cancer, and were stronger compared with late-onset cancer (P for interaction = .01); when we compared the highest PRS quartile with the lowest, risk increased 3.7-fold for early-onset CRC (95% CI 3.28-4.24) vs 2.9-fold for late-onset CRC (95% CI 2.80-3.04). This association was strongest for participants without a first-degree family history of CRC (P for interaction = 5.61 x 10(-5)). When we compared the highest with the lowest quartiles in this group, risk increased 4.3-fold for early-onset CRC (95% CI 3.61-5.01) vs 2.9-fold for late-onset CRC (95% CI 2.70-3.00). Sensitivity analyses were consistent with these findings. CONCLUSIONS: In an analysis of associations with CRC per standard deviation of PRS, we found the cumulative burden of CRC-associated common genetic variants to associate with early-onset cancer, and to be more strongly associated with early-onset than late-onset cancer, particularly in the absence of CRC family history. Analyses of PRS, along with environmental and lifestyle risk factors, might identify younger individuals who would benefit from preventive measures.
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单位University of Washington, Seattle; Israel Institute of Technology; Ohio state university; International Agency for Research on Cancer; New York University School of Medicine; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; University of Barcelona; new; University of Leeds,; The University of Melbourne; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; City of Hope National Medical Center; The Ohio State University; University of Heidelberg; university of Toronto; University of southern California; Harvard medical school; CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY; Harvard Medical School; Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute; Weill Cornell Medical College; Brigham and Women's Hospital; UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO; German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ); Wageningen University; Karolinska Institute; Mount Sinai Hospital; Charles University; harvard university; harvard medical school; Karolinska University; University of heidelberg; UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS; University of California,San Diego; National Institutes of Health; Umea university; The University of Leeds
