A likelihood ratio approach for utilizing case-control data in the clinical classification of rare sequence variants: Application to BRCA1 and BRCA2

Zanti M, O'Mahony DG, Parsons MT, Li H, Dennis J, Aittomäkkiki K, Andrulis IL, Anton-Culver H, Aronson KJ, Augustinsson A, Becher H, Bojesen SE, Bolla MK, Brenner H, Brown MA, Buys SS, Canzian F, Caputo SM, Castelao JE, Chang-Claude J, Czene K, Daly MB, De Nicolo A, Devilee P, Dörk T, Dunning AM, Dwek M, Eccles DM, Engel C, Gareth Evans D, Fasching P, Gago-Dominguez M, García-Closas M, García-Sáenz JA, Gentry-Maharaj A, Geurts-Giele WR, Giles GG, Glendon G, Goldberg MS, Gómez Garcia EB, Göendert M, Guénel P, Hahnen E, Haiman CA, Hall P, Hamann U, Harkness EF, Hogervorst FB, Hollestelle A, Hoppe R, Hopper JL, Houdayer C, Houlston RS, Howell A, Jakimovska M, Jakubowska A, Jernström H, John EM, Kaaks R, Kitahara CM, Koutros S, Kraft P, Kristensen VN, Lacey JV, Lambrechts D, Léoné M, Lindblom A, Lubiski J, Lush M, Mannermaa A, Manoochehri M, Manoukian S, Margolin S, Martinez ME, Menon U, Milne RL, Monteiro AN, Murphy RA, Neuhausen SL, Nevanlinna H, Newman WG, Offit K, Park SK, James P, Peterlongo P, Peto J, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Punie K, Radice P, Rashid MU, Rennert G, Romero A, Rosenberg EH, Saloustros E, Sandler DP, Schmidt MK, Schmutzler RK, Shu XO, Simard J, Southey MC, Stone J, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Tamimi RM, Tapper WJ, Taylor JA, Teo SH, Teras LR, Terry MB, Thomassen M, Troester MA, Vachon CM, Vega A, Vreeswijk MP, Wang Q, Wappenschmidt B, Weinberg CR, Wolk A, Zheng W, Feng B, Couch FJ, Spurdle AB, Easton DF, Goldgar DE, Michailidou K (2023)


Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2023

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Book Volume: 2023

Article Number: 9961341

DOI: 10.1155/2023/9961341

Abstract

A large number of variants identified through clinical genetic testing in disease susceptibility genes are of uncertain significance (VUS). Following the recommendations of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) and Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), the frequency in case-control datasets (PS4 criterion) can inform their interpretation. We present a novel case-control likelihood ratio-based method that incorporates gene-specific age-related penetrance. We demonstrate the utility of this method in the analysis of simulated and real datasets. In the analysis of simulated data, the likelihood ratio method was more powerful compared to other methods. Likelihood ratios were calculated for a case-control dataset of BRCA1 and BRCA2 variants from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC) and compared with logistic regression results. A larger number of variants reached evidence in favor of pathogenicity, and a substantial number of variants had evidence against pathogenicity findings that would not have been reached using other case-control analysis methods. Our novel method provides greater power to classify rare variants compared with classical case-control methods. As an initiative from the ENIGMA Analytical Working Group, we provide user-friendly scripts and preformatted Excel calculators for implementation of the method for rare variants in BRCA1, BRCA2, and other high-risk genes with known penetrance.

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QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute (früher: the Queensland Institute of Medical Research) Huntsman Cancer Institute Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics University of Cambridge Helsinki University Central Hospital (HUCH) / Helsingin seudun yliopistollinen keskussairaala (HYKS) Mount Sinai Hospital (MSH) University of California Irvine Queen's University Lund University / Lunds universitet Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) Gentofte Hospital Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ) University of Queensland University of Utah Institut Curie Research Center in Epidemiology and Population Health / Centre de recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations (CESP) Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Galicia Sur Universitätsklinikum Köln Keck School of Medicine of USC Karolinska Institute Fox Chase Cancer Center Ospedale San Raffaele (früher: Centro San Raffaele del Monte Tabor Foundation) Leiden University Medical Center Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH) / Hannover Medical School University of Westminster University of Southampton Universität Leipzig University of Manchester Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela National Cancer Institute (NCI) Hospital Clínico San Carlos University College London (UCL) Erasmus University Medical Center (MC) Cancer Council Victoria Maastricht University Research Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology "Georgi D. Efremov" (RCGEB) Pomeranian Medical University / Pomorski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Szczecinie (PMU) Stanford University Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Oslo University Hospital / Oslo Universitetssykehus Rikshospitalet City of Hope Medical Center Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL) / Catholic University of Leuven Hospices Civils de Lyon (CHU) Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital (NKI / NKI-AVL) Vanderbilt University Medical Center Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institut für Klinische Pharmakologie University of Eastern Finland Fondazione IRCCS: Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori Melbourne School of Population and Global Health Södersjukhuset Moores Cancer Center Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute University of British Columbia Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Seoul National University (SNU) / 서울대학교 The University of Melbourne IFOM - FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine University of Rouen / Université de Rouen The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation (CARIF) / Cancer Research Malaysia (CRM) American Cancer Society Columbia University Odense Universitetshospital (OUH) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Mayo Clinic Ciber de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) Clalit Health Services Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro - Majadahonda General University Hospital of Larissa

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APA:

Zanti, M., O'Mahony, D.G., Parsons, M.T., Li, H., Dennis, J., Aittomäkkiki, K.,... Michailidou, K. (2023). A likelihood ratio approach for utilizing case-control data in the clinical classification of rare sequence variants: Application to BRCA1 and BRCA2. Human Mutation, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/9961341

MLA:

Zanti, Maria, et al. "A likelihood ratio approach for utilizing case-control data in the clinical classification of rare sequence variants: Application to BRCA1 and BRCA2." Human Mutation 2023 (2023).

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