Risk prediction models for endometrial cancer: Development and validation in an international consortium Journal Article


Authors: Shi, J.; Kraft, P.; Rosner, B. A.; Benavente, Y.; Black, A.; Brinton, L. A.; Chen, C.; Clarke, M. A.; Cook, L. S.; Costas, L.; Dal Maso, L.; Freudenheim, J. L.; Frias-Gomez, J.; Friedenreich, C. M.; Garcia-Closas, M.; Goodman, M. T.; Johnson, L.; La Vecchia, C.; Levi, F.; Lissowska, J.; Lu, L.; McCann, S. E.; Moysich, K. B.; Negri, E.; O'Connell, K.; Parazzini, F.; Petruzella, S.; Polesel, J.; Ponte, J.; Rebbeck, T. R.; Reynolds, P.; Ricceri, F.; Risch, H. A.; Sacerdote, C.; Setiawan, V. W.; Shu, X. O.; Spurdle, A. B.; Trabert, B.; Webb, P. M.; Wentzensen, N.; Wilkens, L. R.; Xu, W. H.; Yang, H. P.; Yu, H.; Du, M.; De Vivo, I.
Article Title: Risk prediction models for endometrial cancer: Development and validation in an international consortium
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Endometrial cancer risk stratification may help target interventions, screening, or prophylactic hysterectomy to mitigate the rising burden of this cancer. However, existing prediction models have been developed in select cohorts and have not considered genetic factors. METHODS: We developed endometrial cancer risk prediction models using data on postmenopausal White women aged 45-85 years from 19 case-control studies in the Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer Consortium (E2C2). Relative risk estimates for predictors were combined with age-specific endometrial cancer incidence rates and estimates for the underlying risk factor distribution. We externally validated the models in 3 cohorts: Nurses' Health Study (NHS), NHS II, and the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial. RESULTS: Area under the receiver operating characteristic curves for the epidemiologic model ranged from 0.64 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.62 to 0.67) to 0.69 (95% CI = 0.66 to 0.72). Improvements in discrimination from the addition of genetic factors were modest (no change in area under the receiver operating characteristic curves in NHS; PLCO = 0.64 to 0.66). The epidemiologic model was well calibrated in NHS II (overall expected-to-observed ratio [E/O] = 1.09, 95% CI = 0.98 to 1.22) and PLCO (overall E/O = 1.04, 95% CI = 0.95 to 1.13) but poorly calibrated in NHS (overall E/O = 0.55, 95% CI = 0.51 to 0.59). CONCLUSIONS: Using data from the largest, most heterogeneous study population to date (to our knowledge), prediction models based on epidemiologic factors alone successfully identified women at high risk of endometrial cancer. Genetic factors offered limited improvements in discrimination. Further work is needed to refine this tool for clinical or public health practice and expand these models to multiethnic populations. © The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press.
Keywords: genetics; endometrial neoplasms; ovarian neoplasms; incidence; risk factors; risk factor; ovary tumor; endometrium tumor; roc curve; receiver operating characteristic; humans; human; male; female
Journal Title: JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Volume: 115
Issue: 5
ISSN: 0027-8874
Publisher: Oxford University Press  
Date Published: 2023-05-01
Start Page: 552
End Page: 559
Language: English
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djad014
PUBMED: 36688725
PROVIDER: scopus
PMCID: PMC10165481
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Notes: Article -- MSK Cancer Center Support Grant (P30 CA008748) acknowledged in PubMed and PDF -- Export Date: 1 June 2023 -- Source: Scopus
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