Validation of the BOADICEA model in a prospective cohort of BRCA1/2 pathogenic variant carriers

Xin Yang, Thea M. Mooij, Goska Leslie, Lorenzo Ficorella, Nadine Andrieu, Karin Kast, Christian F. Singer, Anna Jakubowska, Carla H. van Gils, Yen Y. Tan, Christoph Engel, Muriel A. Adank, Christi J. van Asperen, Margreet G. E. M. Ausems, Pascaline Berthet, Margriet J. Collee, Jackie A. Cook, Jacqueline Eason, Karin Y. van Spaendonck-Zwarts, D. Gareth EvansEncarna B. Gómez-García, Helen Hanson, Louise Izatt, Zoe Kemp, Fiona Lalloo, Christine Lasset, Fabienne Lesueur, Hannah Musgrave, Sophie Nambot, Catherine Noguès, Jan C. Oosterwijk, Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet, Marc Tischkowitz, Vishakha Tripathi, Marijke R. Wevers, Emily Zhao, Flora E. van Leeuwen, Marjanka K. Schmidt, Douglas F. Easton, Matti A. Rookus, Antonis C. Antoniou

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Abstract

Background
No validation has been conducted for the BOADICEA multifactorial breast cancer risk prediction model specifically in BRCA1/2 pathogenic variant (PV) carriers to date. Here, we evaluated the performance of BOADICEA in predicting 5-year breast cancer risks in a prospective cohort of BRCA1/2 PV carriers ascertained through clinical genetic centres.

Methods
We evaluated the model calibration and discriminatory ability in the prospective TRANsIBCCS cohort study comprising 1614 BRCA1 and 1365 BRCA2 PV carriers (209 incident cases). Study participants had lifestyle, reproductive, hormonal, anthropometric risk factor information, a polygenic risk score based on 313 SNPs and family history information.

Results
The full multifactorial model considering family history together with all other risk factors was well calibrated overall (E/O=1.07, 95% CI: 0.92 to 1.24) and in quintiles of predicted risk. Discrimination was maximised when all risk factors were considered (Harrell’s C-index=0.70, 95% CI: 0.67 to 0.74; area under the curve=0.79, 95% CI: 0.76 to 0.82). The model performance was similar when evaluated separately in BRCA1 or BRCA2 PV carriers. The full model identified 5.8%, 12.9% and 24.0% of BRCA1/2 PV carriers with 5-year breast cancer risks of <1.65%, <3% and <5%, respectively, risk thresholds commonly used for different management and risk-reduction options.

Conclusion
BOADICEA may be used to aid personalised cancer risk management and decision-making for BRCA1 and BRCA2 PV carriers. It is implemented in the free-access CanRisk tool (https://www.canrisk.org/).
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Medical Genetics
Early online date4 Jun 2024
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 4 Jun 2024

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