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Record W4406715268 · doi:10.1038/s41431-025-01785-1

Multi-locus inherited neoplasia alleles syndromes in cancer: implications for clinical practice

2025· review· en· W4406715268 on OpenAlexfundno aff
Jeanette Yuen, Siqin Zhou, Rebecca Caeser, Mallika Venkatramani, Diana Ishak, Shao-Tzu Li, Zewen Zhang, Jianbang Chiang, Sock Hoai Chan, Joanne Ngeow

Bibliographic record

VenueEuropean Journal of Human Genetics · 2025
Typereview
Languageen
FieldBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
TopicCancer Genomics and Diagnostics
Canadian institutionsnot available
FundersMedical Research CouncilNational Medical Research CouncilNational Research Foundation SingaporeTerry Fox FoundationNational Research FoundationNational Cancer Centre of Singapore
KeywordsAlleleCancerLocus (genetics)GenotypeGeneticsInternal medicineMedicineOncologyBiologyGene

Abstract

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The popularity of multi-gene testing has identified more families with two or more pathogenic variants (PV) in cancer predisposition genes, also known as 'MINAS' (multilocus inherited neoplasia alleles syndromes). They are at risk of suboptimal treatment and management as little on this topic is known. We conducted a systematic review of published MINAS cases within cancer predisposition genes to understand their association with more severe presentations. We analysed 413 MINAS carriers, which included 33 novel cases from the Cancer Genetics Service, National Cancer Centre Singapore. Statistical tests were conducted to assess association between carrier characteristics and the number PV identified. Results suggest that MINAS carriers have more malignancies (31.7% vs 21.5% vs 10.3% %; p < 0.001), a younger median age of first cancer diagnosis (40.0 vs. 44.0 vs. 49.0 years; p < 0.001) and an early onset of cancer (defined as <5% PV-associated cancer risk at age of diagnosis) (24.9% vs 7.7% vs 4.7%; p < 0.001) compared to monoallelic and non-carriers. We also studied the association of clinical characteristics by the dominant or recessive nature of PV harboured, where more dominant-dominant (D-D) carriers reported multiple malignancies (34.0%), compared to dominant-recessive (D-R) (23.9%) and recessive-recessive (R-R) carriers (20%;) (p = 0.051). Our findings suggest that MINAS carriers are prone to more and younger malignancies and the dominant or recessive nature of PV within double carriers can affect clinical presentation. We suggest a framework to guide management based on the dominant or recessive nature of PV within double PV carriers.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.013
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.063
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Review · Consensus signal: Review
Teacher disagreement score0.013
Threshold uncertainty score0.068

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0130.063
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0020.001
Bibliometrics0.0060.005
Science and technology studies0.0010.001
Scholarly communication0.0030.004
Open science0.0020.001
Research integrity0.0020.002
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0030.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.128
GPT teacher head0.456
Teacher spread0.327 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designNot applicable
Domainnot available
GenreReview

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Citations8
Published2025
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