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Record W4409175313 · doi:10.1101/2025.04.03.25325166

<i>APC</i> I1307K and clinical management: insights from UK Biobank association analysis of colorectal and other cancer risks in Ashkenazi and non-Ashkenazi whites

2025· preprint· en· W4409175313 on OpenAlexaff
Sophie Allen, Charlie F Rowlands, Andrew Latchford, Clare Turnbull, Laura Valle

Bibliographic record

VenuemedRxiv · 2025
Typepreprint
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
Canadian institutionsInstitute of Cancer Research
FundersAgencia Estatal de InvestigaciónInstituto de Salud Carlos IIICentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de CáncerAgència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de RecercaCancer Research UKGeneralitat de CatalunyaMinisterio de Ciencia e InnovaciónCentres de Recerca de Catalunya
KeywordsBiobankColorectal cancerMedicineAssociation (psychology)CancerOncologyGeneticsInternal medicinePsychologyBiology

Abstract

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ABSTRACT APC c.3920T>A; p.Ile1307Lys (I1307K), prevalent in individuals of Ashkenazi Jewish (AJ) origin, has been associated with a modestly increased colorectal cancer (CRC) risk. Clinical recommendations for I1307K heterozygotes vary across countries and expert groups, reflecting differences in population frequencies, modest risk estimates, and limited data in non-AJ individuals. We analyzed UK Biobank data comprising 466,315 individuals (8,727 with CRC), using genomic analysis to classify AJ and non-AJ ancestries. I1307K was identified in 7.1% of AJ and 0.08% of non-AJ white participants. No significant association with CRC was observed in AJ (OR: 0.71; 95%CI: 0.17–2.95) or non-AJ white individuals (OR: 1.05; 95%CI: 0.50– 2.22). The previously established OR of 1.7–1.8 for AJ individuals lies within our 95% CI, indicating underpowered results due to limited CRC cases. No significant associations were detected for other cancers. Unbiased, adequately powered CRC case-control studies in non-AJ populations would require cohorts far larger than current resources for feasible analysis. Clinical actionability of I1307K should prioritize risk stratification based on overall CRC risk and ancestry-dependent variant detection rates. However, management strategies need not differ by ancestry once a carrier is identified, as the biological impact of I1307K should be consistent across populations.

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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)0.002
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.009
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.020
Threshold uncertainty score0.039

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0020.009
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.002
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0010.000
Open science0.0000.001
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

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 head0.029
GPT teacher head0.343
Teacher spread0.315 · 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 designObservational
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

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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