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Published in final edited form as: Semin Radiat Oncol. 2015 May 15;25(4):281–291. doi: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2015.05.006

Table 2.

Number of SNPs needed to achieve an AUC of 0.75–0.95 assuming a low-penetrance polygenic distribution. Numbers in each cell are the mean (range) of 100 iterations. A) Using a SNP-only model B) Adding SNPs to an existing NTCP model.

A.
Incidence of late effects AUC
0.75 0.80 0.85 0.90 0.95
30% 71 (60,80) 118 (100,226) 214 (196,228) 397 (382,418) 977 (928,1012)

5% 59 (52,64) 98 (92,104) 159 (150,168) 269 (248,282) 557 (520,580)
B.
Incidence of late effects NTCP model AUC NTCP + SNP model AUC
0.75 0.80 0.85 0.90 0.95
30% 0.70 28 (22,36) 78 (72, 86) 171 (152, 180) 357 (325, 385) 928 (905, 970)
0.75 49 (40,62) 145 (125, 164) 335 (310, 348) 868 (835, 900)
0.80 75 (60, 90) 272 (256, 296) 821 (800, 855)

5% 0.70 24 (19, 28) 61 (52, 72) 118 (108, 126) 233 (224, 250) 529 (505–549)
0.75 36 (29, 43) 96 (82, 106) 211 (200, 224) 501 (475, 525)
0.80 53 (45, 61) 170 (165, 179) 460 (438, 478)