Key result
Adding a polygenic risk score to the MIRAI 5-year breast cancer risk model did not significantly improve discriminatory accuracy or overall calibration compared to the MIRAI model alone.
Why the study?
A breast cancer polygenic risk score is associated with increased risk and may improve the 5-year breast cancer risk prediction of the MIRAI deep learning mammogram model.
Does adding a breast cancer polygenic risk score to the MIRAI AI model improve 5-year risk prediction for overall and invasive breast cancer in women without prior breast cancer?
Cohort (n=12,307)
Does adding a breast cancer polygenic risk score to the MIRAI AI model improve 5-year risk prediction for overall and invasive breast cancer in women without prior breast cancer?
Adding a polygenic risk score to the MIRAI AI model does not significantly improve overall discriminatory accuracy or calibration for 5-year breast cancer risk prediction.
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Should not integrate PRS with MIRAI for breast cancer risk prediction; challenges expected incremental value of polygenic integration in AI models.
Artificial intelligence (AI)-scores estimated from digital mammograms predict future breast cancer (BC) risk. MIRAI is a deep learning BC risk model that provides a continuous 5-year risk of overall BC from four screening full field digital mammograms. Common germline genetic variation in the form of a polygenic risk score (BC-PRS) is associated with increased BC risk and may improve MIRAI’s 5-year risk prediction. Our goal was to develop an updated MIRAI 5-year risk model that incorporates the BC-PRS (MIRAI+PRS) and to evaluate its discriminatory accuracy and calibration for both overall and invasive BC compared to MIRAI alone. We developed the MIRAI+PRS model by multiplying each woman’s 5-year MIRAI risk estimate by their relative risk based on their BC-PRS relative to the population mean. We evaluated the models within the Mayo Clinic Biobank mammography cohort, comprised of 12,307 women without a prior history of BC; 176 invasive and 250 overall BC were diagnosed within 5 years. MIRAI was estimated on screening mammograms closest to enrollment but at least 6 months prior to BC. Discriminatory accuracy, assessed by C-statistic, was high and similar for MIRAI+PRS vs. MIRAI models, for overall BC and invasive BC (Table). Calibration assessed by observed to expected (O/E) ratios was also similar for MIRAI+PRS compared to MIRAI predictions for BC outcomes (Table), although there was improvement in decile-specific O/E ratios across the lowest risk deciles (<1.67%) for MIRAI+PRS. Calibration for invasive cancer was poor for MIRAI with or without PRS. In summary, the MIRAI+PRS risk model did not result in significant difference of discriminatory accuracy or overall calibration compared to the MIRAI model, but there was evidence for improved calibration for women with 5-year risk below 1.67%. For invasive BC, the model had poor calibration regardless of whether PRS was included, underscoring the importance of training AI models for BC outcomes that are associated with a clinical intervention. Citation Format: Christopher G. Scott, Peter Kraft, Imon Banerjee, Ramon Correa Medero, Aaron D. Norman, Fergus J. Couch, Karla Kerlikowske, Stacey J. Winham, Celine M. Vachon. Development and evaluation of a MIRAI 5-year risk model with a breast cancer polygenic risk score [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2026; Part 1 (Regular Abstracts); 2026 Apr 17-22; San Diego, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2026;86(7 Suppl):Abstract nr 2779.
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Scott et al. (2026) conducted a cohort in Breast cancer (n=12,307). MIRAI+PRS risk model vs. MIRAI model alone was evaluated on Discriminatory accuracy and calibration for overall and invasive breast cancer. Adding a polygenic risk score to the MIRAI 5-year breast cancer risk model did not significantly improve discriminatory accuracy or overall calibration compared to the MIRAI model alone.
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