penetrance: Methods for Penetrance Estimation in Family-Based Studies

Implements statistical methods for estimating disease penetrance in family-based studies. Penetrance refers to the probability of disease manifestation in individuals carrying specific genetic variants. The package provides tools for age-specific penetrance estimation, handling missing data, and accounting for ascertainment bias in family studies. Cite as: Kubista, N., Braun, D. & Parmigiani, G. (2025) <doi:10.1093/bioadv/vbaf154>.

Package details

AuthorSol Rosito [cre], Nicolas Kubista [aut], BayesMendel Lab [aut], Giovanni Parmigiani [aut], Danielle Braun [aut], Zaid Al-Ississ [aut], Alice Zhang [aut]
MaintainerSol Rosito <bmendel@jimmy.harvard.edu>
LicenseGPL-3
Version0.1.4
URL https://github.com/bayesmendel/penetrance
Package repositoryView on CRAN
Installation Install the latest version of this package by entering the following in R:
install.packages("penetrance")

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