Individualized Risk Estimates From Population Data: Should We Stop Creating Models and Start Engaging Patients?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2017.02.002
Abstract: The creation and use of disease-specific risk models to assign prognosis and predict outcomes for individual patients has pervaded health services research in the last decade. Development of such models has been driven by the… read more here.
Keywords: medicine; risk estimates; risk; model ... See more keywords
Comparative risk estimates of an expanded list of PAHs from community and source-influenced air sampling.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126680
Abstract: There are few ambient air measurements of extended lists of carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (cPAHs); which are pollutants useful in source identification and significant contributors to cumulative inhalation cancer potency. We present findings from a… read more here.
Keywords: risk estimates; air sampling; source; air ... See more keywords
Psychological impact of providing women with personalised 10-year breast cancer risk estimates
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DOI: 10.1038/s41416-018-0069-y
Abstract: BackgroundThe Predicting Risk of Cancer at Screening (PROCAS) study estimated 10-year breast cancer risk for 53,596 women attending NHS Breast Screening Programme. The present study, nested within the PROCAS study, aimed to assess the psychological… read more here.
Keywords: risk estimates; risk; breast cancer; cancer risk ... See more keywords
Residual risk estimates of transfusion transmissible hepatitis B, hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency virus using nucleic acid testing yield/window period model in an Indian setting
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DOI: 10.1111/tme.12923
Abstract: Estimation of residual risk (RR) is necessary to understand status of blood safety with current testing strategies and need to improve it further. These estimates from India are lacking till date. Present study was aimed… read more here.
Keywords: estimates transfusion; risk estimates; hepatitis; residual risk ... See more keywords
It Matters to Whom You Compare Yourself: The Case of Unrealistic Optimism and Gender-Specific Comparisons
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DOI: 10.1177/15579883231152154
Abstract: Unrealistic Optimism (UO) appears when comparing participants’ risk estimates for themselves with an average peer, which typically results in lower risk estimates for the self. This article reports nuanced effects when comparison varies in terms… read more here.
Keywords: risk estimates; matters compare; unrealistic optimism; gender ... See more keywords
Impact of a breast cancer (BC) polygenic risk score (PRS) on the decision to take preventive endocrine therapy (ET): The Genetic Risk Estimate (GENRE) trial.
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DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.15_suppl.1501
Abstract: 1501 Background: Despite BC risk reduction of 50-65% by preventive endocrine therapy (ET), very few at-risk women choose to take them. A woman’s perceived BC risk correlates with uptake of ET. A PRS comprised of… read more here.
Keywords: intent take; risk; risk estimates; preventive endocrine ... See more keywords
Association between shift rotation and 30-year Framingham risk of cardiovascular disease among male workers in a medium-sized manufacturing factory
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DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2021-0278
Abstract: Rotating shift work is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). This study compared the CVD risk score in 129 male line workers aged 22–49 years on different shifts in a medium-sized metal… read more here.
Keywords: cvd risk; risk estimates; rotation; risk ... See more keywords
Personalised Risk Prediction in Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer: A Protocol for a Multi-Centre Randomised Controlled Trial
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DOI: 10.3390/cancers14112716
Abstract: Simple Summary Women with disease-causing gene changes (faults/mutations) in BRCA1, BRCA2, PALB2, CHEK2 and ATM are at an increased risk of developing certain types of cancer—specifically breast (all genes) and epithelial ovarian cancer (only BRCA1,… read more here.
Keywords: personalised risk; risk estimates; breast; brca1 brca2 ... See more keywords