Browsing Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine by Subject "risk"
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The importance of ethnicity: Are breast cancer polygenic risk scores ready for women who are not of White European origin?
(Wiley, 2021-08-30)Polygenic risk scores (PRS) for disease risk stratification show great promise for application in general populations, but most are based on data from individuals of White European origin. We assessed two well validated ... -
The iPrevent Online Breast Cancer Risk Assessment and Risk Management Tool: Usability and Acceptability Testing.
(2018-11-07)BACKGROUND: iPrevent estimates breast cancer (BC) risk and provides tailored risk management information. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to assess the usability and acceptability of the iPrevent prototype. ... -
Predicting Diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease: A Risk Algorithm based on Primary Care presentations
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society, 2019-02-08)BACKGROUND: Diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD) is typically preceded by nonspecific presentations in primary care. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to develop and validate a prediction model for diagnosis ... -
Prediction of reader estimates of mammographic density using convolutional neural networks.
(Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, 2019-07)Mammographic density is an important risk factor for breast cancer. In recent research, percentage density assessed visually using visual analogue scales (VAS) showed stronger risk prediction than existing automated density ... -
The Role of Smoking Status in Making Risk-Informed Diagnostic Decisions in the Lung Cancer Pathway: A Qualitative Study of Health Care Professionals and Patients.
(2024-02)BACKGROUND: Lung cancer clinical guidelines and risk tools often rely on smoking history as a significant risk factor. However, never-smokers make up 14% of the lung cancer population, and this proportion is rising. ...