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Etzioni R, Gulati R, Patriotis C, Rutter C, Zheng Y, Srivastava S, Feng Z. Revisiting the standard blueprint for biomarker development to address emerging cancer early detection technologies. J Natl Cancer Inst 2024; 116:189-193. [PMID: 37941446 PMCID: PMC10852609 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djad227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Revised: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023] Open
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Novel liquid biopsy technologies are creating a watershed moment in cancer early detection. Evidence supporting population screening is nascent, but a rush to market the new tests is prompting cancer early detection researchers to revisit the standard blueprint that the Early Detection Research Network established to evaluate novel screening biomarkers. In this commentary, we review the Early Detection Research Network's Phases of Biomarker Development (PBD) for rigorous evaluation of novel early detection biomarkers and discuss both hazards and opportunities involved in expedited evaluation. According to the PBD, for a biomarker-based test to be considered for population screening, 1) test sensitivity in a prospective screening setting must be adequate, 2) the shift to early curable stages must be meaningful, and 3) any stage shift must translate into clinically significant mortality benefit. In the past, determining mortality benefit has required lengthy randomized screening trials, but interest is growing in expedited trial designs with shorter-term endpoints. Whether and how best to use such endpoints in a manner that retains the rigor of the PBD remains to be determined. We discuss how computational disease modeling can be harnessed to learn about screening impact and meet the needs of the moment.
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- Ruth Etzioni
- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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Khan F, Coyle D, Thavorn K, van Katwyk S, Tritschler T, Hutton B, Le Gal G, Rodger MA, Fergusson DA. Indefinite Anticoagulant Therapy for First Unprovoked Venous Thromboembolism : A Cost-Effectiveness Study. Ann Intern Med 2023. [PMID: 37364263 DOI: 10.7326/m22-3559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/28/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Clinical practice guidelines recommend indefinite anticoagulation for a first unprovoked venous thromboembolism (VTE). OBJECTIVE To estimate the benefit-harm tradeoffs of indefinite anticoagulation in patients with a first unprovoked VTE. DESIGN Markov modeling study. DATA SOURCES Systematic reviews and meta-analyses for the long-term risks and case-fatality rates of recurrent VTE and major bleeding. Published literature for costs, quality of life, and other clinical events. TARGET POPULATION Patients with a first unprovoked VTE who have completed 3 to 6 months of initial anticoagulant treatment. TIME HORIZON Lifetime. PERSPECTIVE Canadian health care public payer. INTERVENTION Indefinite anticoagulation with direct oral anticoagulants. OUTCOME MEASURES Recurrent VTE events, major bleeding events, costs in 2022 Canadian dollars (CAD), and quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs). RESULTS OF BASE-CASE ANALYSIS When compared with discontinuing anticoagulation after initial treatment in a hypothetical cohort of 1000 patients aged 55 years, indefinite anticoagulation prevented 368 recurrent VTE events, which included 14 fatal pulmonary emboli, but induced an additional 114 major bleeding events, which included 30 intracranial hemorrhages and 11 deaths from bleeding. Indefinite anticoagulation cost CAD $16 014 more per person and did not increase QALYs (-0.075 per person). RESULTS OF SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS Model results were most sensitive to the case-fatality rate of major bleeding and the annual risk for major bleeding during extended anticoagulation. LIMITATION The model assumed that risks for recurrent VTE and major bleeding measured in clinical trials at 1 year remained constant during extended anticoagulation. CONCLUSION Clinicians should use shared decision making to incorporate individual patient preferences and values when considering treatment duration for unprovoked VTE. PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
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- Faizan Khan
- O'Brien Institute for Public Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (F.K.)
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- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (D.C.)
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- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa; and Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (K.T.)
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- Department of General Internal Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland (T.T.)
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- Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (B.H.)
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- Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; and Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (G.L.G.)
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- Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada (M.A.R.)
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- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa; Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; and Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (D.A.F.)
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Shih YCT, Sabik LM, Stout NK, Halpern MT, Lipscomb J, Ramsey S, Ritzwoller DP. Health Economics Research in Cancer Screening: Research Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Directions. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr 2022; 2022:42-50. [PMID: 35788368 PMCID: PMC9255920 DOI: 10.1093/jncimonographs/lgac008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 03/03/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Cancer screening has long been considered a worthy public health investment. Health economics offers the theoretical foundation and research methodology to understand the demand- and supply-side factors associated with screening and evaluate screening-related policies and interventions. This article provides an overview of health economic theories and methods related to cancer screening and discusses opportunities for future research. We review 2 academic disciplines most relevant to health economics research in cancer screening: applied microeconomics and decision science. We consider 3 emerging topics: cancer screening policies in national as well as local contexts, "choosing wisely" screening practices, and targeted screening efforts for vulnerable subpopulations. We also discuss the strengths and weaknesses of available data sources and opportunities for methodological research and training. Recommendations to strengthen research infrastructure include developing novel data linkage strategies, increasing access to electronic health records, establishing curriculum and training programs, promoting multidisciplinary collaborations, and enhancing research funding opportunities.
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- Ya-Chen Tina Shih
- Section of Cancer Economics and Policy, Department of Health Services Research, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Healthcare Delivery Research Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health, and the Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Hutchinson Institute for Cancer Outcomes Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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Cadham CJ, Knoll M, Sánchez-Romero LM, Cummings KM, Douglas CE, Liber A, Mendez D, Meza R, Mistry R, Sertkaya A, Travis N, Levy DT. The Use of Expert Elicitation among Computational Modeling Studies in Health Research: A Systematic Review. Med Decis Making 2022; 42:684-703. [PMID: 34694168 PMCID: PMC9035479 DOI: 10.1177/0272989x211053794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Expert elicitation (EE) has been used across disciplines to estimate input parameters for computational modeling research when information is sparse or conflictual. OBJECTIVES We conducted a systematic review to compare EE methods used to generate model input parameters in health research. DATA SOURCES PubMed and Web of Science. STUDY ELIGIBILITY Modeling studies that reported the use of EE as the source for model input probabilities were included if they were published in English before June 2021 and reported health outcomes. DATA ABSTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS Studies were classified as "formal" EE methods if they explicitly reported details of their elicitation process. Those that stated use of expert opinion but provided limited information were classified as "indeterminate" methods. In both groups, we abstracted citation details, study design, modeling methodology, a description of elicited parameters, and elicitation methods. Comparisons were made between elicitation methods. STUDY APPRAISAL Studies that conducted a formal EE were appraised on the reporting quality of the EE. Quality appraisal was not conducted for studies of indeterminate methods. RESULTS The search identified 1520 articles, of which 152 were included. Of the included studies, 40 were classified as formal EE and 112 as indeterminate methods. Most studies were cost-effectiveness analyses (77.6%). Forty-seven indeterminate method studies provided no information on methods for generating estimates. Among formal EEs, the average reporting quality score was 9 out of 16. LIMITATIONS Elicitations on nonhealth topics and those reported in the gray literature were not included. CONCLUSIONS We found poor reporting of EE methods used in modeling studies, making it difficult to discern meaningful differences in approaches. Improved quality standards for EEs would improve the validity and replicability of computational models. HIGHLIGHTS We find extensive use of expert elicitation for the development of model input parameters, but most studies do not provide adequate details of their elicitation methods.Lack of reporting hinders greater discussion of the merits and challenges of using expert elicitation for model input parameter development.There is a need to establish expert elicitation best practices and reporting guidelines.
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- Christopher J Cadham
- Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Georgetown University, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- University of Michigan, Tobacco Research Network, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Georgetown University, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Georgetown University, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- Georgetown University, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, DC, USA
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Benefits and harms of annual, biennial, or triennial breast cancer mammography screening for women at average risk of breast cancer: a systematic review for the European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer (ECIBC). Br J Cancer 2022; 126:673-688. [PMID: 34837076 PMCID: PMC8854566 DOI: 10.1038/s41416-021-01521-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2020] [Revised: 06/20/2021] [Accepted: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Although mammography screening is recommended in most European countries, the balance between the benefits and harms of different screening intervals is still a matter of debate. This review informed the European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer (BC) recommendations. METHODS We searched PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library to identify RCTs, observational or modelling studies, comparing desirable (BC deaths averted, QALYs, BC stage, interval cancer) and undesirable (overdiagnosis, false positive related, radiation related) effects from annual, biennial, or triennial mammography screening in women of average risk for BC. We assessed the certainty of the evidence using the GRADE approach. RESULTS We included one RCT, 13 observational, and 11 modelling studies. In women 50-69, annual compared to biennial screening may have small additional benefits but an important increase in false positive results; triennial compared to biennial screening may have smaller benefits while avoiding some harms. In younger women (aged 45-49), annual compared to biennial screening had a smaller gain in benefits and larger harms, showing a less favourable balance in this age group than in women 50-69. In women 70-74, there were fewer additional harms and similar benefits with shorter screening intervals. The overall certainty of the evidence for each of these comparisons was very low. CONCLUSIONS In women of average BC risk, screening intervals have different trade-offs for each age group. The balance probably favours biennial screening in women 50-69. In younger women, annual screening may have a less favourable balance, while in women aged 70-74 years longer screening intervals may be more favourable.
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Han L, Zeng L, Duan Y, Chen K, Yu J, Li H, Yi Q, Li Y, Zhang L. Improving the Applicability and Feasibility of Clinical Practice Guidelines in Primary Care: Recommendations for Guideline Development and Implementation. Risk Manag Healthc Policy 2021; 14:3473-3482. [PMID: 34456594 PMCID: PMC8390795 DOI: 10.2147/rmhp.s311254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Objective To give recommendations for the development of primary care clinical practice guideline (CPG) to improve applicability and feasibility of primary care CPGs in China. Design A two-round Delphi survey. Methods A two-round Delphi survey including guideline development methodologists and clinical practitioners from six countries was conducted. In round one, participants were asked to raise special considerations for the development of primary care CPGs through open-ended questions. In round two, participants were asked to rate the level of agreement on each recommendation item generated by round one and to raise additional recommendations. Opinions from participants were reviewed by thematic analysis. Integrated results from the Delphi survey were validated by participants. Results The necessity of developing recommendations for the development of primary care CPGs were consistently recognized by participants. The main recommendations of guideline development were generated as follows: (1) considering the context of primary care institutions and the applicability of existing guidelines for primary care in planning guideline; (2) involving primary care practitioners and patients in guideline groups; (3) considering the variation of health-care resources between primary care settings when developing recommendations; (4) presenting the difference of recommendations between primary care CPG and general CPG; (5) implementing more active education and training; and (6) considering the changing of primary care medical resource when updating guideline. Conclusion In this study, we present recommendations to inform the development of clinical practice guidelines in primary care settings. Next steps will include merging these recommendations with general guideline development methods to inform the development of guidelines for primary care.
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- Lu Han
- Department of Pharmacy/Evidence-Based Pharmacy Center, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy/Evidence-Based Pharmacy Center, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- Chinese Evidence-Based Medicine Centre/Chinese Cochrane Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- West China Hospital Institute of Management, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy/Evidence-Based Pharmacy Center, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- Chinese Evidence-Based Medicine Centre/Chinese Cochrane Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy/Evidence-Based Pharmacy Center, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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In recommending and offering screening, health services make a health claim ('it's good for you'). This article considers ethical aspects of establishing the case for cancer screening, building a service programme, monitoring its operation, improving its quality and integrating it with medical progress. The value of (first) screening is derived as a function of key parameters: prevalence of the target lesion in the detectable pre-clinical phase, the validity of the test and the respective net utilities or values attributed to four health states-true positives, false positives, false negatives and true negatives. Decision makers as diverse as public regulatory agencies, medical associations, health insurance funds or individual screenees can legitimately come up with different values even when presented with the same evidence base. The main intended benefit of screening is the reduction of cause-specific mortality. All-cause mortality is not measurably affected. Overdiagnosis and false-positive tests with their sequelae are the main harms. Harms and benefits accrue to distinct individuals. Hence the health claim is an invitation to a lottery with benefits for few and harms to many, a violation of the non-maleficence principle. While a public decision maker may still propose a justified screening programme, respect for individual rights and values requires preference-sensitive, autonomy-enhancing educational materials-even at the expense of programme effectiveness. Opt-in recommendations and more 'consumer-oriented' qualitative research are needed.
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- Bernt-Peter Robra
- Institute for Social Medicine and Health Services Research, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, D-39140, Magdeburg, Germany.
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Yeh JM, Lowry KP, Schechter CB, Diller LR, Alagoz O, Armstrong GT, Hampton JM, Leisenring W, Liu Q, Mandelblatt JS, Miglioretti DL, Moskowitz CS, Oeffinger KC, Trentham-Dietz A, Stout NK. Clinical Benefits, Harms, and Cost-Effectiveness of Breast Cancer Screening for Survivors of Childhood Cancer Treated With Chest Radiation : A Comparative Modeling Study. Ann Intern Med 2020; 173:331-341. [PMID: 32628531 PMCID: PMC7510774 DOI: 10.7326/m19-3481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Surveillance with annual mammography and breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is recommended for female survivors of childhood cancer treated with chest radiation, yet benefits, harms, and costs are uncertain. OBJECTIVE To compare the benefits, harms, and cost-effectiveness of breast cancer screening strategies in childhood cancer survivors. DESIGN Collaborative simulation modeling using 2 Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network breast cancer models. DATA SOURCES Childhood Cancer Survivor Study and published data. TARGET POPULATION Women aged 20 years with a history of chest radiotherapy. TIME HORIZON Lifetime. PERSPECTIVE Payer. INTERVENTION Annual MRI with or without mammography, starting at age 25, 30, or 35 years. OUTCOME MEASURES Breast cancer deaths averted, false-positive screening results, benign biopsy results, and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs). RESULTS OF BASE-CASE ANALYSIS Lifetime breast cancer mortality risk without screening was 10% to 11% across models. Compared with no screening, starting at age 25 years, annual mammography with MRI averted the most deaths (56% to 71%) and annual MRI (without mammography) averted 56% to 62%. Both strategies had the most screening tests, false-positive screening results, and benign biopsy results. For an ICER threshold of less than $100 000 per quality-adjusted life-year gained, screening beginning at age 30 years was preferred. RESULTS OF SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS Assuming lower screening performance, the benefit of adding mammography to MRI increased in both models, although the conclusions about preferred starting age remained unchanged. LIMITATION Elevated breast cancer risk was based on survivors diagnosed with childhood cancer between 1970 and 1986. CONCLUSION Early initiation (at ages 25 to 30 years) of annual breast cancer screening with MRI, with or without mammography, might reduce breast cancer mortality by half or more in survivors of childhood cancer. PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE American Cancer Society and National Institutes of Health.
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- Jennifer M. Yeh
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
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- University of Washington, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, 825 Eastlake Ave. E., Seattle, WA 98109
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- Department of Family and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Block Building 406, Bronx, NY 10461
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- Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
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- University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1513 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Pl, Memphis, TN 38105
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- University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, 610 Walnut Street, WARF Room 307, Madison, WI 53726
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave. N., Seattle, WA, 98109
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- University of Alberta, 11405 87th Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 1C9
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- Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, 3300 Whitehaven Street Northwest, Suite 4100, Washington, DC 20007
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California Davis School of Medicine, One Shields Avenue, Med-Sci 1C, Room 145, Davis, CA 95616
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 485 Lexington Ave, 2nd floor, NY, NY 10017
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- University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, 610 Walnut Street, WARF Room 307, Madison, WI 53726
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Landmark Center, 401 Park Drive, Suite 401, Boston, MA 02215
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Broide E, Eindor-Abarbanel A, Shirin H, Richter V, Matalon S, Leshno M. Is administration of proton pump inhibitors in functional dyspepsia worth the risk of developing gastric cancer: a Markov model to bridge the gap between scientific evidence and clinical practice. BMJ Open 2020; 10:e031091. [PMID: 32051298 PMCID: PMC7045183 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To formulate a decision analysis model based on recently published data that addresses the dilemma, whether improvement in quality of life rationalises continued proton pump inhibitors (PPI) use despite the risk of gastric cancer (GC) in patients with functional dyspepsia (FD). DESIGN A Markov model consisting of an initial decision regarding treatment with PPI (denoting it by PPI strategy) or any other treatment without PPI (denoting it by placebo strategy) was designed. DATA SOURCES Data from prospective cross-sectional studies indicating risk stratification for GC after the use of PPI, combined with a Markov model that comprised the following states: Live, GC stages 1-4, Death. OUTCOME MEASURES The primary outputs included quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and life expectancy (LE). The improvement in utility in FD without PPI as compared with PPI use was tested (PPI vs placebo strategies). Sensitivity analyses were performed to evaluate the robustness of the model and address uncertainty in the estimation of model parameters. SETTING We considered only patients whose symptoms were relieved with PPIs and thus, had a better quality of life compared with patients who did not receive PPIs. RESULTS The base case model showed that PPIs compared with placebo decreased LE by 58.4 days with a gain of 2.1 QALY. If utility (quality of life of patients with FD using PPI compared with patients with FD without PPI) improved by more than 0.8%, PPI use is considered better than placebo. Older patients benefited less from PPI treatment than did younger patients. CONCLUSION To bridge the gap between evidence and decision making, we found that even a small improvement in the QALY justified continuing PPI treatment.
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- Efrat Broide
- The Kamila Gonczarowski Institute of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shamir Medical Center (Assaf Harofeh Medical), Zerifin, Israel
- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The Kamila Gonczarowski Institute of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shamir Medical Center (Assaf Harofeh Medical), Zerifin, Israel
- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The Kamila Gonczarowski Institute of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shamir Medical Center (Assaf Harofeh Medical), Zerifin, Israel
- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The Kamila Gonczarowski Institute of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shamir Medical Center (Assaf Harofeh Medical), Zerifin, Israel
- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The Kamila Gonczarowski Institute of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shamir Medical Center (Assaf Harofeh Medical), Zerifin, Israel
- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Chow EJ, Ness KK, Armstrong GT, Bhakta N, Yeh JM, Bhatia S, Landier W, Constine LS, Hudson MM, Nathan PC. Current and coming challenges in the management of the survivorship population. Semin Oncol 2020; 47:23-39. [PMID: 32197774 PMCID: PMC7227387 DOI: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2020.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2019] [Revised: 02/11/2020] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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With the widespread adoption of multimodality treatment, 5-year survival of children diagnosed with cancer has improved dramatically in the past several decades from approximately 60% in 1970 to greater than 85% currently. As a result, there are an estimated nearly half a million long-term survivors of childhood cancer living in the United States today. However, survivors have, on average, significantly greater serious medical and psychosocial late effects compared with the general population. In this review, we will discuss the current epidemiology of childhood cancer survivorship, including new methods to estimate the burden of late effects and genetic susceptibility toward late effects. We will also review the development of surveillance guidelines for childhood cancer survivors and early toxicity signals from novel agents now being tested and used increasingly to treat pediatric and adult cancers. We conclude with an overview of current models of survivorship care and areas for future research.
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- Eric J Chow
- Division of Clinical Research and Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Global Pediatric Medicine, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Institute for Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Institute for Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Qaseem A, Crandall CJ, Mustafa RA, Hicks LA, Wilt TJ, Forciea MA, Fitterman N, Horwitch CA, Kansagara D, Maroto M, McLean RM, Roa J, Tufte J. Screening for Colorectal Cancer in Asymptomatic Average-Risk Adults: A Guidance Statement From the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med 2019; 171:643-654. [PMID: 31683290 PMCID: PMC8152103 DOI: 10.7326/m19-0642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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DESCRIPTION The purpose of this guidance statement is to guide clinicians on colorectal cancer screening in average-risk adults. METHODS This guidance statement is derived from a critical appraisal of guidelines on screening for colorectal cancer in average-risk adults and the evidence presented in these guidelines. National guidelines published in English between 1 June 2014 and 28 May 2018 in the National Guideline Clearinghouse or Guidelines International Network library were included. The authors also included 3 guidelines commonly used in clinical practice. Web sites were searched for guideline updates in December 2018. The AGREE II (Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II) instrument was used to evaluate the quality of guidelines. TARGET AUDIENCE AND PATIENT POPULATION The target audience is all clinicians, and the target patient population is adults at average risk for colorectal cancer. GUIDANCE STATEMENT 1 Clinicians should screen for colorectal cancer in average-risk adults between the ages of 50 and 75 years. GUIDANCE STATEMENT 2 Clinicians should select the colorectal cancer screening test with the patient on the basis of a discussion of benefits, harms, costs, availability, frequency, and patient preferences. Suggested screening tests and intervals are fecal immunochemical testing or high-sensitivity guaiac-based fecal occult blood testing every 2 years, colonoscopy every 10 years, or flexible sigmoidoscopy every 10 years plus fecal immunochemical testing every 2 years. GUIDANCE STATEMENT 3 Clinicians should discontinue screening for colorectal cancer in average-risk adults older than 75 years or in adults with a life expectancy of 10 years or less.
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- Amir Qaseem
- American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (A.Q.)
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- David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (C.J.C.)
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- University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas (R.A.M.)
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia (L.A.H.)
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- Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota (T.J.W.)
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Habbema D. Statistical analysis and decision making in cancer screening. Eur J Epidemiol 2018; 33:433-435. [PMID: 29754214 PMCID: PMC5968047 DOI: 10.1007/s10654-018-0406-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 05/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Dik Habbema
- Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Mandelblatt JS, Near AM, Miglioretti DL, Munoz D, Sprague BL, Trentham-Dietz A, Gangnon R, Kurian AW, Weedon-Fekjaer H, Cronin KA, Plevritis SK. Common Model Inputs Used in CISNET Collaborative Breast Cancer Modeling. Med Decis Making 2018; 38:9S-23S. [PMID: 29554466 PMCID: PMC5862072 DOI: 10.1177/0272989x17700624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Since their inception in 2000, the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Network (CISNET) breast cancer models have collaborated to use a nationally representative core of common input parameters to represent key components of breast cancer control in each model. Employment of common inputs permits greater ability to compare model output than when each model begins with different input parameters. The use of common inputs also enhances inferences about the results, and provides a range of reasonable results based on variations in model structure, assumptions, and methods of use of the input values. The common input data are updated for each analysis to ensure that they reflect the most current practice and knowledge about breast cancer. The common core of parameters includes population rates of births and deaths; age- and cohort-specific temporal rates of breast cancer incidence in the absence of screening and treatment; effects of risk factors on incidence trends; dissemination of plain film and digital mammography; screening test performance characteristics; stage or size distribution of screen-, interval-, and clinically- detected tumors by age; the joint distribution of ER/HER2 by age and stage; survival in the absence of screening and treatment by stage and molecular subtype; age-, stage-, and molecular subtype-specific therapy; dissemination and effectiveness of therapies over time; and competing non-breast cancer mortality. METHOD AND RESULTS In this paper, we summarize the methods and results for the common input values presently used in the CISNET breast cancer models, note assumptions made because of unobservable phenomena and/or unavailable data, and highlight plans for the development of future parameters. CONCLUSION These data are intended to enhance the transparency of the breast CISNET models.
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- Jeanne S Mandelblatt
- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center and Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Georgetown-Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center and Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Georgetown-Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, UC Davis School of Medicine, Davis, California, USA and Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA and Group Health Research Institute, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Departments of Biomedical Informatics and Radiology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
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- Department of Population Health Sciences and Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Population Health Sciences and Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics and Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Departments of Medicine and Health Research & Policy, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Oslo Center for Biostatistics and Epidemiology [OCBE], Research Support Services, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Surveillance Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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Ferket BS, Oxman JM, Iribarne A, Gelijns AC, Moskowitz AJ. Cost-effectiveness analysis in cardiac surgery: A review of its concepts and methodologies. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2018; 155:1671-1681.e11. [PMID: 29338858 PMCID: PMC6497446 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2017] [Revised: 10/31/2017] [Accepted: 11/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Bart S Ferket
- Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY; Institute for Healthcare Delivery Science, Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
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- Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Section of Cardiac Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH; The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH
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- Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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Petitti DB, Lin JS, Owens DK, Croswell JM, Feuer EJ. Collaborative Modeling: Experience of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Am J Prev Med 2018; 54:S53-S62. [PMID: 29254526 DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2017.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2017] [Revised: 06/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Models can be valuable tools to address uncertainty, trade-offs, and preferences when trying to understand the effects of interventions. Availability of results from two or more independently developed models that examine the same question (comparative modeling) allows systematic exploration of differences between models and the effect of these differences on model findings. Guideline groups sometimes commission comparative modeling to support their recommendation process. In this commissioned collaborative modeling, modelers work with the people who are developing a recommendation or policy not only to define the questions to be addressed but ideally, work side-by-side with each other and with systematic reviewers to standardize selected inputs and incorporate selected common assumptions. This paper describes the use of commissioned collaborative modeling by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), highlighting the general challenges and opportunities encountered and specific challenges for some topics. It delineates other approaches to use modeling to support evidence-based recommendations and the many strengths of collaborative modeling compared with other approaches. Unlike systematic reviews prepared for the USPSTF, the commissioned collaborative modeling reports used by the USPSTF in making recommendations about screening have not been required to follow a common format, sometimes making it challenging to understand key model features. This paper presents a checklist developed to critically appraise commissioned collaborative modeling reports about cancer screening topics prepared for the USPSTF.
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- Diana B Petitti
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine-Phoenix, University of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona.
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- Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, Oregon
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- VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California; Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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Wentzensen N, Clarke MA. From clinical epidemiology to practice recommendations: Knowledge gaps and uncertainty in the management of anal precancers. Cancer 2017; 123:4530-4534. [PMID: 28949415 PMCID: PMC8771459 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.31033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2017] [Revised: 08/25/2017] [Accepted: 09/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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We discuss the existing data on anal precancers and demonstrate the impact of evidence gaps and uncertainty on a clinical decision model developed to provide clinical guidance for management of anal precancers.
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- Nicolas Wentzensen
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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Supporting breast cancer decisions using formalized guidelines and experts decision patterns: initial prototype and evaluation. Health Inf Sci Syst 2017; 5:12. [PMID: 29142742 DOI: 10.1007/s13755-017-0035-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Transparent decisions and its documentation of breast cancer patients' therapy are getting more important especially since modern therapeutic approaches favor personalized forms of treatment. The medical decisions for a treatment are very complex, because there are rules and different options for each patient. To support the decision process, we analyzed the current decision rules and implemented them in a prototype of a rule-based expert system. Thus, this system shall support the quality assurance regarding transparent documentation of individualized therapeutic decisions. For evaluating the system, we used data from a state tumor center and compared the decisions suggested by our system with expert ones. The system and the expert approach will be compared with each other as well as the differences in the treatment decisions. The first preliminary results show us that the human factor-like must be considered by creating a decision support system. The prototype delivers first results, which are restricted, but the results are promising for further developments.
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van Giessen A, de Wit GA, Moons KGM, Dorresteijn JAN, Koffijberg H. An alternative approach identified optimal risk thresholds for treatment indication: an illustration in coronary heart disease. J Clin Epidemiol 2017; 94:122-131. [PMID: 28986242 DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2016] [Revised: 07/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/22/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Treatment thresholds based on risk predictions can be optimized by considering various health (economic) outcomes and performing marginal analyses, but this is rarely performed. We demonstrate a general approach to identify treatment thresholds optimizing individual health (economic) outcomes, illustrated for statin treatment based on 10-year coronary heart disease (CHD) risk predicted by the Framingham risk score. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING Creating a health economic model for a risk-based prevention strategy, risk thresholds can be evaluated on several outcomes of interest. Selecting an appropriate threshold range and decrement size for the thresholds and adapting the health economic model accordingly, outcomes can be calculated for each risk threshold. A stepwise, or marginal, comparison of clinical as well as health economic outcomes, that is, comparing outcomes using a specific threshold to outcomes of the former threshold while gradually lowering the threshold, then takes into account the balance between additional numbers of individuals treated and their outcomes (additional health effects and costs). In our illustration, using a Markov model for CHD, we evaluated risk thresholds by gradually lowering thresholds from 20% to 0%. RESULTS This approach can be applied to identify optimal risk thresholds on any outcome, such as to limit complications, maximize health outcomes, or optimize cost-effectiveness. In our illustration, keeping the population-level fraction of statin-induced complications <10% resulted in thresholds of T = 6% (men) and T = 2% (women). Lowering the threshold and comparing quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) after each 1% decrease, QALYs were gained down to T = 1% (men) and T = 0% (women). Also accounting for costs, net health benefits were favorable down to T = 3% (men) and T = 6% (women). CONCLUSION Using a stepwise risk-based approach to threshold optimization allows for preventive strategies that optimize outcomes. Presenting this comprehensive overview of outcomes will better inform decision makers when defining a treatment threshold.
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- Anoukh van Giessen
- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, P.O. Box 85500, STRAT 6.131, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, P.O. Box 85500, STRAT 6.131, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands; National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, P.O. Box 85500, STRAT 6.131, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Vascular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85500, F02.126, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, P.O. Box 85500, STRAT 6.131, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Department of Health Technology and Services Research, MIRA Institute, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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Aspirin reduces the risk of nonfatal myocardial infarction and stroke, and the risk of colorectal cancer. Aspirin increases the risk of gastrointestinal and intracranial bleeding. The best available evidence supports initiating aspirin in select populations. In 2016, the US Preventive Services Task Force recommended initiating aspirin for the primary prevention of both cardiovascular disease and colorectal cancer among adults ages 50 to 59 who are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease. Adults 60 to 69 who are at increased cardiovascular disease risk may also benefit. There remains considerable uncertainty about whether younger and older patients may benefit.
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- Ilana B Richman
- Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 367 Cedar Street, Harkness Hall A, Room 301, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
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- VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA; Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research/Center for Health Policy, 117 Encina Commons, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Agapova M, Bresnahan BB, Higashi M, Kessler L, Garrison LP, Devine B. A proposed approach for quantitative benefit-risk assessment in diagnostic radiology guideline development: the American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria Example. J Eval Clin Pract 2017; 23:128-138. [PMID: 27762080 DOI: 10.1111/jep.12635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2016] [Revised: 07/24/2016] [Accepted: 07/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The American College of Radiology develops evidence-based practice guidelines to aid appropriate utilization of radiological procedures. Panel members use expert opinion to weight trade-offs and consensus methods to rate appropriateness of imaging tests. These ratings include an equivocal range, assigned when there is disagreement about a technology's appropriateness and the evidence base is weak or for special circumstances. It is not clear how expert consensus merges with the evidence base to arrive at an equivocal rating. Quantitative benefit-risk assessment (QBRA) methods may assist decision makers in this capacity. However, many methods exist and it is not clear which methods are best suited for this application. We perform a critical appraisal of QBRA methods and propose several steps that may aid in making transparent areas of weak evidence and barriers to consensus in guideline development. We identify QBRA methods with potential to facilitate decision making in guideline development and build a decision aid for selecting among these methods. This study identified 2 families of QBRA methods suited to guideline development when expert opinion is expected to contribute substantially to decision making. Key steps to deciding among QBRA methods involve identifying specific benefit-risk criteria and developing a state-of-evidence matrix. For equivocal ratings assigned for reasons other than disagreement or weak evidence base, QBRA may not be needed. In the presence of disagreement but the absence of a weak evidence base, multicriteria decision analysis approaches are recommended; and in the presence of weak evidence base and the absence of disagreement, incremental net health benefit alone or combined with multicriteria decision analysis is recommended. Our critical appraisal further extends investigation of the strengths and limitations of select QBRA methods in facilitating diagnostic radiology clinical guideline development. The process of using the decision aid exposes and makes transparent areas of weak evidence and barriers to consensus.
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- Maria Agapova
- Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.,Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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de Koning HJ, Alagoz O, Schechter CB, van Ravesteyn NT. Reply to Koleva-Kolarova et al. Breast 2016; 27:182-3. [PMID: 26946960 DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2016.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2015] [Revised: 01/15/2016] [Accepted: 01/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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- H J de Koning
- Dept of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Dept of Population Health Sciences and Carbone Cancer Center and the Dept of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin, USA
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- Dept of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Hernández D, Muriel A, Abraira V. Current state of clinical end-points assessment in transplant: Key points. Transplant Rev (Orlando) 2016; 30:92-9. [PMID: 26948088 DOI: 10.1016/j.trre.2016.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2015] [Accepted: 02/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Solid organ transplantation is the treatment of choice for patients with end-stage organ disease. However, organ transplantation can stress the cardiovascular system and decrease immune surveillance, leading to early mortality and graft loss due to multiple underlying comorbidities. Clinical end-points in transplant include death and graft failure. Thus, generating accurate predictive models through regression models is crucial to test for definitive clinical post-transplantation end-points. Survival predictive models should assemble efficient surrogate markers or prognostic factors to generate a minimal set of variables derived from a proper modeling strategy through regression models. However, a few critical points should be considered when reporting survival analyses and regression models to achieve proper discrimination and calibration of the predictive models. Additionally, population-based risk scores may underestimate risk prediction in transplant. The application of predictive models in these patients should therefore incorporate both classical and non-classical risk factors, as well as community-based health indicators and transplant-specific factors to quantify the outcomes in terms of survival properly. This review focuses on assessment of clinical end-points in transplant through regression models by combining predictive and surrogate variables, and considering key points in these analyses to accurately predict definitive end-points, which could aid clinicians in decision making.
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- Domingo Hernández
- Department of Nephrology, Carlos Haya Regional University Hospital and University of Malaga, IBIMA, REDinREN (RD12/0021/0015). Avda. Carlos Haya s/n., 29010, Málaga, Spain.
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- Clinical Biostatistic Unit, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, CIBERESP, Crta. Colmenar km 9.1, 28034, Madrid, Spain
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- Clinical Biostatistic Unit, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, CIBERESP, Crta. Colmenar km 9.1, 28034, Madrid, Spain
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Palma A, Lounsbury DW, Schlecht NF, Agalliu I. A System Dynamics Model of Serum Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening for Prostate Cancer. Am J Epidemiol 2016; 183:227-36. [PMID: 26702631 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2014] [Accepted: 07/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Since 2012, US guidelines have recommended against prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening for prostate cancer. However, evidence of screening benefit from the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening trial and the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer has been inconsistent, due partly to differences in noncompliance and contamination. Using system dynamics modeling, we replicated the PLCO trial and extrapolated follow-up to 20 years. We then simulated 3 scenarios correcting for contamination in the PLCO control arm using Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) incidence and survival data collected prior to the PSA screening era (scenario 1), SEER data collected during the PLCO trial period (1993-2001) (scenario 2), and data from the European trial's control arm (1991-2005) (scenario 3). In all scenarios, noncompliance was corrected using incidence and survival rates for men with screen-detected cancer in the PLCO screening arm. Scenarios 1 and 3 showed a benefit of PSA screening, with relative risks of 0.62 (95% confidence interval: 0.53, 0.72) and 0.70 (95% confidence interval: 0.59, 0.83) for cancer-specific mortality after 20 years, respectively. In scenario 2, however, there was no benefit of screening. This simulation showed that after correcting for noncompliance and contamination, there is potential benefit of PSA screening in reducing prostate cancer mortality. It also demonstrates the utility of system dynamics modeling for synthesizing epidemiologic evidence to inform public policy.
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Études coût/efficacité: idées fausses et éléments de méthode. ARCHIVES OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES SUPPLEMENTS 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s1878-6480(16)30329-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Kim JJ, Tosteson AN, Zauber AG, Sprague BL, Stout NK, Alagoz O, Trentham-Dietz A, Armstrong K, Pruitt SL, Rutter CM. Cancer Models and Real-world Data: Better Together. J Natl Cancer Inst 2016; 108:djv316. [PMID: 26538628 PMCID: PMC4907359 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djv316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2015] [Revised: 06/19/2015] [Accepted: 10/01/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Decision-analytic models are increasingly used to inform health policy decisions. These models synthesize available data on disease burden and intervention effectiveness to project estimates of the long-term consequences of care, which are often absent when clinical or policy decisions must be made. While models have been influential in informing US cancer screening guidelines under ideal conditions, incorporating detailed data on real-world screening practice has been limited given the complexity of screening processes and behaviors throughout diverse health delivery systems in the United States. We describe the synergies that exist between decision-analytic models and health care utilization data that are increasingly accessible through research networks that assemble data from the growing number of electronic medical record systems. In particular, we present opportunities to enrich cancer screening models by grounding analyses in real-world data with the goals of projecting the harms and benefits of current screening practices, evaluating the value of existing and new technologies, and identifying the weakest links in the cancer screening process where efforts for improvement may be most productively focused. We highlight the example of the National Cancer Institute-funded consortium Population-based Research Optimizing Screening through Personalized Regimens (PROSPR), a collaboration to harmonize and analyze screening process and outcomes data on breast, colorectal, and cervical cancers across seven research centers. The pairing of models with such data can create more robust models to not only better inform policy but also inform health care systems about best approaches to improve the provision of cancer screening in the United States.
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- Jane J Kim
- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA (JJK); Department of Medicine and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (ANAT); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY (AGZ); Department of Surgery and University of Vermont Cancer Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (BLS); Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA (NKS); Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (OA); Population Health Sciences and Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (ATD); Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (KA); Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (SLP); RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA (CMR).
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA (JJK); Department of Medicine and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (ANAT); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY (AGZ); Department of Surgery and University of Vermont Cancer Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (BLS); Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA (NKS); Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (OA); Population Health Sciences and Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (ATD); Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (KA); Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (SLP); RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA (CMR)
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA (JJK); Department of Medicine and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (ANAT); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY (AGZ); Department of Surgery and University of Vermont Cancer Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (BLS); Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA (NKS); Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (OA); Population Health Sciences and Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (ATD); Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (KA); Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (SLP); RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA (CMR)
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA (JJK); Department of Medicine and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (ANAT); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY (AGZ); Department of Surgery and University of Vermont Cancer Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (BLS); Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA (NKS); Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (OA); Population Health Sciences and Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (ATD); Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (KA); Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (SLP); RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA (CMR)
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA (JJK); Department of Medicine and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (ANAT); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY (AGZ); Department of Surgery and University of Vermont Cancer Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (BLS); Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA (NKS); Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (OA); Population Health Sciences and Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (ATD); Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (KA); Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (SLP); RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA (CMR)
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA (JJK); Department of Medicine and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (ANAT); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY (AGZ); Department of Surgery and University of Vermont Cancer Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (BLS); Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA (NKS); Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (OA); Population Health Sciences and Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (ATD); Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (KA); Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (SLP); RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA (CMR)
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA (JJK); Department of Medicine and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (ANAT); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY (AGZ); Department of Surgery and University of Vermont Cancer Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (BLS); Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA (NKS); Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (OA); Population Health Sciences and Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (ATD); Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (KA); Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (SLP); RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA (CMR)
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA (JJK); Department of Medicine and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (ANAT); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY (AGZ); Department of Surgery and University of Vermont Cancer Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (BLS); Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA (NKS); Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (OA); Population Health Sciences and Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (ATD); Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (KA); Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (SLP); RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA (CMR)
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA (JJK); Department of Medicine and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (ANAT); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY (AGZ); Department of Surgery and University of Vermont Cancer Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (BLS); Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA (NKS); Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (OA); Population Health Sciences and Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (ATD); Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (KA); Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (SLP); RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA (CMR)
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA (JJK); Department of Medicine and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (ANAT); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY (AGZ); Department of Surgery and University of Vermont Cancer Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (BLS); Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA (NKS); Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (OA); Population Health Sciences and Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (ATD); Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (KA); Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (SLP); RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA (CMR)
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Legal Implications of Prostate Cancer Screening. Prostate Cancer 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-800077-9.00065-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Batchelder AW, Gonzalez JS, Palma A, Schoenbaum E, Lounsbury DW. A Social Ecological Model of Syndemic Risk affecting Women with and At-Risk for HIV in Impoverished Urban Communities. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2015; 56:229-40. [PMID: 26370203 PMCID: PMC8344336 DOI: 10.1007/s10464-015-9750-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Syndemic risk is an ecological construct, defined by co-occurring interdependent socio-environmental, interpersonal and intrapersonal determinants. We posited syndemic risk to be a function of violence, substance use, perceived financial hardship, emotional distress and self-worth among women with and at-risk for HIV in an impoverished urban community. In order to better understand these interrelationships, we developed and validated a system dynamics (SD) model based upon peer-reviewed literature; secondary data analyses of a cohort dataset including women living with and at-risk of HIV in Bronx, NY (N = 620); and input from a Bronx-based community advisory board. Simulated model output revealed divergent levels and patterns of syndemic risk over time across different sample profiles. Outputs generated new insights about how to effectively explore multicomponent multi-level programs in order to strategically develop more effective services for this population. Specifically, the model indicated that effective multi-level interventions might bolster women's resilience by increasing self-worth, which may result in decreased perceived financial hardship and risk of violence. Overall, our stakeholder-informed model depicts how self-worth may be a major driver of vulnerability and a meaningful addition to syndemic theory affecting this population.
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- A W Batchelder
- Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 1545 Divisadero Street, 3rd Floor, Box 1726, San Francisco, CA, 94115, USA.
- Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, New York, NY, USA.
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- Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, New York, NY, USA
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, New York, NY, USA
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- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, New York, NY, USA
- Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, New York, NY, USA
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- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, New York, NY, USA
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Oeffinger KC, Fontham ETH, Etzioni R, Herzig A, Michaelson JS, Shih YCT, Walter LC, Church TR, Flowers CR, LaMonte SJ, Wolf AMD, DeSantis C, Lortet-Tieulent J, Andrews K, Manassaram-Baptiste D, Saslow D, Smith RA, Brawley OW, Wender R. Breast Cancer Screening for Women at Average Risk: 2015 Guideline Update From the American Cancer Society. JAMA 2015; 314:1599-614. [PMID: 26501536 PMCID: PMC4831582 DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.12783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1076] [Impact Index Per Article: 119.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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IMPORTANCE Breast cancer is a leading cause of premature mortality among US women. Early detection has been shown to be associated with reduced breast cancer morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVE To update the American Cancer Society (ACS) 2003 breast cancer screening guideline for women at average risk for breast cancer. PROCESS The ACS commissioned a systematic evidence review of the breast cancer screening literature to inform the update and a supplemental analysis of mammography registry data to address questions related to the screening interval. Formulation of recommendations was based on the quality of the evidence and judgment (incorporating values and preferences) about the balance of benefits and harms. EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS Screening mammography in women aged 40 to 69 years is associated with a reduction in breast cancer deaths across a range of study designs, and inferential evidence supports breast cancer screening for women 70 years and older who are in good health. Estimates of the cumulative lifetime risk of false-positive examination results are greater if screening begins at younger ages because of the greater number of mammograms, as well as the higher recall rate in younger women. The quality of the evidence for overdiagnosis is not sufficient to estimate a lifetime risk with confidence. Analysis examining the screening interval demonstrates more favorable tumor characteristics when premenopausal women are screened annually vs biennially. Evidence does not support routine clinical breast examination as a screening method for women at average risk. RECOMMENDATIONS The ACS recommends that women with an average risk of breast cancer should undergo regular screening mammography starting at age 45 years (strong recommendation). Women aged 45 to 54 years should be screened annually (qualified recommendation). Women 55 years and older should transition to biennial screening or have the opportunity to continue screening annually (qualified recommendation). Women should have the opportunity to begin annual screening between the ages of 40 and 44 years (qualified recommendation). Women should continue screening mammography as long as their overall health is good and they have a life expectancy of 10 years or longer (qualified recommendation). The ACS does not recommend clinical breast examination for breast cancer screening among average-risk women at any age (qualified recommendation). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE These updated ACS guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations for breast cancer screening for women at average risk of breast cancer. These recommendations should be considered by physicians and women in discussions about breast cancer screening.
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- University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle
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- University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco VA Medical Center
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- Masonic Cancer Center and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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Brenner H, Stock C, Hoffmeister M. Colorectal cancer screening: the time to act is now. BMC Med 2015; 13:262. [PMID: 26459270 PMCID: PMC4603638 DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0498-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer and the fourth most common cause of cancer deaths globally. However, there is overwhelming evidence that a large proportion of CRC cases and deaths could be prevented by screening. Nevertheless, CRC screening programmes are offered in a minority of countries only and often suffer from low adherence. DISCUSSION Factors potentially accounting for hesitant implementation of and low adherence to CRC screening may include a lower attention in the public and the media than for other cancers and the fairly long follow-up time needed to fully disclose screening effects on CRC incidence and mortality. The latter results from the very slow development of most CRCs through the adenoma-carcinoma sequence, and it challenges the predominant or even exclusive reliance on evidence from randomized controlled trials in policy decisions on screening offers. Additional key elements of future research should include (1) studies evaluating diagnostic performance of novel biomarkers for non-invasive or minimally invasive CRC screening in true screening settings, (2) modelling studies evaluating expected short- and long-term impact, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of various screening options, and (3) timely and close monitoring of process quality and outcomes of existing and planned CRC screening programmes. Most importantly, however, translation of the vast existing evidence on CRC screening into actual screening programmes with the best possible levels of adherence needs to be fostered. This can be best achieved in the context of organized programmes. Depending on available infrastructure and resources, epidemiological patterns, population preferences, and costs, different screening offers might be preferred. According to current evidence, colonoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, and faecal occult blood tests (preferably faecal immunochemical tests) are prime candidates for effective and cost-effective screening options, and microsimulation models should help to tailor their implementation. SUMMARY The strong evidence for the large potential of CRC screening in reducing the burden of CRC calls for timely implementation of organized screening programmes where they are not in place yet, and for continuous improvement of existing ones. This should be considered an obligation that is not to be postponed: the time to act is now.
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- Hermann Brenner
- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), INF 581, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. .,Division of Preventive Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), INF 460, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. .,German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), INF 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, INF 305, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), INF 581, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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Puhan MA, Yu T, Stegeman I, Varadhan R, Singh S, Boyd CM. Benefit-harm analysis and charts for individualized and preference-sensitive prevention: example of low dose aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer. BMC Med 2015; 13:250. [PMID: 26423305 PMCID: PMC4589917 DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0493-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2015] [Accepted: 09/17/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Clinical practice guidelines provide separate recommendations for different diseases that may be prevented or treated by the same intervention. Also, they commonly provide recommendations for entire populations but not for individuals. To address these two limitations, our aim was to conduct benefit-harm analyses for a wide range of individuals using the example of low dose aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer and to develop Benefit-Harm Charts that show the overall benefit-harm balance for individuals. METHODS We used quantitative benefit-harm modeling that included 16 outcomes to estimate the probability that low dose aspirin provides more benefits than harms for a wide range of men and women between 45 and 84 years of age and without a previous myocardial infarction, severe ischemic stroke, or cancer. We repeated the quantitative benefit-harm modeling for different combinations of age, sex, and outcome risks for severe ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, myocardial infarction, cancers, and severe gastrointestinal bleeds. The analyses considered weights for the outcomes, statistical uncertainty of the effects of aspirin, and death as a competing risk. We constructed Benefit-Harm Charts that show the benefit-harm balance for different combinations of outcome risks. RESULTS The Benefit-Harm Charts ( http://www.benefit-harm-balance.com ) we have created show that the benefit-harm balance differs largely across a primary prevention population. Low dose aspirin is likely to provide more benefits than harms in men, elderly people, and in those at low risk for severe gastrointestinal bleeds. Individual preferences have a major impact on the benefit-harm balance. If, for example, it is a high priority for individuals to prevent stroke and severe cancers while severe gastrointestinal bleeds are deemed to be of little importance, the benefit-harm balance is likely to favor low dose aspirin for most individuals. Instead, if severe gastrointestinal bleeds are judged to be similarly important compared to the benefit outcomes, low dose aspirin is unlikely to provide more benefits than harms. CONCLUSIONS Benefit-Harm Charts support individualized benefit-harm assessments and decision making. Similarly, individualized benefit-harm assessments may allow guideline developers to issue more finely granulated recommendations that reduce the risk of over- and underuse of interventions. The example of low dose aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer shows that it may be time for guideline developers to provide combined recommendations for different diseases that may be prevented or treated by the same intervention.
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- Milo A Puhan
- Department of Epidemiology; Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, Hirschengraben 84, Room HRS G29, CH-8001, Zurich, Switzerland. .,Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA.
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- Department of Epidemiology; Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, Hirschengraben 84, Room HRS G29, CH-8001, Zurich, Switzerland. .,Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. .,Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA. .,Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA.
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA.
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- Center on Aging and Health, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA.
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Ten Haaf K, de Koning HJ. Overdiagnosis in lung cancer screening: why modelling is essential. J Epidemiol Community Health 2015; 69:1035-9. [PMID: 26071497 DOI: 10.1136/jech-2014-204079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Kevin Ten Haaf
- Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Zacharioudakis IM, Zervou FN, Mylonakis E. Models in the development of clinical practice guidelines. Ann Intern Med 2015; 162:529-30. [PMID: 25845010 DOI: 10.7326/l15-5075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- From Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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Camilleri M. American college of gastroenterology monograph on the management of irritable bowel syndrome. Expert Opin Pharmacother 2015; 16:629-32. [PMID: 25582735 DOI: 10.1517/14656566.2015.1002770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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This editorial reviews a recently published guideline on management of irritable bowel syndrome. The guideline illustrates problems arising from the quality of clinical trials used in systematic reviews and the potential impact of the inherent weaknesses of those trials on rating the strength of evidence and the resulting recommendations.
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- Michael Camilleri
- Mayo Clinic , Charlton 8-110, 200 First St. S.W. Rochester, MN 55905 , USA +1 507 266 2305 ;
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