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Breast Cancer Risk Assessment and Screening Practices Reported Via an Online Survey
BackgroundBreast cancer screening guidelines differ between organizations, and significant variations in practice patterns exist. Previous evidence...
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Prognostic potential of nutritional risk screening and assessment tools in predicting survival of patients with pancreatic neoplasms: a systematic review
Backgrounds & AimsThe nutritional evaluation of pancreatic cancer (PC) patients lacks a gold standard or scientific consensus, we aimed to summarize...
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Association between preoperative cardiac risk assessment and health care costs in major noncardiac surgery: a multicentre health economic analysis
PurposePatients with impaired functional capacity who undergo major surgery are at increased risk of postoperative morbidity including complications...
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Develo** a Health Equity Impact Assessment ‘Indigenous Lens Tool’ to address challenges in providing equitable cancer screening for indigenous peoples
BackgroundIn spite of past efforts to increase screening uptake, the rates of screening-detectable cancers including breast, cervical, colorectal and...
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Development, validation, and evaluation of a risk assessment tool for personalized screening of gastric cancer in Chinese populations
BackgroundEffective risk prediction models are lacking for personalized endoscopic screening of gastric cancer (GC). We aimed to develop, validate,...
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Quantitative assessment of background parenchymal enhancement is associated with lifetime breast cancer risk in screening MRI
ObjectivesTo compare the quantitative background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) in women with different lifetime risks and BRCA mutation status of...
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Laboratory-based versus non-laboratory-based World Health Organization risk equations for assessment of cardiovascular disease risk
BackgroundThe WHO model has laboratory-based and non-laboratory-based versions for 10-year risk prediction of cardiovascular diseases. Due to the...
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Implementation-effectiveness trial of systematic family health history based risk assessment and impact on clinical disease prevention and surveillance activities
BackgroundSystematically assessing disease risk can improve population health by identifying those eligible for enhanced prevention/screening...
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Screening of Fracture Risk and Osteoporosis Among Older Long-term Care Residents: A Prospective Study
This prospective study assessed the effectiveness of screening older long-term care residents (LTCRs) for fracture risk and osteoporosis in Taiwan....
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Patient and provider factors associated with colorectal cancer screening among average risk health plan enrollees in the US, 2015–2018
BackgroundTo assess patient and primary care provider (PCP) factors associated with adherence to American Cancer Society (ACS) and United States...
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FDrisk: development of a validated risk assessment tool for Fabry disease utilizing electronic health record data
PurposeFabry disease (FD) is a rare, X-linked, lysosomal storage disease characterized by great variability in clinical presentation and progressive...
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Evaluation of the performance of osteoporosis/fracture screening models to identify high-risk women for osteoporosis: Bushehr elderly health (BEH) program
PurposeThis study aimed to evaluate the performance of valid risk assessment models developed for osteoporosis/ fracture screening to identify women...
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Universal Child Mental Health Screening for Parents: a Systematic Review of the Evidence
Childhood represents a critical window for the emergence and treatment of mental health disorders, yet many are not being identified, or are...
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Development and preliminary evaluation of a suicidal risk assessment protocol in a randomised controlled trial using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
BackgroundParticipants in research trials often disclose severe depression symptoms, including thoughts of self-harm and suicidal ideation, in...
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Screening for Elder Abuse in the Veterans Health Administration: Varied Approaches Across a National Health System
BackgroundElder abuse (EA) is common and has devastating health consequences yet is rarely detected by healthcare professionals. While EA screening...
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The risk-based breast screening (RIBBS) study protocol: a personalized screening model for young women
The optimal mammography screening strategy for women aged 45–49 years is a matter of debate. We present the RIBBS study protocol, a...
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Digital screening for mental health in pregnancy and postpartum: A systematic review
PurposeThis systematic review aimed to determine if digital screening for mental health in pregnancy and postpartum is acceptable, feasible and more...
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An optimization framework to guide the choice of thresholds for risk-based cancer screening
It is uncommon for risk groups defined by statistical or artificial intelligence (AI) models to be chosen by jointly considering model performance...
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Can we screen for heart disease in children at public health centres? A multicentre observational study of screening for heart disease with a risk of sudden death in children
Sudden cardiac death in children is a rare event, but of great social significance. Generally, it is related to heart disease with a risk of sudden...
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A population health assessment of screening mammography on breast cancer mortality in North Carolina
PurposeTo identify predictors of screening mammography use and the effect of screening mammography on breast cancer mortality in North Carolina.
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