Can we screen for pancreatic cancer? Identifying a sub-population of patients at high risk of subsequent diagnosis using machine learning techniques applied to primary care data

Pancreatic cancer (PC) represents a substantial public health burden. Pancreatic cancer patients have very low survival due to the difficulty of identifying cancers early when the tumour is localised to the site of origin and treatable. Recent progress has been made in identifying biomarkers for PC...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 16; no. 6; p. e0251876
Main Authors:	Malhotra, Ananya, Rachet, Bernard, Bonaventure, Audrey, Pereira, Stephen P., Woods, Laura M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 02.06.2021 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Abnormalities Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Algorithms Biology and Life Sciences Biomarkers Body mass index Cancer Cancer therapies Case-Control Studies Children Codes Colleges & universities Computer and Information Sciences Confidentiality Diabetes Diagnosis Early Detection of Cancer - methods Editing Electronic health records Electronic Health Records - statistics & numerical data Epidemiology Ethics Evaluation Female Follow-Up Studies Health care Humans Hygiene Inequalities Infectious diseases Learning algorithms Life Sciences Machine Learning Male Medical coding Medical diagnosis Medical treatment Medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Middle Aged Pancreatic cancer Pancreatic Neoplasms - diagnosis Patients Population Primary care Primary Health Care - statistics & numerical data Prognosis Prospective Studies Public health Risk Assessment - methods Risk groups Santé publique et épidémiologie Signs and symptoms Survival Rate Young Adult United Kingdom United Kingdom > UK
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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