Development of a Cancer Risk Prediction Tool for Use in the UK Primary Care and Community Settings.

ABSTRACT: Several multivariable risk prediction models have been developed to asses an individual's risk of developing specific cancers. Such models can be used in a variety of settings for prevention, screening, and guiding investigations and treatments. Models aimed at predicting future disease risk that contains lifestyle factors may be of particular use for targeting health promotion activities at an individual level. This type of cancer risk prediction is not yet available in the UK. We have adopted the approach used by the well-established U.S.-derived "YourCancerRisk" model for use in the UK population, which allow users to quantify their individual risk of developing individual cancers relative to the population average risk. The UK version of "YourCancerRisk" computes 10-year cancer risk es

SUBMITTER: Lophatananon A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5501968 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature