Interactive decision support for esophageal adenocarcinoma screening and surveillance.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A key barrier to controlling esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) is identifying those most likely to benefit from screening and surveillance. We aimed to develop an online educational tool, termed IC-RISC™, for providers and patients to estimate more precisely their absolute risk of developing EAC, interpret this estimate in the context of risk of dying from other causes, and aid in decision-making.

Results

U.S. incidence and mortality data and published relative risk estimates from observational studies and clinical trials were used to calculate absolute risk of EAC over 10 years adjusting for competing risks. These input parameters varied depending on presence of the key precursor, Barrett's esophagus. The open source application works across common devices to gathe

SUBMITTER: Vaughan TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6598240 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature