The use of electronic healthcare records for colorectal cancer screening referral decisions and risk prediction model development.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The database used for the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) derives participant information from primary care records. Combining predictors with FOBTs has shown to improve referral decisions and accuracy. The richer data available from GP databases could be used to complement screening referral decisions by identifying those at greatest risk of colorectal cancer. We determined the availability of data for key predictors and whether this information could be used to inform more accurate screening referral decisions.

Methods

An English BCSP cohort was derived using the electronic notifications received from the BCSP database to GP records. The cohort covered a period between 13th May 2009 to 17th January 2017. Completeness of variables and univariable asso

SUBMITTER: Cooper JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7093989 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature