Marcus, PM;
Pashayan, N;
Church, TR;
Doria-Rose, VP;
Gould, MK;
Hubbard, RA;
Marrone, M;
... Khoury, MJ; + view all
(2016)
Population-Based Precision Cancer Screening: A Symposium on Evidence, Epidemiology, and Next Steps.
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
, 25
(11)
pp. 1449-1455.
10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-16-0555.
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Abstract
Precision medicine, an emerging approach for disease treatment that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle, is under consideration for preventive interventions, including cancer screening. On September 29, 2015, the National Cancer Institute sponsored a symposium entitled “Precision Cancer Screening in the General Population: Evidence, Epidemiology, and Next Steps”. The goal was two-fold: to share current information on the evidence, practices, and challenges surrounding precision screening for breast, cervical, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancers, and to allow for in-depth discussion among experts in relevant fields regarding how epidemiology and other population sciences can be used to generate evidence to inform precision screening strategies. Attendees concluded that the strength of evidence for efficacy and effectiveness of precision strategies varies by cancer site, that no one research strategy or methodology would be able or appropriate to address the many knowledge gaps in precision screening, and that issues surrounding implementation must be researched as well. Additional discussion needs to occur to identify the high priority research areas in precision cancer screening for pertinent organs and to gather the necessary evidence to determine whether further implementation of precision cancer screening strategies in the general population would be feasible and beneficial.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Population-Based Precision Cancer Screening: A Symposium on Evidence, Epidemiology, and Next Steps |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-16-0555 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-16-0555 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2016 American Association for Cancer Research. |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Oncology, Public, Environmental & Occupational Health, PROSTATE-CANCER, COLORECTAL-CANCER, LUNG-CANCER, SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCI, CERVICAL-CANCER, BREAST-CANCER, HUMAN-PAPILLOMAVIRUS, COST-EFFECTIVENESS, UNITED-STATES, TASK-FORCE |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Applied Health Research |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1508103 |
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