Using Electronic Medical Records to Identify Potentially Eligible Study Subjects for Lung Cancer Screening with Biomarkers.
Simple Summary: Recent cancer screening trials have found that using low-dose computed tomography (LDCT), compared to chest radiography, resulted in a significant reduction in lung cancer mortality. To effectively carry out this intervention, individuals at a high risk of developing lung cancer are...
| Publicado en: | Cancers Vol. 13; no. 21; pp. 5449 - 5450 |
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| Formato: | questions and answers tables/charts Journal Article |
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MDPI
Nov2021
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=153602631&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 153602631 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 20726694 B74B jtl: Cancers issn: 20726694 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Nov2021 vid: 13 iid: 21 pid: 97109 pub: MDPI artinfo: ui: 153602631 153602631 153602631 10.3390/cancers13215449 153602631 ppf: 5449 ppct: 1 formats: tig: atl: Using Electronic Medical Records to Identify Potentially Eligible Study Subjects for Lung Cancer Screening with Biomarkers. aug: au: Brown, Lamorna Agrawal, Utkarsh Sullivan, Frank affil: School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9AJ, UK sug: subj: Research, Medical Lung Neoplasms Cancer Screening Tumor Markers, Biological Electronic Health Records Utilization Patient Selection Research Subject Recruitment Early Detection of Cancer Research Personnel Researcher-Subject Relations ab: Simple Summary: Recent cancer screening trials have found that using low-dose computed tomography (LDCT), compared to chest radiography, resulted in a significant reduction in lung cancer mortality. To effectively carry out this intervention, individuals at a high risk of developing lung cancer are targeted. However, accurately identifying and retaining these groups can be challenging. As electronic medical records (EMRs) contain important demographic and clinical information, they could be used to accurately identify subjects for screening. To determine whether EMRs can be used for this purpose, this paper examines the evidence around the use of EMRs in screening trials and the information contained in them that could be used to aid researchers in identifying eligible subjects. Lung cancer screening trials using low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) show reduced late-stage diagnosis and mortality rates. These trials have identified high-risk groups that would benefit from screening. However, these sub-populations can be difficult to access and retain in trials. Implementation of national screening programmes further suggests that there is poor uptake in eligible populations. A new approach to participant selection may be more effective. Electronic medical records (EMRs) are a viable alternative to population-based or health registries, as they contain detailed clinical and demographic information. Trials have identified that e-screening using EMRs has improved trial retention and eligible subject identification. As such, this paper argues for greater use of EMRs in trial recruitment and screening programmes. Moreover, this opinion paper explores the current issues in and approaches to lung cancer screening, whether records can be used to identify eligible subjects for screening and the challenges that researchers face when using EMR data. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: questions and answers tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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