Jacobs I

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus
2022
Comprehensive epithelial tubo-ovarian cancer risk prediction model incorporating genetic and epidemiological risk factors.
Journal of medical genetics ·doi:10.1136/jmedgenet-2021-107904

BackgroundEpithelial tubo-ovarian cancer (EOC) has high mortality partly due to late diagnosis. Prevention is available but may be associated with adverse effects. A multifactorial risk model based on known genetic and epidemiological risk …

2018
Audit of transvaginal sonography of normal postmenopausal ovaries by sonographers from the United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS).
F1000Research ·doi:10.12688/f1000research.15663.1

Background: We report on a unique audit of seven sonographers self-reporting high visualization rates of normal postmenopausal ovaries in the United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS).  This audit was ordered …

other 2013
Microarray Glycoprofiling of CA125 improves differential diagnosis of ovarian cancer
Journal of proteome research ·doi:10.1021/pr3010474

The CA125 biomarker assay plays an important role in the diagnosis and management of primary invasive epithelial ovarian/tubal cancer (iEOC). However, a fundamental problem with CA125 is that it is not cancer-specific and may be elevated in…

2010
Awareness of ovarian cancer risk factors, beliefs and attitudes towards screening: baseline survey of 21,715 women participating in the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening.
British journal of cancer ·doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6605809

BackgroundWomen's awareness of ovarian cancer (OC) risks, their attitudes towards and beliefs about screening, together with misunderstandings or gaps in knowledge, may influence screening uptake.MethodsIn total, 21 715 post-menopausal wome…