Rafael Meza
ORCID: 0000-0002-1076-5037
· 6 papers in corpus
qualitative
2025
BACKGROUND: With recent evidence that opportunistic salpingectomy is effective in preventing high grade serous carcinoma, it is imperative to consider the optimal use of this procedure. In this research, we investigated the opinions of obst…
observational
2023
A framework for assessing interactions for risk stratification models: the example of ovarian cancer
Generally, risk stratification models for cancer use effect estimates from risk/protective factor analyses that have not assessed potential interactions between these exposures. We have developed a 4-criterion framework for assessing intera…
observational
2023
OBJECTIVE: The presence of macroscopic residual disease after primary cytoreductive surgery (PCS) is an important factor influencing survival for patients with high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC). More research is needed to identify fac…
observational
2023
UNLABELLED: The effect of risk factors on ovarian cancer differs by histotype, and the prevalence of such risk factors varies by race/ethnicity. It is not clear how ovarian cancer incidence has changed over time by histotype and race/ethnic…
diagnostic-accuracy
2022
PurposeTo investigate whether a panel of circulating protein biomarkers would improve risk assessment for lung cancer screening in combination with a risk model on the basis of participant characteristics.MethodsA blinded validation study w…
meta-analysis
2022
BACKGROUND: Expert elicitation (EE) has been used across disciplines to estimate input parameters for computational modeling research when information is sparse or conflictual. OBJECTIVES: We conducted a systematic review to compare EE met…