Fallowfield L

No ORCID on file · 3 papers in corpus · active 2010-2016
2016
Ovarian cancer.
Nature reviews. Disease primers ·doi:10.1038/nrdp.2016.61

Ovarian cancer is not a single disease and can be subdivided into at least five different histological subtypes that have different identifiable risk factors, cells of origin, molecular compositions, clinical features and treatments. Ovaria…

2015
Risk Algorithm Using Serial Biomarker Measurements Doubles the Number of Screen-Detected Cancers Compared With a Single-Threshold Rule in the United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology ·doi:10.1200/jco.2014.59.4945

PurposeCancer screening strategies have commonly adopted single-biomarker thresholds to identify abnormality. We investigated the impact of serial biomarker change interpreted through a risk algorithm on cancer detection rates.Patients and …

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…