Open AccessHead-to-Head Comparison of the Performance of 17 Risk Models for Predicting Presence of Advanced Neoplasms in Colorectal Cancer Screening
Author(s) -
Lincai Peng,
Yesilda Balavarca,
Korbinian Weigl,
Michael Hoffmeister,
Hermann Brenner
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the american journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.907
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1572-0241
pISSN - 0002-9270
DOI - 10.14309/ajg.0000000000000370
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , colonoscopy , relative risk , receiver operating characteristic , risk assessment , population , framingham risk score , oncology , confidence interval , cancer , disease , environmental health , computer security , computer science
Many risk scores have been proposed to predict presence of advanced colorectal neoplasms, but a comprehensive comparison conducted in the same population is sparse. The aim of this study was to evaluate and directly compare the diagnostic performance of published risk prediction models for advanced colorectal neoplasms.