Sentence examples for estimates of screening from inspiring English sources

A time-to-event (TTE) simulation provided estimates of screening asymptomatic patients in the general population age ≥55 and treatment impact on the number of patients reaching AD.

The Task Force noted that existing evidence likely overstates the accuracy of depression screening tools in practice and emphasised the need for better-quality estimates of screening tool accuracy.

3, 4, 25, 26 The current study estimates of screening benefits appear to be somewhat smaller than noted by Ladabaum and Song 25 and larger than those from Edwards et al 3 and Yang et al. 4 This is likely due to different study designs or periods, and differences in assumptions regarding the effectiveness of colonoscopy screening.

This sample size was sufficient to give precise estimates of screening performance (to within one decimal place).

First, it standardizes the estimates of screening performance and avoids variation arising from the age range selected.

They also show that estimates of screening performance are robust to the recognized relative overestimation of risk using Framingham equations in people under about 65 [17][18].

Our estimate of screening sensitivity, as a function of tumour size and PMD, also resembles our earlier estimate [ 12].

As we discuss, this also leads to an upper bound (i.e. optimistic) estimate of screening efficacy.

If an upper bound estimate of screening efficacy is small, a definitive randomized trial to evaluate the effect of screening on cancer mortality would not be warranted.

The aims of the present study were to provide an estimate of screening coverage in Thimphu and explore the characteristics associated with lack of previous screening among women age 25 or older.

To get an unbiased estimate of screening effectiveness in a nonrandomised setting, one might subtract 3 years from the survival of every woman whose tumour is detected by screening.