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Évaluation personnalisée des risques pour la prévention et la détection précoce du cancer du sein : produire des estimations des risques au Canada
Le cancer du sein est le cancer le plus courant et la deuxième cause de décès par cancer chez les Canadiennes. Une femme a une chance sur huit de contracter…
Webinar: Predicting diseases through machine learning models
…and clinical outcomes, and the Alberta Prostate Cancer Registry, a continuously updated database of all Albertan prostate cancer patients linked with those in 14 countries through Movember’s TrueNTH Prostate Cancer…
Webinaire : Prédire les maladies grâce à des modèles d’apprentissage machine
…un test sanguin précis permettant de diagnostiquer le cancer agressif de la prostate. Le Dr Lewis est membre fondateur de l’Alberta Prostate Cancer Research Initiative (APCaRI). L’APCaRI est une équipe…
Improving Lung Cancer Risk Prediction & Application
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in Canada and the World. Lung screening with computed tomography (CT) can identify lung cancers early, when they are still treatable,…
Metabolic profiling of adherence to diet, physical activity and body size recommendations for cancer prevention
This study examined cross-sectional associations between metabolites and cancer preventive behaviors as well as the relevance to cancer-related pathways among 120 participants with no history of smoking or cancer. Cancer…
Dr. Donna Turner
Dr. Donna Turner is a cancer epidemiologist and the Provincial Director of the Population Oncology portfolio at CancerCare Manitoba which is comprised of several programs: Epidemiology, the Manitoba Cancer Registry, CancerCare…
Perceived susceptibility to developing cancer and screening for colorectal and prostate cancer: A longitudinal analysis of Alberta's Tomorrow Project
…and prostate-specific antigen. Findings suggest health promotion can focus on targeting and heightening personal perceived susceptibility of developing cancer in jurisdictions with low screening rates for colorectal or prostate cancer….
Quantifying the Predictive Accuracy of a Polygenic Risk Score for Predicting Incident Cancer Cases: Application to the CARTaGENE Cohort
This study evaluated the 5-year predictivity of an 18-single nucleotide polymorphism PRS for incident breast cancer cases in the CARTaGENE cohort using pseudo R^2 indices. It concluded that the proposed…
Harnessing the power of data linkage to enrich the cancer research ecosystem in Canada
…address concerns related to the accessibility of cancer data in Canada, bring more value to existing data, and support an enhanced understanding of the impacts of cancer on marginalized populations….
Dr. Robin Urquhart at the Canadian Cancer Research Conference
…Cancer Society Endowed Chair in Population Cancer Research in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, with cross-appointments in the Department of Surgery and Division of Medical Education at Dalhousie…