Jacobs I

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus
other 2022
Comprehensive epithelial tubo-ovarian cancer risk prediction model incorporating genetic and epidemiological risk factors
Journal of medical genetics ·doi:10.1136/jmedgenet-2021-107904

BACKGROUND: Epithelial tubo-ovarian cancer (EOC) has high mortality partly due to late diagnosis. Prevention is available but may be associated with adverse effects. A multifactorial risk model based on known genetic and epidemiological ris…

2018
Audit of transvaginal sonography of normal postmenopausal ovaries by sonographers from the United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS).
F1000Research ·doi:10.12688/f1000research.15663.1

Background: We report on a unique audit of seven sonographers self-reporting high visualization rates of normal postmenopausal ovaries in the United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS).  This audit was ordered …

diagnostic-accuracy 2013
Microarray Glycoprofiling of CA125 improves differential diagnosis of ovarian cancer
Journal of proteome research ·doi:10.1021/pr3010474

The CA125 biomarker assay plays an important role in the diagnosis and management of primary invasive epithelial ovarian/tubal cancer (iEOC). However, a fundamental problem with CA125 is that it is not cancer-specific and may be elevated in…

observational 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

BACKGROUND: Women'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. METHODS: In total, 21 715 post-menopausa…