Piecing the puzzle together: foreign-born tuberculosis in an immigrant-receiving country

D Langlois-Klassen, KM Wooldrage… - European …, 2011 - Eur Respiratory Soc
In major immigrant-receiving countries, annual foreign-born tuberculosis (TB) case counts
and rates are relatively constant. Why this is so, and who might be a high-yield target for …

[HTML][HTML] Whole-colon investigation vs. flexible sigmoidoscopy for suspected colorectal cancer based on presenting symptoms and signs: a multicentre cohort study

AJ Cross, K Wooldrage, EC Robbins, K Pack… - British Journal of …, 2019 - nature.com
Background Patients with suspected colorectal cancer (CRC) usually undergo colonoscopy.
Flexible sigmoidoscopy (FS) may be preferred if proximal cancer risk is low. We …

[HTML][HTML] Errors in determination of net survival: cause-specific and relative survival settings

CJ Bright, AR Brentnall, K Wooldrage, J Myles… - British journal of …, 2020 - nature.com
Background Cause-specific and relative survival estimates differ. We aimed to examine these
differences in common cancers where by possible identifying the most plausible sources …

Number of adenomas removed and colorectal cancers prevented in randomized trials of flexible sigmoidoscopy screening

PF Pinsky, M Loberg, C Senore, K Wooldrage, W Atkin… - Gastroenterology, 2018 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) with sigmoidoscopy reduces
CRC incidence by detecting and removing adenomas. The number needed to screen is a …

Introduction of leukotriene receptor antagonists in Manitoba

C Macie, K Wooldrage, J Manfreda… - Canadian respiratory …, 2006 - hindawi.com
Patient characteristics and prescribing patterns during the introduction of leukotriene
receptor antagonists (LTRA) in Manitoba are described using the provincial health database. …

[HTML][HTML] Flexible sigmoidoscopy screening: is once enough?

PF Pinsky - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Worldwide, colorectal cancer is the third most common incident cancer and the fourth leading
cause of cancer death, with 1· 4 million new cases and 700 000 deaths estimated in 2012…

Drug-resistant tuberculosis among foreign-born persons in Italy

L Fattorini, A Mustazzolu, G Piccaro… - European …, 2012 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Over the last few years, drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) has emerged as an important threat
to public health in industrialised countries. In Italy, the most recent data on resistance to the …

Gender-specific cut-offs in colorectal cancer screening with FIT: Increased compliance and equal positivity rate

J Blom, C Löwbeer, KM Elfström… - Journal of medical …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective Using quantitative Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) in colorectal cancer screening
enables adjustment of the cut-off for a positive test. As men have higher stool blood levels …

[HTML][HTML] Deep learning and cancer biomarkers: recognising lead-time bias

M Bretthauer, M Løberg, Ø Holme, HO Adami… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
did not take into account lead-time bias in their novel deep learning scanning algorithm for
histopathology slides that predicts survival of patients with colorectal cancer. Survival is the …

Identification of spatial and cohort clustering of tuberculosis using surveillance data from British Columbia, Canada, 1990–2013

D Roth, M Otterstatter, J Wong, V Cook… - Social Science & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Since 2000, the global incidence of tuberculosis (TB) has decreased by 1.5% per year,
becoming increasingly clustered in key subpopulations in low incidence settings. TB clustering …