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Articles by Peter Sasieni

The Mysterious Case of an American Epidemic of Vaping-Related Lung Injuries

October 8, 2019 Peter Sasieni 2

Deep down every epidemiologist imagines themselves as Sherlock Holmes: equipped with little more than a magnifying glass and a good brain, they dream of becoming […]

Which screening guidelines are woefully inadequate?

September 20, 2019 Peter Sasieni 0

Following a high-profile article calling for a change in guidelines to make it easier for African Americans to be eligible for lung cancer screening, Prof […]

Isolines and Rabbit Holes: Adventures in ROC Space

August 2, 2019 Peter Sasieni 0

There is an apocryphal story about Queen Victoria. Having enjoyed Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the queen requested a copy of Lewis Carroll’s next book. Carroll, […]

Equality and Equity in Cancer Screening: How can we personalise interventions and still be fair?

July 19, 2019 Peter Sasieni 3

The classic American illustration explaining the difference between equity and equality  is of three people trying to watch a baseball game from behind a fence. […]

Survivor bias and cervical cancer audit: all is not what it seems

June 28, 2019 Peter Sasieni 1

In todays post we discover how lessons learnt during World War two can be applied to cervical cancer audit. The Curious Case of the Missing […]

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Why don’t women receive invitations to cervical screening after they turn 65?

April 26, 2019 Peter Sasieni 2

Women around the world attend cervical screening regularly during most of their adult life, but in most countries, they are not encouraged to continue once […]

Screening iconoclasm series: Is it time for cancer screening to become non-binary?

March 22, 2019 Peter Sasieni 0

In our final iconoclasm series post, Peter Sasieni explores the merits of making cancer screening non-binary. The classic paradigm for diagnostic testing and medical screening […]

Screening iconoclasm series: Could you be more specific about what you mean by specificity?

March 15, 2019 Peter Sasieni 0

In this post, Peter Sasieni argues that it is time to be more specific about our definitions of specificity and false positive tests. How will […]

Screening iconoclasm series: Are you putting too much value on positive predictive value?

February 21, 2019 Peter Sasieni 0

If you read the previous blog from the screening iconoclast and know a little about screening, you might be thinking that the thing to do […]

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Cervical Cancer: The Epidemic that never was!

February 8, 2019 Peter Sasieni 2

Trying to say what would have happened is difficult. Alternate history is a type of fiction that explores what might have happened if a particular […]

Electronic cigarettes really can help you to quit smoking

January 31, 2019 Peter Sasieni 1

New evidence  shows that electronic cigarettes, when used together with behavioural support, enable substantially more smokers to give up than nicotine replacement treatments accompanied by […]

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