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Varying preferences for predictive information among patients at risk for lung cancer

Principal Investigator

Name
Gary Weissman

Degrees
MD, MSHP

Institution
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Position Title
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email
gary.weissman@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

About this CDAS Project

Study
NLST (Learn more about this study)

Project ID
NLST-682

Initial CDAS Request Approval
Jun 26, 2020

Title
Varying preferences for predictive information among patients at risk for lung cancer

Summary
The goal of this project is to identify ranges for preferences of false positive and false negative errors in cancer detection to optimize clinical decision support tools.

Aims

- Calculate the net benefit and weighted net benefit of a cancer prediction model

Collaborators

None.