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. 2015 Dec 3;113(12):1645–1650. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2015.409

Table 1. Examples of risk prediction models for asymptomatic individuals that have been validated in different populations.

  Summary of performance in validation studies
Risk model Discrimination (AUROC, 95% CI) Calibration (O/E, 95% CI)
Breast (Meads et al, 2012)
Colditz 0.63 (0.63–0.64) 1.01 (0.94–1.09)
Gail 2 0.63 (0.59–0.67) 0.95 (0.88–1.01)
Rosner and Colditz 0.57 (0.55–0.59) 0.96 (0.92–1.02)
Tyrer and Cusick 0.762 (0.70–0.82)a 1.09 (0.85–1.41)a
Lung (Li et al, 2015)
Bach 0.81 (0.76–0.86) 0.88 (0.72–1.08)
Sptiz 0.78 (0.73–0.83) 3.75 (3.06–4.60)
LLP 0.79 (0.73–0.83) 1.12 (0.92–1.37)
PLCOM2012b 0.81 (0.76–0.86) 1.03 (0.87–1.23)
Colorectal (Win et al, 2012)
Harvard Cancer Risk Index Men: 0.71 (0.68–0.74) Women: 0.67 (0.64–0.70)
Imperiale 0.74 (SD=0.06)
Freedman Men: 0.61 (0.60–0.62) Women: 0.61 (0.59–0.62) Men: 0.99 (0.95–1.04) Women: 1.05 (0.98–1.11)
Ma 0.64 (0.61–0.67) 1.09 (0.98–1.23)
Prostate (Louie et al, 2014)
Prostataclass 0.79 (0.75–0.84)
Finne 0.74 (0.70–0.77)
Karakiewcz 0.74 (0.69–0.80)
Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial 0.66 (0.63–0.68)
Chun 0.76 (0.72–0.79)
ERSPC RC3c 0.79 (0.77–0.81)
Melanoma (Usher-Smith et al, 2014)
Fortes 0.79 (0.70–0.86)
Williams 0.70 (0.64–0.77)  

Abbreviations: AUROC=area under receiver operator characteristic curve; CI=confidence interval; LLP, liverpool lung project; O/E=ratio of observed to expected events.

a

In a high-risk sample.

b

The 2012 version of the prostate, lung, colorectal, and ovarian cancer screening trial model.

c

European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer Risk Calculator 3.