Su1751 - Costs and Benefits of Implementing a Colorectal Cancer Screening Programme in Mexico

Ramírez-Cervantes, Karen Lizzette; Landy, Rebecca; Hounsome, Natalia; Gillman, Matthew; Troche, José M. Remes; Márquez, José Antonio; Gallo, Valentina

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“…The software took as its inspiration the cervical cancer screening model [8] developed by Dr Rebecca Landy and colleagues at the Wolfson Institute. It was first used “properly” as part of a method to assess the effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening in Mexico [9], and for that I must thank MSc student Karen Ramírez-Cervantes, MD, Professor Stephen W. Duffy and Dr Landy. Professor Peter D. Sasieni had the original idea for a more generic model.…”

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GENESIS – The GENEric SImulation System for Modelling State Transitions

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2017

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This software implements a discrete time Markov chain model, used to model transitions between states when the transition probabilities are known a priori. It is highly configurable; the user supplies two text files, a “state transition table” and a “config file”, to the Perl script . Given the content of these files, the script generates a set of C++ classes based on the State design pattern, and a main program, which can then be compiled and run. The C++ code generated is based on the specification in the text files. Both multiple branching and bi-directional transitions are allowed.The software has been used to model the natural histories of colorectal cancer in Mexico. Although written primarily to model such disease processes, it can be used in any process which depends on discrete states with known transition probabilities between those states. One suitable area may be in environmental modelling.A test suite is supplied with the distribution.Due to its high degree of configurability and flexibility, this software has good re-use potential. It is stored on the Figshare repository.

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“…The software has been used initially to look at the natural histories of colorectal cancer in Mexico, which were then used to compare the potential impact of screening programmes [9].…”

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GENESIS – The GENEric SImulation System for Modelling State Transitions

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2017

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Su1751 - Costs and Benefits of Implementing a Colorectal Cancer Screening Programme in Mexico

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