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Overview

Les Irwig is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and has a research focus primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Oncology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Artificial Intelligence, and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty.

The researcher's main topics of study include Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management, Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, Meta-analysis and Systematic Reviews, Machine Learning in Healthcare, AI in Cancer Detection, and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Les Irwig include:

  • STARD 2015 guidelines for reporting diagnostic accuracy studies: explanation and elaboration, 2022, Вопросы современной педиатрии
  • Assessing the Potential for Patient-led Surveillance After Treatment of Localized Melanoma (MEL-SELF), 2021, JAMA Dermatology
  • Informing Women About Overdetection in Breast Cancer Screening: Two-Year Outcomes From a Randomized Trial, 2021, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • The potential for overdiagnosis and underdiagnosis because of blood pressure variability: a comparison of the 2017 ACC/AHA, 2018 ESC/ESH and 2019 NICE hypertension guidelines, 2020, Journal of Hypertension
  • Can patient-led surveillance detect subsequent new primary or recurrent melanomas and reduce the need for routinely scheduled follow-up? A protocol for the MEL-SELF randomised controlled trial, 2021, Trials

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Katy Bell
  • Alexandra Barratt
  • Kevin McGeechan
  • Jolyn Hersch
  • Jenny Doust

Les Irwig has published in various venues multiple times, with frequent appearances in:

  • Journal of Hypertension
  • The Medical Journal of Australia
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Вопросы современной педиатрии
  • JAMA Dermatology

Best Publications

  • Towards complete and accurate reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy: the STARD initiative

    P M Bossuyt;J B Reitsma;D E Bruns;C A Gatsonis

  • STARD 2015: an updated list of essential items for reporting diagnostic accuracy studies

    Patrick M Bossuyt;Johannes B Reitsma;David E Bruns;Constantine A Gatsonis

  • Towards complete and accurate reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy: the STARD initiative

    Patrick M Bossuyt;Johannes B Reitsma;David E Bruns;Constantine A Gatsonis

  • The STARD Statement for Reporting Studies of Diagnostic Accuracy: Explanation and Elaboration

    Patrick M. Bossuyt;Johannes B. Reitsma;David E. Bruns;Constantine A. Gatsonis

  • The performance of tests of publication bias and other sample size effects in systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy was assessed.

    Jonathan J. Deeks;Petra Macaskill;Les Irwig

  • STARD 2015: An Updated List of Essential Items for Reporting Diagnostic Accuracy Studies.

    Patrick M. Bossuyt;Johannes B. Reitsma;David E. Bruns;Constantine A. Gatsonis

  • STARD 2015 guidelines for reporting diagnostic accuracy studies: explanation and elaboration

    Jérémie F Cohen;Jérémie F Cohen;Daniël A Korevaar;Douglas G Altman;David E Bruns

  • Cochrane systematic review of colorectal cancer screening using the fecal occult blood test (hemoccult): an update.

    Paul Hewitson;Paul Glasziou;Eila Watson;Bernie Towler

  • A systematic review of the effects of screening for colorectal cancer using the faecal occult blood test, hemoccult.

    Bernie Towler;Les Irwig;Paul Glasziou;Jan Kewenter

  • A comparison of methods to detect publication bias in meta-analysis.

    Petra Macaskill;Stephen D. Walter;Les Irwig

  • Meta-analysis of Pap test accuracy

    Michael T. Fahey;Les Irwig;Petra Macaskill

  • Accuracy and surgical impact of magnetic resonance imaging in breast cancer staging: systematic review and meta-analysis in detection of multifocal and multicentric cancer.

    Nehmat Houssami;Stefano Ciatto;Petra Macaskill;Sarah J. Lord

  • Guidelines for Meta-analyses Evaluating Diagnostic Tests

    Les Irwig;Anna N. A. Tosteson;Constantine Gatsonis;Joseph Lau

  • Screening for colorectal cancer using the faecal occult blood test, hemoccult.

    Paul Hewitson;Paul P Glasziou;Les Irwig;Bernie Towler

  • The outcome of childhood Haemophilus influenzae meningitis. A population based study.

    Peter McIntyre;Ruth Jepson;Stephen Leeder;Les Irwig

  • Oxygen-Saturation Targets and Outcomes in Extremely Preterm Infants

    Lisa Maree Askie;David John Henderson-Smart;Les Irwig;Judy Margaret Simpson

  • Antibiotic prophylaxis and recurrent urinary tract infection in children.

    Jonathan C. Craig;Judy M. Simpson;Gabrielle J. Williams;Alison Lowe

  • Comparative accuracy: assessing new tests against existing diagnostic pathways

    Patrick M Bossuyt;Les Irwig;Jonathan Craig;Paul Glasziou

  • The STARD statement for reporting studies of diagnostic accuracy: Explanation and elaboration

    Patrick M. Bossuyt;J. B. Reitsma;D. E. Bruns;Constantine A. Gatsonis

  • STARD 2015 guidelines for reporting diagnostic accuracy studies: explanation and elaboration. Translation to Russian

    Jérémie F. Cohen;F Cohen Jérémie;Daniël A. Korevaar;A Korevaar Daniël

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Glasziou
Paul Glasziou Bond University
Kirsten McCaffery
Kirsten McCaffery University of Sydney
Nehmat Houssami
Nehmat Houssami University of Sydney
Patrick M.M. Bossuyt
Patrick M.M. Bossuyt University of Amsterdam
Constantine Gatsonis
Constantine Gatsonis Brown University
Lyndal Trevena
Lyndal Trevena University of Sydney
Johannes B. Reitsma
Johannes B. Reitsma Utrecht University
David Moher
David Moher Ottawa Hospital
Henrica C.W. de Vet
Henrica C.W. de Vet University of Amsterdam
Judy M. Simpson
Judy M. Simpson University of Sydney

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