Refining Ovarian Cancer Test accuracy Scores (ROCkeTS): protocol for a prospective longitudinal test accuracy study to validate new risk scores in women with symptoms of suspected ovarian cancer

Sudha Sundar; Caroline Rick; Francis Dowling; Pui Au; Kym Snell; Nirmala Rai; Rita Champaneria; Hilary Stobart; Richard Neal; Clare Davenport; Susan Mallett; Andrew Sutton; Sean Kehoe; Dirk Timmerman; Tom Bourne; Ben Van Calster; Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj; Usha Menon; Jon Deeks

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010333

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Refining Ovarian Cancer Test accuracy Scores (ROCkeTS): protocol for a prospective longitudinal test accuracy study to validate new risk scores in women with symptoms of suspected ovarian cancer

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Sudha Sundar Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Pan Birmingham Gynaecological Cancer Centre, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Caroline Rick Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Francis Dowling Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Pui Au Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kym Snell Diagnostic Test Accuracy Group, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nirmala Rai Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Diagnostic Test Accuracy Group, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Rita Champaneria Diagnostic Test Accuracy Group, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hilary Stobart Patient Representative, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Richard Neal Primary Care, Bangor University, North Wales, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Clare Davenport Diagnostic Test Accuracy Group, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Susan Mallett Diagnostic Test Accuracy Group, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Andrew Sutton Health Economics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sean Kehoe Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Dirk Timmerman Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tom Bourne Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ben Van Calster Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj Department of Women's Cancer, Gynaecological Cancer Research Centre, Institute for Women's Health, UCL, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Usha Menon Department of Women's Cancer, Gynaecological Cancer Research Centre, Institute for Women's Health, UCL, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jon Deeks Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Diagnostic Test Accuracy Group, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Sudha Sundar; s.s.sundar{at}bham.ac.uk

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Sundar S, Rick C, Dowling F on behalf of the ROCkeTS study group, et al

Refining Ovarian Cancer Test accuracy Scores (ROCkeTS): protocol for a prospective longitudinal test accuracy study to validate new risk scores in women with symptoms of suspected ovarian cancer

BMJ Open 2016;6:e010333. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010333

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Received October 21, 2015
Revised April 12, 2016
Accepted July 11, 2016
First published August 9, 2016.

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