Les Irwig

University of Sydney — Australia

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Global Cancer Incidence and Screening(63), Meta-analysis and systematic reviews(53), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life(52), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection(49), Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials(27)

Publications423 total

Red flags to screen for vertebral fracture in patients presenting with low-back pain
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
STARD 2015 guidelines for reporting diagnostic accuracy studies: explanation and elaboration
Вопросы современной педиатрии·2022· 52 citedOpen Access
A novel methodological framework was described for detecting and quantifying overdiagnosis
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology·2022· 8 citedOpen Access
A Novel Methodological Framework for Detecting and Quantifying Overdiagnosis
SSRN Electronic Journal·2022Open Access
I need an exact margin measurement for this basal cell carcinoma!
Journal of Clinical Pathology·2021· 2 cited
Assessing the Potential for Patient-led Surveillance After Treatment of Localized Melanoma (MEL-SELF)
JAMA Dermatology·2021· 48 citedOpen Access
Assessing the potential for patient-led surveillance after treatment of localized melanoma: A pilot randomized controlled trial (the MEL-SELF pilot trial)
2021
STARD 2015 guidelines for reporting diagnostic accuracy studies: explanation and elaboration. Translation to Russian
Digital Diagnostics·2021· 6 citedOpen Access
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
Trials·2021· 18 citedOpen Access
Informing Women About Overdetection in Breast Cancer Screening: Two-Year Outcomes From a Randomized Trial
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute·2021· 27 citedOpen Access
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Journal of Hypertension·2021Open Access
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· 1 citedOpen Access
Estimating the potential impact of interventions to reduce over‐calling and under‐calling of melanoma
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology·2021· 6 cited
Equity and evidence during vaccine rollout: stepped wedge cluster randomised trials could help
BMJ·2021· 3 citedOpen Access
COVID‐19: estimated number of deaths if Australia had experienced a similar outbreak to England and Wales
The Medical Journal of Australia·2021· 6 citedOpen Access
How to use imperfect tests for COVID‐19 (SARS‐CoV‐2) to make clinical decisions
The Medical Journal of Australia·2021· 5 citedOpen Access
Risk Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease Based on Retinal Vascular Caliber (from the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities [ARIC] Study)
UNC Libraries·2020Open Access
Mammography screening for breast cancer—the UK Age trial
The Lancet Oncology·2020· 4 cited
COVID-19: how many Australians might have died if we’d had an outbreak like that in England and Wales?
The Sydney eScholarship Repository (The University of Sydney)·2020· 3 citedOpen Access
Testing decisions in the pandemic: how do we use imperfect tests for COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) to make clinical decisions?
The Sydney eScholarship Repository (The University of Sydney)·2020· 1 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Petra Macaskill(20), Paul Glasziou(16), Nehmat Houssami(9), Patrick M. Bossuyt(7), Henrica C. W. de Vet(7), Johannes B. Reitsma(5), David E. Bruns(5), Constantine Gatsonis(5), Judy M. Simpson(5), Jeroen G. Lijmer(4), David Moher(4), Drummond Rennie(4), Douglas G. Altman(4), Lotty Hooft(4), Daniël A. Korevaar(4), Jérémie F. Cohen(4), Stefano Ciatto(4), M. Luke Marinovich(4), Meagan Brennan(4), Chris Bain(4)