CRediT contribution statement
Melina Vasileiou (https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3516-277X): Conceptualisation (equal), Investigation (lead), Methodology (lead), Data curation (lead), Formal analysis (lead), Writing – original draft (lead).
Victoria Wakefield (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2058-6411): Investigation (supporting), Methodology (supporting), Validation (supporting), Writing – original draft (supporting).
Clare Dadswell (https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6805-0753): Validation (equal), Writing – original draft (supporting), Supervision (supporting).
Steven J Edwards (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9049-3421): Conceptualisation (lead), Funding acquisition (lead), Validation (lead), Writing – original draft (supporting), Supervision (lead).
Acknowledgements
The External Assessment Group (EAG) would like to thank Dr Nisha Sharma (Director of Breast Screening and Clinical Lead for breast imaging, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust) and Ms Sarah Meredith (Consultant Ophthalmologist, Portsmouth Hospital University NHS Trust and Medical Director of InHealth Intelligence) for providing clinical advice via teleconference and feedback on the report. The EAG would also like to thank Dr Janet Litherland (Consultant Breast Radiologist, West of Scotland Breast Screening Service, Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board) for providing feedback on the report. The EAG would also like to thank the UK NSC Evidence Team members Dr Cristina Visintin, Dr David Thompson, and Dr Omaer Syed for developing the original review question and providing feedback throughout the project.
Data-sharing statement
All data requests should be submitted to the corresponding author for consideration. Any queries should be addressed to the corresponding author.
Ethics statement
No ethical approval was needed as all included data were from secondary published sources.
Information governance statement
This study did not handle any personal data because it was a systematic review of previously published studies, and therefore all data analysed were already publicly available. For any queries on Information Governance related to this project, please contact the corresponding author.
Disclosure of interests
Full disclosure of interests: Completed ICMJE forms for all authors, including all related interests, are available in the toolkit on the NIHR Journals Library report publication page at https://doi.org/10.3310/GJSE4912.
Primary conflicts of interest: None declared.
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