Published on in Vol 10 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/79209, first published .
Clinical Decision Support Tool for Early Pancreatic Cancer Detection in Primary Care: Simulation Study

Clinical Decision Support Tool for Early Pancreatic Cancer Detection in Primary Care: Simulation Study

Clinical Decision Support Tool for Early Pancreatic Cancer Detection in Primary Care: Simulation Study

Javiera Martinez-Gutierrez   1, 2, 3 * , MPH, MD ;   Kaleswari Somasundaram   1 * , MPhil ;   Christina Maresch Bernardes   4, 5 , PhD ;   Meena Rafiq   1, 2, 6, 7 , MBBS, PhD ;   Silja Schrader   1, 2, 6 , MMS ;   Susan Jordan   4 , PhD ;   Sophie Chima   1, 2 , PhD ;   Lucas De Mendonca   1 , MPhil ;   Kit Huckvale   8 , PhD ;   Barbara Hunter   1 , PhD ;   Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis   1, 9, 10 , PhD ;   James Lawson   11 , BCS ;   Katrina Anderson   11 , MPH ;   Vivienne Milch   11, 12 , MBBS, MHPol ;   Rachel E Neale   4, 5 * , PhD ;   Jon Emery   1, 9 * , MA, MBBCHIR, MRCGP, DPhil

1 Department of General Practice, Medicine, Dentristry and Health Services, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

2 Collaborative Centre for Genomic Cancer Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

3 Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

4 School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

5 Population Health Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia

6 Data Connect, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia

7 Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

8 The Digital Health Validitron, Centre for Digital Transformation of Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

9 Department of Primary Care and Family Medicine, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

10 National Health Group Polyclinic, National Healthcare Group, Singapore, Singapore

11 Cancer Australia, Sydney, Australia

12 Caring Futures Institute, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Javiera Martinez-Gutierrez, MPH, MD
  • Department of General Practice
  • Medicine, Dentristry and Health Services
  • The University of Melbourne
  • The University of Melbourne Grattan Street, Parkville
  • Melbourne 3010
  • Australia
  • Phone: 61 3 9035 5511
  • Email: javiera.martinez@unimelb.edu.au