Harnessing population-wide health data to predict cancer risk (Posted May 26, 2024 11AM)

https://phgkb.cdc.gov/PHGKB/specificPHGKB.action?topic=cancer&query=home From the article: "In an era of big data and efficient computing, the development of complex risk models has become substantially easier than assessing whether, how, and in what context they are useful. The 1976 observation by George E P Box that “All models are wrong but some are useful remains equally true nearly 50 years later. Only time will tell whether the impressive advances since Box's observation in our ability to build risk models will ultimately prove useful for cancer prevention. "