Statistical Evaluation of Factors Influencing Prognosis of Gastric Cancer Patients : Prediction of Prognosis on Patient Clusters

By Goto, Masashi

Book Id: WPLBN0000059557
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Statistical Evaluation of Factors Influencing Prognosis of Gastric Cancer Patients : Prediction of Prognosis on Patient Clusters
Author:	Goto, Masashi
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, United Nations., United Nations. Office for Disarmament Affairs
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Disarmament Documents
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Publisher:	United Nations- Office for Disarmament Affairs (Unoda)


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Introduction: The survival time is one of the leading criteria necessary for the evaluation of treatments administered, to cancer patients. Especially in clinical trials in cancer therapy, the survival time expressed in terms of months has been used as a measure to assess the performance of the therapy. Variables or factors which affect or explain the survival time are called prognostic variables or prognostic factors, respectively. In an ideal clinical trial, it is desirable that prognostic factors be selected prior to random assignment of each treatment to be compared and then evaluation of the results be given by the aid of observed survival time expressed in months, but prognostic factors conceivable beforehand are so numerous that it is difficult to specify the factors in advance.