This book is organized into 4 sections, each looking at the question of outcome prediction in cancer from a different angle. The first section describes the clinical problem and some of the predicaments that clinicians face in dealing with cancer. Amongst issues discussed in this section are the TNM staging, accepted methods for survival analysis and competing risks. The second section describes the biological and genetic markers and the role of bioinformatics. Understanding of the genetic and environmental basis of cancers will help in identifying high-risk populations and developing...
This book is organized into 4 sections, each looking at the question of outcome prediction in cancer from a different angle. The first section describ...