Tuesday, 9 May 2017

Data Inventory for Cancer Patients Receiving Radiotherapy for Outcome Analysis and Modeling

Data collection for cancer patients is recognized as an important task in the USA, where the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention collects data on the occurrence, type, extent, and location of the cancer, and the type of initial treatment. The International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurements (ICHOM) aims at providing a global resource of in-use outcome measures and risk adjustment factors by medical condition and creating a global standard for measuring results. 

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These initiatives will enable public health professionals to understand and address the cancer burden more effectively. We have recently proposed to use the pre-treatment, planning, and treatment outcomes data for cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy to provide guidelines for optimal choice of both radiation modality and planning for new patients. It is important to determine the most influential patient features (or their combinations) that has the strongest correlation with the outcomes. We propose an Overlap Volume Histogram as a valuable representation of size and shape for tumor and organs at risk important for planning.

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