Fox Chase Cancer Center: Cancer Prediction Models May Provide False Sense of Reliability for Guiding Care
June 19, 2019
June 19, 2019
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 19 -- The Fox Chase Cancer Center issued the following news release:
Allocation of clinical resources in oncology depends on a physician's ability to predict recurrence and survival events and rates. Currently, clinicians use a tumor's stage, grade and type as primary determinants of recurrence. Over the last decade, dozens of predictive models have been developed to improve on the ability of stage, grade and type to predict recurrence. Many are used . . .
Allocation of clinical resources in oncology depends on a physician's ability to predict recurrence and survival events and rates. Currently, clinicians use a tumor's stage, grade and type as primary determinants of recurrence. Over the last decade, dozens of predictive models have been developed to improve on the ability of stage, grade and type to predict recurrence. Many are used . . .