Cancer Risk Analysis in Families With Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer.

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common fatal cancers in developed countries and represents a significant public-health issue. About 3%-5% of patients with CRC have hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC). Cancer morbidity and mortality can be reduced if early and intensive scree...

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Bibliografische gegevens
Gepubliceerd in:	IEEE Transactions on information technology in biomedicine 10, 3 (2006).
Hoofdauteur:	Kokuer, M.
Formaat:	Artikel
Taal:	English
Onderwerpen:	ANN. PCA. Artificial neural networks. Cancer morbidity. Cancer mortality. Cancer risk analysis. Cancer risk assessment. Fatal cancers. Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer. Intensive screening. Logistic regression. Pedigree analysis. Population-wide genetic screening. Principal component analysis. Self-organizing maps. Statistical approach.