A web-based software program that can make more accurate predictions of long-term survival for head and neck cancer patients have been developed by researchers at the Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute.
According to Samuel J. Wang, M.D., Ph.D., principal investigator, Holman Pathway Resident in the Department of Radiation Medicine, OHSU School of Medicine:
“This new tool can help us make personalized predictions of conditional survival for an individual patient depending on his or her specific situation.
This is the first time we have the ability to make a customized prediction of conditional survival probability for an individual head and neck cancer …read more