Personalizing Cancer Screening Using OR
| 2012/01/01 | Posted by Daniel Santos under Artigos, CÂNCER, Câncer, PESQUISA, SAÚDE |
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I have had a strong interest in answering screening policy questions associated with breast cancer since 2006. Questions such as when to start and screening or how often to screen women are among the most controversial issues regarding breast cancer, the most common non-skin cancer in US women. Although mammography is the most effective modality for breast cancer screening, it has several potential risks including high false-positive rates. Therefore, the balance of benefits and risks is critical in designing a mammography screening schedule, which requires a formal framework to evaluate these effects such as simulation modeling.
After I got involved in the breast cancer screening problem, I noticed that most of the existing cancer screening guidelines simply provide very generic and static instructions. For example, many medical organizations recommend that women over 40 (over 50, according to some organizations) should have a screening mammogram every 1 to 2 years and should continue to do so for as long as they are in good health.
via Personalizing Cancer Screening Using OR / O.R./Analytics at Work Blog / News Room / About INFORMS / IOL Home – INFORMS.org. / O.R./Analytics at Work Blog / News Room / About INFORMS / IOL Home – INFORMS.org
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