Μοντέλα θνησιμότητας διαφόρων ειδών καρκίνου
Mortality models of different types of cancer
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Καρκίνος εγκεφάλου ; Καρκίνος μαστού ; Καρκίνος παγκρέατος ; Cancer brain ; Cancer breast ; Cancer pancreaticAbstract
In the present study an attempt was made to find mortality patterns of different types of cancer. For this purpose, the database from the SEER database was used. The interest was focused on finding those factors which influence mortality from brain, pancreatic and breast cancer.
In detail, the first chapter provides a historical account of the origin of the name and a description of cancer in general, as well as of the individual cancers: brain, pancreatic and breast, and a description of the methodology followed in the following chapters. The second chapter presents the descriptive analysis of the variables available, while the third chapter gives the statistical analysis, which includes the correlations and the test of independence of the variables with status (life or death). In chapter four, the Cox proportional hazards model is applied to the data. In chapter five, multiple logistic regression is applied to the data.
Finally, in the last chapter, the conclusions of the analysis are presented in detail.