Statistics plays a Critical Role in the fight against cancer
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Estimation of cancer rates, trends, and projected cancer rates and cancer deaths (Part I)
- Clinical trials for treatment comparisons
- Research study designs, methods to analyse collected data
- Inherited types of cancer studies
- Genetic and molecular studies (Part II)
Part I: Cancer Surveillance: 2010 Report on Cancer Statistics in Alberta reports
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Nearly 1 in 2 Albertans will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime
- 1 in 4 will die from cancer
Part II: Personalized Medicine will require
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global perscective of health and disease
- treatment based on multiple types of biological information
- scientific teams including statisticians to realize the goals of personalized mendicine.
Conclusions
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Statistics plays an important role in the fight against cancer in many areas, including survelilance (population level) and personalized medicine (individual)
- Research has and will continue to significantly improve our understanding, treatment and prevention of cancer.
Date: Wednesday, April 2
Time: 10:00 – 11:00
Location: Solarium
Broadcast: TBCC cc121