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ArticleIranian Red Crescent medical journal2016

Application of Canonical Correlation Analysis for Detecting Risk Factors Leading to Recurrence of Breast Cancer.

Farahnaz Sadoughi, Hadi Lotfnezhad Afshar, Asiie Olfatbakhsh, Neda Mehrdad

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Article in Iranian Red Crescent medical journal, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Farahnaz SadoughiDepartment of Health Information Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Hadi Lotfnezhad AfsharDepartment of Health Information Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran; Department of Health Information Technology, School of Paramedical, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, IR Iran.
Asiie OlfatbakhshBreast Cancer Research Center (BCRC), The Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR), Tehran, IR Iran.
Neda MehrdadBreast Cancer Research Center (BCRC), The Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR), Tehran, IR Iran.
Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research · IRIran University of Medical Sciences · IRUrmia University of Medical Sciences

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Abstract

backgroundAdvances in treatment options of breast cancer and development of cancer research centers have necessitated the collection of many variables about breast cancer patients. Detection of important variables as predictors and outcomes among them, without applying an appropriate statistical method is a very challenging task. Because of recurrent nature of breast cancer occurring in different time intervals, there are usually more than one variable in the outcome set. For the prevention of this problem that causes multicollinearity, a statistical method named canonical correlation analysis (CCA) is a good solution.

objectivesThe purpose of this study was to analyze the data related to breast cancer recurrence of Iranian females using the CCA method to determine important risk factors. PATIENTS AND

methodsIn this cross-sectional study, data of 584 female patients (mean age of 45.9 years) referred to Breast Cancer Research Center (Tehran, Iran) were analyzed anonymously. SPSS and NORM softwares (2.03) were used for data transformation, running and interpretation of CCA and replacing missing values, respectively. Data were obtained from Breast Cancer Research Center, Tehran, Iran.

resultsAnalysis showed seven important predictors resulting in breast cancer recurrence in different time periods. Family history and loco-regional recurrence more than 5 years after diagnosis were the most important variables among predictors and outcomes sets, respectively.

conclusionsCanonical correlation analysis can be used as a useful tool for management and preparing of medical data for discovering of knowledge hidden in them.

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Breast NeoplasmsData MiningNeoplasm RecurrenceStatistics as Topic

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