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ReviewComputational and mathematical methods in medicine2021

Pancreatic Cancer Survival Prediction: A Survey of the State-of-the-Art.

Wilson Bakasa, Serestina Viriri

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Review in Computational and mathematical methods in medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wilson BakasaSchool of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0927-1301
Serestina ViririSchool of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2850-8645
University of KwaZulu-Natal · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer early detection increases the chances of survival. Some cancer types, like pancreatic cancer, are challenging to diagnose or detect early, and the stages have a fast progression rate. This paper presents the state-of-the-art techniques used in cancer survival prediction, suggesting how these techniques can be implemented in predicting the overall survival of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cancer (pdac) patients. Because of bewildering and high volumes of data, the recent studies highlight the importance of machine learning (ML) algorithms like support vector machines and convolutional neural networks. Studies predict pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cancer (pdac) survival is within the limits of 41.7% at one year, 8.7% at three years, and 1.9% at five years. There is no significant correlation found between the disease stages and the overall survival rate. The implementation of ML algorithms can improve our understanding of cancer progression. ML methods need an appropriate level of validation to be considered in everyday clinical practice. The objective of these techniques is to perform classification, prediction, and estimation. Accurate predictions give pathologists information on the patient's state, surgical treatment to be done, optimal use of resources, individualized therapy, drugs to prescribe, and better patient management.

Indexed as

Machine LearningAlgorithmsCarcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalComputational BiologyDeep LearningEarly Detection of CancerHumansNeural Networks, ComputerPancreatic NeoplasmsPrognosisSupport Vector MachineSurveys and QuestionnairesSurvival AnalysisSurvival Rate

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PMID34630626
PMCPMC8497168
OpenAlexW3202588279

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