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Breast Cancer Website Predicts Survival Chances

A new Website, called Predict, has been launched in the UK to help patients of breast cancer predict their survival chances. The Website has been designed to provide better accuracy when users input data such as their age, how the tumour was detected (e.g. through screening or finding a lump), width of tumour and the grade of cancer. After input, the system displays a prediction of the likelihood of survival for the next 5 to 10 years plus any extra benefits that can be gained from drug treatment.

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The online tool was developed by a team led by Professor G. Wishart at Cambridge University Hospital’s breast unit and is available to Doctors and Patients for free. The group plans to regularly update the site as more information becomes available and emphasises that it is still “important for patients to work with their specialist to choose the right drug treatment following breast cancer surgery”.

Meanwhile, Predict comes just as a pill, hailed by some as “cancer’s penicillin moment”, that rapidly shrinks the most deadly skin cancer tumours was revealed. The drug, called PLX4032 is said to be the first cancer pill to use results from the full decoding of human DNA, and has already produced ‘spectacular’ trial results. Researchers hope that new gene-targeting drugs such as the PLX4032 will result in better treatment for patients.

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Would you trust a computer-based diagnostic and prognostic system to assess a medical condition?

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21 Comments

21 Comments

  1. Egrove Systems

    September 18, 2010 at 8:48 am

    Thanks for awareness post about breast cancer. Actually cancer patients are feel to bad to breath. But this online help website may help them

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  3. Henway

    September 18, 2010 at 4:27 pm

    I would. Humans are very prone to errors and misjudgement, but then again it’s easy for me to sit here and say that when I don’t have cancer. But objectively speaking, if the software is bug-free, and reliable, there’s no reason not to trust a computer over a human.

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    September 20, 2010 at 11:58 pm

    I was really aware of such information. Thanks for posting such a good post which really provide useful information about the cancer.

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    September 21, 2010 at 7:59 pm

    Hmmm I can’t see how this can work with any degree of accuracy to be honest but I’m willing to be proved wrong.

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    September 22, 2010 at 8:36 am

    My, oh my… Am I the only one who thinks this is cruel and senseless!? How should a woman feel when a cold impersonal computer program is telling her that she has no chances of surviving?!

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    September 24, 2010 at 6:33 pm

    I think the best thing is to see a cancer specialist for a prepare diagnostic and treatment of any cancer, a computer-based diagnostic and prognostic system may not be 100% correct sometime. To be on a saver side a specialist need to be consulted.

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      February 20, 2011 at 12:23 pm

      Good point

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    October 15, 2010 at 8:03 am

    It is important for patients to work with their specialist to choose the right drug treatment following breast cancer surgery. If you are only going to get a very small benefit from chemotherapy, then you have to weigh that up against all the toxicity and all the possible side effects of that treatment.

  9. ielts

    December 9, 2010 at 3:58 pm

    This is a great research.Breast cancer is mostly diagnosis from the women that are in between 40 and 45.

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    December 28, 2010 at 4:20 pm

    This research is beneficial for humanity.This research is also opening doors for novice doctors.

  11. Jamie

    March 5, 2011 at 11:29 pm

    I can see how this can be viewed as a good idea but i think that even though it does have a lot fo parameters that need to be filled out, surely with something as complex as cancer there has got to be many factors that are undefined which a computer program cannot be aware of.

    It just seems thought it may be taking the whole online self medicating trend a bit too far for me.

  12. tommysky

    April 8, 2011 at 6:18 am

    good topics! keep it up

  13. Jim Olenbush

    August 23, 2011 at 5:23 pm

    I am so glad to have stumbled on this site. This is of great help to those breast cancer patients. I will be sharing this one. Thanks for the info!

  14. Sandra

    August 27, 2011 at 1:54 pm

    There is nothing wrong with a site like that, although yeah it might be a bit impersonal when delivering bad news.
    But you should never solely trust the results of a site like that. This is not a situation to take lightly so you should still consult with a specialist.

    Haven’t heard anything about PLX4032 anymore.

  15. Medx Power

    December 14, 2011 at 12:37 pm

    Site like this will help many of the patients having cancer. But they needs to consult doc. also for their treatment.

  16. Carey

    June 25, 2012 at 7:34 am

    This helps several women out there to be aware if ever they are about to have a breast cancer. By knowing breast cancer in its early stage, it will really helps that it can be cured than knowing it at peak stage where no drugs can cure. Let us post this piece of information to facebook pages to help several women today.

  17. Sax

    October 22, 2012 at 2:29 pm

    By understanding breasts cancers in its initial phase, it will really allows that it can be treated than understanding it at peak level where no drugs can cure. Let us post this piece of information to facebook or myspace pages to help several females today.

  18. Joice

    September 19, 2013 at 8:53 pm

    I don’t know what to say because you can’t be sure if a website such as the one mentioned above can predict survival chances. It seems to be a lottery of feelings and the result can be disappointing. I believe that a specialist need to be consulted!

  19. Esther

    September 28, 2013 at 4:59 am

    My personal instincts would have said no I read an in depth study of a New York doctor putting in guidelines to diagnose heart problems in the Emergency room that made me change my mind. They proved that following the questionnaire (which could be done by a computer) was more accurate than the subjective diagnoses of the doctors.

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    July 26, 2019 at 8:11 am

    Thanks for such useful information regarding cancer. It may really help those patient who are suffering from such disease.

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