A Prototype Integrated Decision Support System for Breast Cancer Oncology

This paper describes an integrated clinical support system combining data entry and access with prognostic modelling, for use by the clinician, complemented by a patient information system tailored to the particular characteristics of the individual patient. The core of the system comprises a modelling methodology based on the PLANN-ARD neural network which combines risk staging with automatic rule generation to derive an explanation facility for the risk group allocation of each patient. The aim of the system is to promote better informed decision making on the part of both the clinician and the patient, exploiting the combined potential of analytical methodologies and the internet.

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