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Ovarian tumor risk factors study in a south medical center in Taiwan

This study discusses main risk factors of ovarian tumor to determine a tumor type. Since symptoms of ovarian tumor are not obvious as the tumors are located in pelvic, the ovarian tumor is difficult to detect. The symptoms are mostly stomach or lower abdomen
swellings, which are often ignored. The probability of ovarian cancer is lower than cervical cancer, but the mortality rate is the highest of all gynecologic diseases. The study uses statistical methods to analyze risk factors of patients to determine the tumor type and an early treatment in order to reduce the death rate. The sources of the studies are from Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital and are classified according to different cases of tumors based on ultrasound checks and other relevant risk factors, such as ages and tumor marks so as to provide a determined method to distinguish among benign, borderline and malignant ovarian tumors in order to create appropriate classification criteria for followups,
surgeries, and references for tracking. To differentiate between malignant and nonmalignant (benign and borderline) cases, we use risk factors to construct classification and regression trees so as to help physicians to determine the tumor type. In the situation
in which the non-malignant tumor may be determined, we use logistic regression model according to the degree of influence of risk factors to further classify between benign and borderline tumors. The aforementioned process can determine tumor types precisely and can also determine surgery types so as to help determining whether patients would need a
follow-up.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0705112-113322
Date05 July 2012
CreatorsWu, Wei-Wen
ContributorsMei-Hui Guo, Mong-Na Lo Huang, Chung Chang, An-Jen Chiang, Fu-Chuen Chang
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageCholon
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0705112-113322
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