| Author: | Lam, Kin Man |
| Title: | Using artificial neural network to predict the mortality of radical cystectomy for bladder cancer |
| Degree: | M.Sc. |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Subject: | Hong Kong Polytechnic University -- Dissertations Bladder -- Cancer Bladder -- Cancer -- Treatment Cancer -- Mortality |
| Department: | Faculty of Health and Social Sciences |
| Pages: | vii, 55 pages : color illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | Bladder cancer is a common cancer in Hong Kong. Definitive treatment of muscle invasive bladder cancer is surgical removal of bladder, i.e. radical cystectomy. This surgery carries significant morbidities and mortalities. Many researches tried to look for factors to predict the morbidities and mortalities of radical cystectomy. Traditional research identified the factors by statistical method. The present research project employed artificial neural network to predict the 5-year mortality of radical cystectomy. The clinico-pathological data from a urology unit of a district hospital in Hong Kong was collected. Risk factors were identified by conventional statistical method. Outcome of surgery was computed by artificial neural network by using the risk factors identified in statistics. The best overall accuracy of the neural network was 77.8%. The 5-year mortality predicted by neural network was comparable to conventional statistical model. The result of this study reflects the potential development of artificial intelligence in health science. |
| Rights: | All rights reserved |
| Access: | restricted access |
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