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New web calculator to more accurately predict bowel cancer survival

Anne Li                                     6/17/17                                               For more information please email: anne2001.li@gmail.com

 

"How long do I have, doctor?" For many cancer patients, following the initial shock of their diagnosis, thoughts quickly turn to estimating how much precious time they have left with family and friends or whether certain treatments could prolong their life. While current methods of estimating mortality can be crude, patients with bowel cancer could soon more accurately predict their chances of survival, thanks to a new web calculator 'QCancer Colorectal Survival' developed by academics at the University of Nottingham and medical software company ClinRisk Ltd.

 

See original article at: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170616114509.htm

 

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