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Methods and systems for predicting occurrence of an event

  • US 7,321,881 B2
  • Filed: 02/25/2005
  • Issued: 01/22/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for predicting recurrence of cancer in a patient comprising:

  • estimating the probability that cancer will recur within a shorter period of time in a patient with a higher prognostic score than a patient with a lower prognostic score, wherein estimating comprises conducting pair-wise comparisons between prognostic scores for patients i and j, using a neural network trained using an objective function comprising a function C substantially in accordance with an approximation of the concordance index.

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