Head and Neck
6 Head and Neck Albert Tiong and June Corry INTRODUCTION Head and neck cancers encompass a wide variety of anatomic subsites and histologies, though most commonly they are squamous cell…
Abdominal and Pelvic Malignancies
8 Abdominal and Pelvic Malignancies Sushmita Ghoshal, Bhavana Rai, and Raviteja Miriyala INTRODUCTION Radiation oncologists have long understood the potential benefit of radiation therapy (RT) in palliating the distressing symptoms…
Patient Selection and Life Expectancy Tools
2 Patient Selection and Life Expectancy Tools Srinivas Raman, Nicholas Chiu, Na Zhang, and Edward Chow INTRODUCTION Life expectancy estimates for advanced cancer patients are necessary considerations in the fields…
Liver Malignancies
9 Liver Malignancies Jared R. Robbins INTRODUCTION Each year in the United States there are estimated to be over 45,000 cases of primary liver and biliary system malignancies with over…
Malignant Spinal Cord Compression
4 Malignant Spinal Cord Compression Randy Li-Hung Wei and Kavita V. Dharmarajan INTRODUCTION Epidemiology Malignant spinal cord compression (MSCC) occurs when a soft-tissue tumor or pathological fracture of the spinal…
Introduction
1 Introduction Candice Johnstone Cancer is a global problem with an estimated 14.1 million new cancer cases worldwide, 32.6 million people living with cancer, and 8.2 million cancer deaths in…
Measurements: Validity, Reliability, and Responsiveness
4 Measurements: Validity, Reliability, and Responsiveness Alexandra M. Easson, George Tomlinson, and Andrea S. Doria Learning Objectives • To explain the importance of measurement properties to health outcomes research. •…
Diagnostic Tests
3 Diagnostic Tests George Tomlinson, Gerald Lebovic, Connie Marras, and Andrea S. Doria Learning Objectives • To apply methods for estimation and hypothesis testing for proportions to the binary diagnostic…
Meta-analysis
16 Meta-analysis Joseph Beyene, Binod Neupane, and Zelalem F. Negeri Learning Objectives • To explain basic statistical and methodological issues related to meta-analysis. • To explain concepts of effect measures….
Statistical Inference: Point Estimation, Confidence Intervals, and Hypothesis Testing
13 Statistical Inference: Point Estimation, Confidence Intervals, and Hypothesis Testing Christopher Meaney, Rahim Moineddin, and George Tomlinson Learning Objectives • To explain point estimation. • To describe interval estimation and…
