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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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. •…
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…
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….
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…
2 Descriptive Statistics Mateen Shaikh and Hadas Moshonov Learning Objectives This chapter exposes the reader to several basic ideas used in summarizing quantitative data. They can broadly be categorized numerically…
