METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION OF MARKER CANDIDATES FOR CANCER PROGNOSIS

摘要

Methods and computer program products for analysis and optimization of candidate markers for prognosis of C u00e1 NCER ". Methods and computer program products for evaluating and optimizing one or more markers for use in establishing a prognosis for a patient suffering from a disease are provided.More particularly, the methods include steps for systematic evaluation of a series of features that can be extracted from an image of a sample body, such as a histological slide, which has been esposta one or more biomarkers, so as to establish a rule of D. Ecisu00e3o prognosis based on one or more of the features extracted.So the rule of decision provides a prognosis that is optimally predictable expectation real to the patient. Thus, the method, and computer program products provide optimally predictable prognosis provided to assist physicians in developing strategies for effective treatment of the patient.