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The Development of an Automatic Thyroid Cancer Staging, Prognosis Predicting and Follow-Up Strategy Suggesting Calculator with Concurrent Data Input Process / 대한이비인후과학회지
Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery ; : 407-412, 2015.
Article in Korean | WPRIM | ID: wpr-656277
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND

OBJECTIVES:

It takes considerable time and effort to make decisions about management and follow up for the thyroid cancer. Also there are risks of incorrectness or confusion on the part of thyroid specialists. We developed a thyroid cancer calculator that does automatic thyroid cancer staging, prognosis predicting and suggesting follow-up strategies in order to reduce the burden of thyroid specialists who have to memorize a lot of guidelines and statistics, and to give consistency to the treatment plan. MATERIALS AND

METHOD:

An automatic thyroid cancer calculator was developed by using a computer program called 'Qt 5.2 version', based on patient demographics, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up status. This partly cited the history of prior thyroid cancer or other cancer registration, and focused on the specification of differentiated thyroid cancer.

RESULTS:

The program consisted of survival, recurrence and, dynamic re-stratification with follow-up. The patient registration form consisted of identification number, name and operation date, and patients needed to enter their thyroid cancer status, including clinical and pathologic information after registration. The entered information could be easily accessed in a few seconds. The program helped to update patient's current status, promptly collect data for clinical studies of thyroid cancers and provide better patient care. This program was simple, convenient and time-saving for users as it specifically contained important thyroid cancer items.

CONCLUSION:

Although this program is still in its primitive stage, the Kosin thyroid calculator reduces the workload of thyroid specialists and prevents the loss of clinical data. Furthermore, it could be a useful tool for the management and research of thyroid cancer.
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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Prognosis / Recurrence / Specialization / Thyroid Gland / Thyroid Neoplasms / Demography / Follow-Up Studies / Diagnosis / Patient Care / Neoplasm Staging Type of study: Diagnostic study / Practice guideline / Observational study / Prognostic study / Risk factors Limits: Humans Language: Korean Journal: Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Year: 2015 Type: Article

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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Prognosis / Recurrence / Specialization / Thyroid Gland / Thyroid Neoplasms / Demography / Follow-Up Studies / Diagnosis / Patient Care / Neoplasm Staging Type of study: Diagnostic study / Practice guideline / Observational study / Prognostic study / Risk factors Limits: Humans Language: Korean Journal: Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Year: 2015 Type: Article