Prediction of Cranial Radiotherapy Treatment in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Patients Using Machine Learning: A Case Study at MAHAK Hospital.

Journal: Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) is the most common blood disease in children and is responsible for the most deaths amongst children. Due to major improvements in the treatment protocols in the 50-years period, the survivability of this disease has witnessed dramatic rise until this date which is about 90 percent. There are many investigations tending to indicate the efficiency of cranial radiotherapy found out that without that, outcome of the patients did not change and even it improved at some cases.

Authors

  • Amirarash Kashef
    School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), Tehran, Iran.
  • Toktam Khatibi
    Faculty of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran 1411713116, Iran. Electronic address: toktam.khatibi@modares.ac.ir.
  • Azim Mehrvar
    Mahak Hematology Oncology Research Center (Mahak-HORC), Mahak Hospital, Tehran, Iran.