Risk Assessment Using Patient-Specific Meta-Analysis

What is it about?

Meta-analysis combines information across several studies. Patient-specific meta-analysis combines information relative to a specific patient from each study using meta-analysis techniques. We develop this approach here particularly for assessment of risk of future events such cancer recurrence.

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Why is it important?

Personalized medicine means making individualized treatment decisions. Patient-specific meta-analysis provides a way to leverage risk information pertinent to an individual patient across several studies to inform these decisions.