Analysis of prognostic factors for survival after hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma based on a bayesian network.

The prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after hepatectomy involves many factors. Previous studies have evaluated the separate influences of single factors; few have considered the combined influence of various factors. This paper combines the Bayesian network (BN) with importance measures to...

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Main Authors: Zhi-Qiang Cai, Shu-Bin Si, Chen Chen, Yaling Zhao, Yong-Yi Ma, Lin Wang, Zhi-Min Geng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4380349?pdf=render