title: Probability models in the analysis of radiation-related complications: utility and limitations.
abstract: In order to predict radiation-related enteric damage, 92 women were studied who had received identical radiation doses for cancer of the ovary from 1970 through 1977. A logistic model was used to predict the probability of complication as a function of number of laparotomies, hypertension, and thin physique. The utility and limitations of such probability models are presented.
mesh_terms: D001823:Body Composition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000293:injuries; D007813:Laparotomy; D008954:Models, Biological; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011336:Probability; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage