An umbrella protocol for standardized data collection (SDC) in rectal cancer: a prospective uniform naming and procedure convention to support personalized medicine.
Predictive models allow treating physicians to deliver tailored treatment moving from prescription by consensus to prescription by numbers. The main features of an umbrella protocol for standardizing data and procedures to create a consistent dataset useful to obtain a trustful analysis for a Decision Support System for rectal cancer are reported.
Sacred Heart University, Radiotherapy Department, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: elimlds@gmail.com.
Elisa
E
Meldolesi
Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO), GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, The Netherlands.
Johan
J
van Soest
Sacred Heart University, Radiotherapy Department, Rome, Italy.
Nicola
N
Dinapoli
Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO), GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, The Netherlands.
Andre
A
Dekker
Sacred Heart University, Radiotherapy Department, Rome, Italy.
Andrea
A
Damiani
Sacred Heart University, Radiotherapy Department, Rome, Italy.
Maria Antonietta
MA
Gambacorta
Sacred Heart University, Radiotherapy Department, Rome, Italy.
Vincenzo
V
Valentini
D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D057225:Data Mining; D019992:Databases as Topic; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D006801:Humans; D057285:Precision Medicine; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D012984:Software
Data mining; Large database; Ontology; Predictive model; Semantic web