biostatistics

The trouble with health statistics

CW+ 2

CancerWorld Plus, Cover Story, Featured 6 September 2018 0

Some commonly used statistical concepts are hard to master not only for most patients, but for many professionals as well. Especially when it comes to cancer screening A common assumption, when addressing informed decision making [more]

A scientist without borders

Number 25

Senza categoria 1 July 2008 0

A biostatistician with medical training, Hélène Sancho-Garnier helped drive the shift towards evidence-based clinical practice in the ’60s and ’70s. Stepping nimbly over traditional boundaries, she went on to apply this approach to cancer registries, [more]