Using Numerical Analysis to Explore Ovarian Cancer
Document Type
Poster
Event Website
https://source2022.sched.com/
Start Date
16-5-2022
End Date
16-5-2022
Keywords
Interpolation, Ovarian Cancer, Age-Standardized Mortality Rate
Abstract
Cancer is a disease where abnormal cells in the body grow at an uncontrollable rate [1]. One form of cancer that only affects women is ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer originates in the ovaries or related areas such as the fallopian tubes or peritoneum [1]. Similar to many other types of cancer the deadliness of ovarian cancer is determined by the stage at which it is found along with how the patient responds to treatment. Ovarian cancer has been a subject of research for the the International Agency for Research on Cancer website which is part of the World Health Organization. There are many different datasets on this website but the one of interest for my project looked at how the age-standardized mortality rate per 100,000 women between the ages of 20 to 59 between the year 1979 to 2017. Using numerous interpolation methods the original dataset was examined in order to find the best approximation of the original dataset. Furthermore, this project aims to use the best approximation to understand how the age-standardized mortality rate has behaved of the years and what that means concerning the deadliness of ovarian cancer. References: 1] Basic information about ovarian cancer, Mar 2021.
Recommended Citation
Malwitz, Cleta, "Using Numerical Analysis to Explore Ovarian Cancer" (2022). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 71.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2022/COTS/71
Department/Program
Applied Mathematics
Additional Mentoring Department
Applied Mathematics
Poster
Malwitz, Cleta SOURCE Introductory Video for Poster.mp4 (24445 kB)
Video Presentation
Additional Files
Malwitz, Cleta SOURCE_Presentation__Numerical_Analysis_and_Ovarian_Cancer.pdf (194 kB)Poster
Malwitz, Cleta SOURCE Introductory Video for Poster.mp4 (24445 kB)
Video Presentation
Using Numerical Analysis to Explore Ovarian Cancer
Cancer is a disease where abnormal cells in the body grow at an uncontrollable rate [1]. One form of cancer that only affects women is ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer originates in the ovaries or related areas such as the fallopian tubes or peritoneum [1]. Similar to many other types of cancer the deadliness of ovarian cancer is determined by the stage at which it is found along with how the patient responds to treatment. Ovarian cancer has been a subject of research for the the International Agency for Research on Cancer website which is part of the World Health Organization. There are many different datasets on this website but the one of interest for my project looked at how the age-standardized mortality rate per 100,000 women between the ages of 20 to 59 between the year 1979 to 2017. Using numerous interpolation methods the original dataset was examined in order to find the best approximation of the original dataset. Furthermore, this project aims to use the best approximation to understand how the age-standardized mortality rate has behaved of the years and what that means concerning the deadliness of ovarian cancer. References: 1] Basic information about ovarian cancer, Mar 2021.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2022/COTS/71
Faculty Mentor(s)
Brandy Wiegers