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If an age at last follow up is uncertain, can I run several calculations to see the effect of different ages?
If an age at last follow up is uncertain, can I run several calculations to see the effect of different ages?
- Alex Cunningham PhD (Unlicensed)
- Tim Carver
Owned by Alex Cunningham PhD (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Dec 23, 2019 by Tim Carver
Yes, if an age at last follow up (or cancer diagnosis) is uncertain, you can run a CanRisk Tool risk calculation several times with different ages to see how this affects the calculated results. This will demonstrate how sensitive the program is to the uncertainties in your input pedigree data set.
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