Is there a program that can predict or accurately guess tumour stage from information like tumour size, type, presence of lymph node metastasis etc

Question

[Jacob]

I'm working with breast cancer data and have lots of patient information regarding the tumour size(in cm), the type of the tumour(invasive ductal carcinoma; invasive lobular carcinoma; inflammatory carcinoma), the presence of lymph node metastasis, age of the patient, etc. For some patients I have information on tumour size (<20%). I'm wondering if there exists an accessible program that can make an accurate prediction of the patients tumour stage based on this other information.

This paper looks like it uses a program similar to this, although from the details of the paper it looks like it might not be exactly what I'm looking for. I also have not been able to locate the program yet.

Answer 1

[jmzeng1314]

May the clinical doctor know the connection between tumour stage and other parameters(tumour size, type, presence of lymph node metastasis etc), Or may not

[Jacob]

I don't know what that means, I'm trying make an accurate estimate of tumour stage based on a bunch of other data I have so that I can compare patient data where tumour stage is know to other data where tumour stage is not known

[harold.smith.tarheel]

I'm confused by your question, since it seems somewhat circular. Cancers are typically staged by the size of the primary tumor, the number of lymph nodes affected, and the presence/absence of metastases. You have that information. Are you asking about the clinical criteria for discriminating the different stages?

[Jacob]

No just if theres a program that can take in this data and decide the stage, because I'm worried about misclassifying the stage based on my level of understanding.