CLASSIFYING ABNORMAL GROWTHS IN A HUMAN BODY

摘要

The invention relates to a method of classifying abnormal growths in a human body. For support of diagnosis and clinical decisions in respect of cancer patients, a database of earlier cases is searched, and the cases with the most resembling constellation of positions, sizes etc. of such growths are presented to the clinical user, together with their respective diagnosis, therapy choice and outcome. The resemblance is not based on the similarity of an individual growth, such as a tumor, but rather on the similarity of the constellation of the entirety of, for example, tumors, metastases and lymph nodes, as identified in diagnostic measurements and on scans of the patient. Techniques such as physical examination, CT scan, PET scan, and MRI scan may be used to collect the data for the constellation records in the database.