Visualization of the MEDLINE Database for Prostate Cancer
Xingye C. Lei, Leroy J. Korb · 1999
This paper describes the application of modern data analysis systems to prostate cancer research articles. The articles are studied as a group to address the questions: 1. What are the trends in diagnostic and treatment research? 2. Which organizations and individuals are engaged in prostate cancer research, and how has their participation varied over time? In this paper, the text analysis software Spatial Paradigm for Information Retrieval and Exploration (SPIRE") and general statistical software SAS were used to address these questions. INTRODUCTION The study of cancer diagnoses and treatments can be facilitated and enhanced with the vast amount of information available on the Internet and in other databases such as MEDLINE. Because of its social and societal impact, much research has been conducted in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of prostate cancer 1,2 . >From 1992 to 1999, more than 11,600 citations were found in MEDLINE for prostate cancer alone. The following...