When I first read this blog, I kind of went "sheesh". Here is a web-based model that is allowing doctors to predict the survival of cancer patients. The model uses tumor markers and tumor-specific information to make predictions on the likelihood of prognosis and remission.

I have to say, I don't really find this groundbreaking. We know enough about cancer already. So, once the tumor has been staged, the story can pretty much play itself out either through remission or otherwise. This is an interesting concept, but I am a little more wowed by technology moving towards cancer cures than survival predictions.