The next meeting of

the National Seminar on Probability and Statistics

will be held on  November 21, 2018 (Wednesday) at 2 p.m. in Room 403 of IMI-BAS. A talk will be delivered by

Mariia Beliaeva

on:

Mathematics in carcinogenesis: mistakes and their consequences

Abtract: With the arrival of evidence-based medicine mathematics is becoming closer to medical research, making the latter’s findings more science-based. However, some physicians develop mathematical models on their own, without any mathematical assistance and expertise. Sometimes the well-known conclusions of those amateurish theories mean nothing as they contain elementary mathematical mistakes, which nobody detects and corrects.

The report describes the difference between mathematics and mathematics made by medics, in the carcinogenesis research. Epidemiological data analysis carried out by means of a special model, shows that the mathematical basis of the famous Somatic Mutation theory (Multistage model) is questionable.

Everybody is invited.