Developing Prognostic Systems of Cancer Patients by Ensemble Clustering

Table 3

Seven groups produced by cutting the dendrogram in Figure 1 at the height 0.93.

Group	Combinations	Sample size
Group 1	Stage I, Grade 1, adeno	11303
	Stage I, Grade 2, adeno
	Stage I, Grade 2, squamous, female
	Stage I, Grade 3, adeno, female
	Stage I, Grade 4, adeno, female
Group 2	Stage I, Grade 1, squamous	13431
	Stage I, Grade 2, squamous, male
	Stage I, Grade 3, adeno, male
	Stage I, Grade 3, squamous
	Stage I, Grade 3, large cells, female
	Stage I, Grade 4, adeno, male
	Stage I, Grade 4, large cells
	Stage II, Grade 1, adeno, female
	Stage II, Grade 2, adeno, female
	Stage II, Grade 2, squamous, female
Group 3	Stage I, Grade 1, squamous, male	4522
	Stage I, Grade 3, large cells, male
	Stage I, Grade 4, squamous, male
	Stage II, Grade 1, adeno, male
	Stage II, Grade 2, adeno, male
	Stage II, Grade 2, squamous, male
	Stage II, Grade 3, adeno
	Stage II, Grade 3, squamous
	Stage II, Grade 4, large cells
Group 4	Stage I, Grade 4, small cells	4291
	Stage II, Grade 4, small cells
	Stage III, Grade 1, adeno
	Stage III, Grade 2, adeno
Group 5	Stage III, Grade 1, squamous	24951
	Stage III, Grade 2, squamous
	Stage III, Grade 3
	Stage III, Grade 4, adeno
	Stage III, Grade 4, squamous, male
	Stage III, Grade 4, large cells
	Stage III, Grade 4, small cells
Group 6	Stage IV, Grade 1, adeno, male	18215
	Stage IV, Grade 1, squamous, male
	Stage IV, Grade 2, adeno
	Stage IV, Grade 2, squamous, male
	Stage IV, Grade 3, adeno, female
	Stage IV, Grade 3, squamous, female
	Stage IV, Grade 3, small cells
	Stage IV, Grade 4, adeno
	Stage IV, Grade 4, small cells
Group 7	Stage IV, Grade 2, squamous, female	12237
	Stage IV, Grade 3, adeno, male
	Stage IV, Grade 3, squamous, male
	Stage IV, Grade 3, large cells
	Stage IV, Grade 4, squamous, male
	Stage IV, Grade 4, large cells