Gehan and George BSA Formula
Formula originally described by Edmund A. Gehan.
Used for: General height-weight BSA estimation; equation published in Cancer Chemotherapy Reports
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Biostatistics and cancer clinical trials
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Edmund A. Gehan, PhD (1929–2021), was a biostatistician whose career centred on cancer research at the National Cancer Institute, MD Anderson Cancer Center and Georgetown University. He made influential contributions to survival analysis, phase II clinical-trial design and prognostic-factor studies, and later became Professor Emeritus of Biostatistics at Georgetown. In 1970 he co-authored with Stephen L. George a study estimating human body surface area from height and weight.
- Qualifications
- PhD
- Specialty
- Biostatistics and cancer clinical trials
- Institutions
- National Cancer Institute; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Georgetown University Medical Center
- Years active
- 1929–2021
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Gehan EA, George SL. Estimation of human body surface area from height and weight. Cancer Chemotherapy Reports. 1970;54(4):225-235
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