Data mining: a new technique in medical research.

Address all correspondence to: ××××............................, Greece Received 21-09-05, Revised 20-10-05, Accepted 27-10-05 This issue hosts an article that discusses the application of Data mining techniques to the treatment of infertile men with azoospermia, and compares this procedure of categorisation into groups with the corresponding clinical categorisation. Although the dataset used was not very large, the authors have provided an interesting overview of this novel approach involving the use of Data Mining in azoospermia.