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Comparison of the cox regression to machine learning in predicting the survival of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma.

Authors :
Xu, Lizhen
Cai, Liangchun
Zhu, Zheng
Chen, Gang
Source :
BMC Endocrine Disorders. 11/2/2023, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p1-12. 12p.
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

Summary: Background: To compare the ability of the Cox regression and machine learning algorithms to predict the survival of patients with Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC). Methods: Patients diagnosed with ATC were extracted from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database. The outcomes were overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS), divided into: (1) binary data: survival or not at 6 months and 1 year; (2): time-to-event data. The Cox regression method and machine learnings were used to construct models. Model performance was evaluated using the concordance index (C-index), brier score and calibration curves. The SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) method was deployed to interpret the results of machine learning models. Results: For binary outcomes, the Logistic algorithm performed best in the prediction of 6-month OS, 12-month OS, 6-month CSS, and 12-month CSS (C-index = 0.790, 0.811, 0.775, 0.768). For time-event outcomes, traditional Cox regression exhibited good performances (OS: C-index = 0.713; CSS: C-index = 0.712). The DeepSurv algorithm performed the best in the training set (OS: C-index = 0.945; CSS: C-index = 0.834) but performs poorly in the verification set (OS: C-index = 0.658; CSS: C-index = 0.676). The brier score and calibration curve showed favorable consistency between the predicted and actual survival. The SHAP values was deployed to explain the best machine learning prediction model. Conclusions: Cox regression and machine learning models combined with the SHAP method can predict the prognosis of ATC patients in clinical practice. However, due to the small sample size and lack of external validation, our findings should be interpreted with caution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
14726823
Volume :
23
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
BMC Endocrine Disorders
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
173428982
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12902-023-01368-5