Leveraging SEER data through machine learning to predict distant lymph node metastasis and prognosticate outcomes in hepatocellular carcinoma patients.

Journal: The journal of gene medicine
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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: This study aims to develop and validate machine learning-based diagnostic and prognostic models to predict the risk of distant lymph node metastases (DLNM) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and to evaluate the prognosis for this cohort.

Authors

  • Jiaxuan Sun
    Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, General Surgery Center, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
  • Lei Huang
    School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
  • Yahui Liu
    Department of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China.