Independent Validation of a Comprehensive Machine Learning Approach Predicting Survival After Radiotherapy for Bone Metastases.

Journal: Anticancer research
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Abstract

BACKGROUND/AIM: The aim of this study was to analyze the survival predictions obtained from a web platform allowing for computation of the so-called Bone Metastases Ensemble Trees for Survival (BMETS). This prediction model is based on a machine learning approach and considers 27 prognostic covariates.

Authors

  • Carsten Nieder
    Department of Oncology and Palliative Medicine, Nordland Hospital, Bodø, Norway; carsten.nieder@nlsh.no.
  • Bård Mannsåker
    Department of Oncology and Palliative Medicine, Nordland Hospital, Bodø, Norway.
  • Rosalba Yobuta
    Department of Oncology and Palliative Medicine, Nordland Hospital, Bodø, Norway.