A Machine Learning Model Approach to Risk-Stratify Patients With Gastrointestinal Cancer for Hospitalization and Mortality Outcomes.

Journal: International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
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Abstract

PURPOSE: Patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancer frequently experience unplanned hospitalizations, but predictive tools to identify high-risk patients are lacking. We developed a machine learning model to identify high-risk patients.

Authors

  • Kaitlin M Christopherson
    Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
  • Prajnan Das
    Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
  • Christopher Berlind
    Oncora Medical, Inc, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • W David Lindsay
    Oncora Medical, Inc, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • Christopher Ahern
    Oncora Medical, Inc, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • Benjamin D Smith
    Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; Department of Health Services Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
  • Ishwaria M Subbiah
    Division of Cancer Medicine, Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation & Integrative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
  • Eugene J Koay
    Department of Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
  • Albert C Koong
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine , Stanford, California 94305, United States.
  • Emma B Holliday
    Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
  • Ethan B Ludmir
    Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
  • Bruce D Minsky
    Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
  • Cullen M Taniguchi
    Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
  • Grace L Smith
    Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; Department of Health Services Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. Electronic address: glsmith@mdanderson.org.