Reporting of prognostic clinical prediction models based on machine learning methods in oncology needs to be improved.

Journal: Journal of clinical epidemiology
Published Date:

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Evaluate the completeness of reporting of prognostic prediction models developed using machine learning methods in the field of oncology.

Authors

  • Paula Dhiman
    Center for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
  • Jie Ma
    Respiratory Department, Beijing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Beijing, China.
  • Constanza Andaur Navarro
    Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
  • Benjamin Speich
    Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7LD, UK; Department of Clinical Research, Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
  • Garrett Bullock
    Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
  • Johanna Aa Damen
    Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
  • Shona Kirtley
    Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7LD, UK.
  • Lotty Hooft
    Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
  • Richard D Riley
    School of Primary, Community and Social Care, Keele University, Keele, UK.
  • Ben Van Calster
  • Karel G M Moons
    Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, and Cochrane Netherlands, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
  • Gary S Collins
    Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford, Windmill Road, Oxford, OX3 7LD UK; Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.