Validation of a Machine Learning Algorithm to Predict 180-Day Mortality for Outpatients With Cancer
Author(s) -
Christopher R. Manz,
Jinbo Chen,
Yijie Liu,
Corey Chivers,
Susan Harkness Regli,
Jennifer Braun,
Michael Draugelis,
C. William Hanson,
Lawrence N. Shulman,
Lynn M. Schuchter,
Nina O’Connor,
Justin E. Bekelman,
Mitesh S. Patel,
Ravi B. Parikh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jama oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.846
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2374-2445
pISSN - 2374-2437
DOI - 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.4331
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , prospective cohort study , receiver operating characteristic , palliative care , retrospective cohort study , gynecologic oncology , algorithm , cohort , oncology , emergency medicine , computer science , nursing
Machine learning (ML) algorithms can identify patients with cancer at risk of short-term mortality to inform treatment and advance care planning. However, no ML mortality risk prediction algorithm has been prospectively validated in oncology or compared with routinely used prognostic indices.
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