Developing Machine Learning Algorithms for the Prediction of Early Death in Elderly Cancer Patients: Usability Study.
Gabrielle Ribeiro SenaTiago Pessoa Ferreira de LimaMaria Júlia Gonçalves de MelloLuiz Claudio Santos ThulerJurema Telles Oliveira LimaPublished in: JMIR cancer (2019)
A simplified predictive model aiming to estimate the risk of early death in elderly cancer patients is proposed herein, minimally composed by the MNA-SF and KPS. We strongly recommend that these questionnaires be incorporated into regular geriatric assessment of older patients with cancer.