Developing the POTOMAC Model: A Novel Prediction Model to Study the Impact of Lymphopenia Kinetics on Survival Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancer Via an Ensemble Tree-Based Machine Learning Approach.

Carmen Kut Doug Midthune Emerson E Lee Peyton FairTia CheunkarndeeTodd McNuttTheodore DeWeeseCarole FakhryVictor KipnisHarry Quon

Published in: JCO clinical cancer informatics (2023)

POTOMAC provides important insights into potential approaches to reduce mortality in patients with HNSCC treated by chemoradiation but needs to be validated in future studies.

Keyphrases

machine learning
rectal cancer
cardiovascular events
risk factors
artificial intelligence
big data
convolutional neural network
risk assessment
radiation therapy
newly diagnosed