Predictive value of initial FDG-PET features for treatment response and survival in esophageal cancer patients treated with chemo-radiation therapy using a random forest classifier.

Paul DesbordesSu RuanRomain ModzelewskiPascal PineauSébastien VauclinPierrick GouelPierre MichelFrédéric Di FiorePierre VeraIsabelle Gardin
Published in: PloS one (2017)
The RF classifier can improve predictive and prognostic values compared to the Mann-Whitney U test and the univariate Kaplan-Meier survival analysis when applied to several tens of features in a limited patient database.