Which is a more accurate predictor in colorectal survival analysis? Nine data mining algorithms vs. the TNM staging system.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Over the past decades, many studies have used data mining technology to predict the 5-year survival rate of colorectal cancer, but there have been few reports that compared multiple data mining algorithms to the TNM classification of malignant tumors (TNM) staging system using a dataset in which the training and testing data were from different sources. Here we compared nine data mining algorithms to the TNM staging system for colorectal survival analysis.

Methods

Two different datasets were used: 1) the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results dataset; and 2) the dataset from a single Chinese institution. An optimization and prediction system based on nine data mining algorithms as well as two variable selection methods was implement

SUBMITTER: Gao P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3404978 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature