Survival prediction models since liver transplantation - comparisons between Cox models and machine learning techniques

Abstract Background Predicting survival of recipients after liver transplantation is regarded as one of the most important challenges in contemporary medicine. Hence, improving on current prediction models is of great interest.Nowadays, there is a strong discussion in the medical field about machine...

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Main Authors: Georgios Kantidakis, Hein Putter, Carlo Lancia, Jacob de Boer, Andries E. Braat, Marta Fiocco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-020-01153-1