Survival estimate models of cancer patients with
spinal metastases: big data analytics to aid daily clinical practice (abridged secondary publication)
KYH Kwan1, CL Cheung2, KMC Cheung1, R Luo3, DMC Poon4, TW Lam3, TC Lam5
1 Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
2 Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
3 Department of Computer Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
4 Department of Clinical Oncology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
5 Department of Clinical Oncology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
We used machine learning to predict 6-month survival
after radiotherapy in 10 537 patients with spinal
metastases. Our model demonstrated 88.5% accuracy
in distinguishing survival outcomes. Its promising
performance could enhance decision making for
radiotherapy.