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ArticleWorld journal of gastroenterology2024

Machine learning algorithms able to predict the prognosis of gastric cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors.

Hong-Wei Li, Zi-Yu Zhu, Yu-Fei Sun, Chao-Yu Yuan, Mo-Han Wang, Nan Wang, Ying-Wei Xue

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Hong-Wei LiDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin 150081, Heilongjiang Province, China.
Zi-Yu ZhuDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin 150081, Heilongjiang Province, China.
Yu-Fei SunDepartment of Anesthesia, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin 150081, Heilongjiang Province, China.
Chao-Yu YuanDepartment of Computer Science and Technology, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150000, Heilongjiang Province, China.
Mo-Han WangDepartment of Computer Science and Technology, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150000, Heilongjiang Province, China.
Nan WangDepartment of Computer Science and Technology, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150000, Heilongjiang Province, China.
Ying-Wei XueDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin 150081, Heilongjiang Province, China. xueyingwei@hrbmu.edu.cn.

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backgroundAlthough immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have demonstrated significant survival benefits in some patients diagnosed with gastric cancer (GC), existing prognostic markers are not universally applicable to all patients with advanced GC.

aimTo investigate biomarkers that predict prognosis in GC patients treated with ICIs and develop accurate predictive models.

methodsData from 273 patients diagnosed with GC and distant metastasis, who un-derwent ≥ 1 cycle(s) of ICIs therapy were included in this study. Patients were randomly divided into training and test sets at a ratio of 7:3. Training set data were used to develop the machine learning models, and the test set was used to validate their predictive ability. Shapley additive explanations were used to provide insights into the best model.

resultsAmong the 273 patients with GC treated with ICIs in this study, 112 died within 1 year, and 129 progressed within the same timeframe. Five features related to overall survival and 4 related to progression-free survival were identified and used to construct eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost), logistic regression, and decision tree. After comprehensive evaluation, XGBoost demonstrated good accuracy in predicting overall survival and progression-free survival.

conclusionThe XGBoost model aided in identifying patients with GC who were more likely to benefit from ICIs therapy. Patient nutritional status may, to some extent, reflect prognosis.

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Immune Checkpoint InhibitorsMachine LearningStomach NeoplasmsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAlgorithmsBiomarkers, TumorDecision TreesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPredictive Value of TestsPrognosisProgression-Free SurvivalBiomarkers, TumorImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsGastric cancerImmune checkpoint inhibitorsMachine learningOverall survivalProgression-free survivalWeb-based calculator

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