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ArticleJournal of computer assisted tomography

Support Vector Machines Model of Computed Tomography for Assessing Lymph Node Metastasis in Esophageal Cancer with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy.

Zhi-Long Wang, Zhi-Guo Zhou, Ying Chen, Xiao-Ting Li, Ying-Shi Sun

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Article in Journal of computer assisted tomography. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhi-Long WangFrom the *Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Radiology, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China; and †Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
Zhi-Guo Zhou
Ying Chen
Xiao-Ting Li
Ying-Shi Sun
Ministry of Education · ET

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe aim of this study was to diagnose lymph node metastasis of esophageal cancer by support vector machines model based on computed tomography. MATERIALS AND

methodsA total of 131 esophageal cancer patients with preoperative chemotherapy and radical surgery were included. Various indicators (tumor thickness, tumor length, tumor CT value, total number of lymph nodes, and long axis and short axis sizes of largest lymph node) on CT images before and after neoadjuvant chemotherapy were recorded. A support vector machines model based on these CT indicators was built to predict lymph node metastasis.

resultsSupport vector machines model diagnosed lymph node metastasis better than preoperative short axis size of largest lymph node on CT. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curves were 0.887 and 0.705, respectively.

conclusionsThe support vector machine model of CT images can help diagnose lymph node metastasis in esophageal cancer with preoperative chemotherapy.

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Support Vector MachineAdultAgedEsophageal NeoplasmsFemaleHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedLymphatic MetastasisLymph NodesMaleMiddle AgedNeoadjuvant TherapyRetrospective StudiesTomography, X-Ray Computed

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PMID27879527
PMCPMC5457826
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