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ArticleFrontiers in endocrinology2021

Machine-Learning Prediction of Postoperative Pituitary Hormonal Outcomes in Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenomas: A Multicenter Study.

Yi Fang, He Wang, Ming Feng, Wentai Zhang, Lei Cao, Chenyu Ding, Hongjie Chen, Liangfeng Wei, Shuwen Mu, Zhijie Pei and 4 more

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Article in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Yi FangDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Fuzong Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
He WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Ming FengDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Wentai ZhangDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Lei CaoDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Chenyu DingDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Hongjie ChenDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Fuzhou General Hospital, Fuzhou, China.
Liangfeng WeiDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Fuzong Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Shuwen MuDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Fuzong Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Zhijie PeiDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Fuzong Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Jun LiDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Fuzong Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Heng ZhangDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Fuzong Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Renzhi WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Shousen WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Fuzong Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Fujian Medical University · CNFuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command · CNChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNPeking Union Medical College Hospital · CNCapital Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: No accurate predictive models were identified for hormonal prognosis in non-functioning pituitary adenoma (NFPA). This study aimed to develop machine learning (ML) models to facilitate the prognostic assessment of pituitary hormonal outcomes after surgery. Methods: A total of 215 male patients with NFPA, who underwent surgery in four medical centers from 2015 to 2021, were retrospectively reviewed. The data were pooled after heterogeneity assessment, and they were randomly divided into training and testing sets (172:43). Six ML models and logistic regression models were developed using six anterior pituitary hormones. Results: Only thyroid-stimulating hormone ( Conclusion: Fluctuation in anterior pituitary hormones varies with increases and decreases because of transsphenoidal surgery. The ML models could accurately predict postoperative pituitary outcomes based on preoperative anterior pituitary hormones in NFPA.

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Machine LearningAdenomaAdultHumansHypopituitarismMaleMiddle AgedNeurosurgical ProceduresPituitary Hormones, AnteriorPituitary NeoplasmsPrognosisRetrospective StudiesPituitary Hormones, Anteriorhypopituitarismmachine learningneuroendocrine tumorpituitary tumorsprognosissurgery

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PMID34690934
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