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ArticleBMC gastroenterology2024

Interpretable machine learning-based clinical prediction model for predicting lymph node metastasis in patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Hui Xie, Tao Hong, Wencai Liu, Xiaodong Jia, Le Wang, Huan Zhang, Chan Xu, Xiaoke Zhang, Wen-Le Li, Quan Wang and 2 more

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Hui Xie *Department of General Surgery, Yan 'an People's Hospital, Yan 'an, China.
Tao Hong *Department of Cardiac Surgery, Fuwai Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shenzhen, China.
Wencai Liu *Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Xiaodong Jia *Senior Department of Oncology, Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Le WangDepartment of thoracic surgery, the first affiliated hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Huan ZhangGraduate School of Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, 712046, China.
Chan XuState Key Laboratory of MolecularVaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics & Center for Molecular Imaging and Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China.
Xiaoke ZhangGraduate School of Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, 712046, China.
Wen-Le LiState Key Laboratory of MolecularVaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics & Center for Molecular Imaging and Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China. Drlee0910@163.com.
Quan WangRadiation Oncology Department, Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China. quanwang1987@163.com.
Chengliang YinFaculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China. chengliangyin@163.com.
Xu LvDepartment of General Surgery, Yixing Cancer Hospital, Yixing, Jiangsu, 214200, China. yxlx0732024@163.com.

Funding

Medical Big Data and AI R & D Project of General Hospital 2019MBD-001 and 2019MBD-025National Natural Science Foundation of China 81774304National Natural Science Foundation of China 81902495Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality 7212099
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Abstract

objectivePrediction of lymph node metastasis (LNM) for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is critical for the treatment regimen and prognosis. We aim to develop and validate machine learning (ML)-based predictive models for LNM in patients with ICC.

methodsA total of 345 patients with clinicopathological characteristics confirmed ICC from Jan 2007 to Jan 2019 were enrolled. The predictors of LNM were identified by the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) and logistic analysis. The selected variables were used for developing prediction models for LNM by six ML algorithms, including Logistic regression (LR), Gradient boosting machine (GBM), Extreme gradient boosting (XGB), Random Forest (RF), Decision tree (DT), Multilayer perceptron (MLP). We applied 10-fold cross validation as internal validation and calculated the average of the areas under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve to measure the performance of all models. A feature selection approach was applied to identify importance of predictors in each model. The heat map was used to investigate the correlation of features. Finally, we established a web calculator using the best-performing model.

resultsIn multivariate logistic regression analysis, factors including alcoholic liver disease (ALD), smoking, boundary, diameter, and white blood cell (WBC) were identified as independent predictors for LNM in patients with ICC. In internal validation, the average values of AUC of six models ranged from 0.820 to 0.908. The XGB model was identified as the best model, the average AUC was 0.908. Finally, we established a web calculator by XGB model, which was useful for clinicians to calculate the likelihood of LNM.

conclusionThe proposed ML-based predicted models had a good performance to predict LNM of patients with ICC. XGB performed best. A web calculator based on the ML algorithm showed promise in assisting clinicians to predict LNM and developed individualized medical plans.

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Bile Duct NeoplasmsCholangiocarcinomaBile Ducts, IntrahepaticHumansLymphatic MetastasisMachine LearningModels, StatisticalPrognosisIntrahepatic cholangiocarcinomaLymph node metastasisMachine learning algorithmsWeb calculator

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