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ArticleFrontiers in digital health2025

Horizontal federated learning and assessment of Cox models.

Frank Westers, Sam Leder, Lucia Tealdi

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Article in Frontiers in digital health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Frank WestersApplied Cryptography & Quantum Applications, Netherlands Institute for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), The Hague, Netherlands.
Sam LederApplied Cryptography & Quantum Applications, Netherlands Institute for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), The Hague, Netherlands.
Lucia TealdiData Science, Netherlands Institute for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), The Hague, Netherlands.

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Abstract

The Cox Proportional Hazards model is a widely used method for survival analysis in medical research. However, training an accurate model requires access to a sufficiently large dataset, which is often challenging due to data fragmentation. A potential solution is to combine data from multiple medical institutions, but privacy constraints typically prevent direct data sharing. Federated learning offers a privacy-preserving alternative by allowing multiple parties to collaboratively train a model without exchanging raw data. In this work, we develop algorithms for training Cox models in a federated setting, leveraging survival stacking to facilitate distributed learning. In addition, we introduce a novel secure computation of Schoenfeld residuals, a key diagnostic tool for validating the Cox model. We provide an open-source implementation of our approach and present empirical results that demonstrate the accuracy and benefits of federated Cox regression.

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Cox regressionfederated learningmultiparty computation (MPC)open-source softwareprivacy enhanced technologies (pet)survival analysis

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PMID40575384
PMCPMC12198214

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