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ArticleCancer medicine2026

Machine Learning for Prediction of High-Risk Infections in Patients With Cancer.

Alexander Djupnes Fuglkjær, Mathias Holmsgaard Eskesen, Mikkel Werling, Mikkel Runason Simonsen, Laurids Østergaard Poulsen, Carsten Utoft Niemann, Paw Jensen, Kirstine Kobberøe Søgaard, Frederik Christensen, Izabela Ewa Nielsen and 1 more

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Alexander Djupnes FuglkjærDepartment of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3879-1950
Mathias Holmsgaard EskesenDepartment of Oncology, Clinical Research Centre, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0807-9352
Mikkel WerlingDepartment of Haematology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Mikkel Runason SimonsenDepartment of Haematology, Clinical Cancer Research Centre, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1119-4782
Laurids Østergaard PoulsenDepartment of Oncology, Clinical Research Centre, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.
Carsten Utoft NiemannDepartment of Haematology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Paw JensenDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5248-0523
Kirstine Kobberøe SøgaardDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3624-7999
Frederik ChristensenDepartment of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
Izabela Ewa NielsenDepartment of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
Tarec Christoffer El-GalalyDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.

Funding

Novo Nordisk Fonden NNF21SA0069429Novo Nordisk Fonden NNF22OC0078228Sygeforsikringen Danmark 2022-0086The Danish Data Science Academy 2023-1210Villum Fonden 40516
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Abstract

purposeInfectious complications in patients with cancer are contributors to hospitalisations, treatment disruption, and mortality. This study aimed to develop machine learning (ML) models for risk stratification of infection-related hospitalisations (IRHs) among patients with cancer.

methodsAdult patients diagnosed with and treated for lymphoma, multiple myeloma (MM), chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), colorectal, or lung cancer from 2013 to 2023 in the North Denmark Region were included. Data from national cancer registries and patient health records were used. Serious infections were defined as sepsis, positive blood culture, intensive care admission, or death during hospitalisation. Models were developed using multiple ML methodologies across three different data setups: ML-using data up to hospital admission; ML

resultsAmong 9874 patients 2661 IRHs occurred, including 691 (21.5%) serious infections. On the held-out test set, ML achieved the best performance (ROC-AUC: 0.79) versus ML

conclusionThe ML models showed moderate performance in risk stratification of IRHs in patients with cancer. Such models could provide decision support in hospitalisation decisions and discharge.

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InfectionsMachine LearningNeoplasmsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overClassification AlgorithmsDenmarkFemaleHospitalizationHumansMaleMiddle AgedPredictive Learning ModelsRisk AssessmentRisk Factorshaematological malignanciesinfections risk predictionmachine learningprecision oncologyrisk stratificationsolid tumours

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PMCPMC13402009

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