Nature Communications (Jun 2018)

Dynamically prognosticating patients with hepatocellular carcinoma through survival paths mapping based on time-series data

  • Lujun Shen,
  • Qi Zeng,
  • Pi Guo,
  • Jingjun Huang,
  • Chaofeng Li,
  • Tao Pan,
  • Boyang Chang,
  • Nan Wu,
  • Lewei Yang,
  • Qifeng Chen,
  • Tao Huang,
  • Wang Li,
  • Peihong Wu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04633-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma require regular follow-up. Here, using Cox-based feature selection to identify key prognostic features, the authors convert time-series follow-up data into a cascading survival map, and show that the approach improves dynamic prognosis prediction for patients.