Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1680: Radiomics Model Based on Non-Contrast CT Shows No Predictive Power for Complete Pathological Response in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

Conclusions: There is no evidence of added value of a radiomics model based on on-contrast CT scans for prediction of pCR in rectal cancer. The imbalance of the target variable could be identified as a key issue, leading to a biased model and optimistic predictions.

Source: Cancers - October 28, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Gordian Hamerla Hans-Jonas Meyer Peter Hambsch Ulrich Wolf Thomas Kuhnt Karl-Titus Hoffmann Alexey Surov Tags: Article Source Type: research