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FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY
卷 10, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2020.601979
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Support Vector Machine; radiation-induced lung fibrosis; non-small-cell lung cancer; cytokine; lung dosimetric factors
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- Shenzhen Fundamental Research Program
- Shenzhen Science and Technology Program [No.KQTD2018041 1185028798]
Background radiation-induced lung fibrosis (RILF) is a late toxicity in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after radiotherapy (RT) which can impact quality of life and cause non-cancer related death. This study used machine learning algorithms to predict RILF risk based on pre-treatment plasma cytokine levels and dosimetric/clinical characteristics, validating the accuracy of a weighted-SVM classifier with CCL4 as a key feature. Further research with larger sample sizes is needed to confirm the role of CCL4 and the SVM classifier in RILF risk prediction.
Background Radiation-induced lung fibrosis (RILF) is an important late toxicity in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after radiotherapy (RT). Clinically significant RILF can impact quality of life and/or cause non-cancer related death. This study aimed to determine whether pre-treatment plasma cytokine levels have a significant effect on the risk of RILF and investigate the abilities of machine learning algorithms for risk prediction. Methods This is a secondary analysis of prospective studies from two academic cancer centers. The primary endpoint was grade >= 2 (RILF2), classified according to a system consistent with the consensus recommendation of an expert panel of the AAPM task for normal tissue toxicity. Eligible patients must have at least 6 months' follow-up after radiotherapy commencement. Baseline levels of 30 cytokines, dosimetric, and clinical characteristics were analyzed. Support vector machine (SVM) algorithm was applied for model development. Data from one center was used for model training and development; and data of another center was applied as an independent external validation. Results There were 57 and 37 eligible patients in training and validation datasets, with 14 and 16.2% RILF2, respectively. Of the 30 plasma cytokines evaluated, SVM identified baseline circulating CCL4 as the most significant cytokine associated with RILF2 risk in both datasets (P = 0.003 and 0.07, for training and test sets, respectively). An SVM classifier predictive of RILF2 was generated in Cohort 1 with CCL4, mean lung dose (MLD) and chemotherapy as key model features. This classifier was validated in Cohort 2 with accuracy of 0.757 and area under the curve (AUC) of 0.855. Conclusions Using machine learning, this study constructed and validated a weighted-SVM classifier incorporating circulating CCL4 levels with significant dosimetric and clinical parameters which predicts RILF2 risk with a reasonable accuracy. Further study with larger sample size is needed to validate the role of CCL4, and this SVM classifier in RILF2.
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