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18-08-2022 | Gastric Cancer | Gastrointestinal Oncology
Reply to: Letter to the Editor: Comment on “Prediction of Survival Outcomes Based on Preoperative Clinical Parameters in Gastric Cancer” by Bektaş, Mustafa et al.
Authors:
Ho-Jung Shin, MD, Chul-kyu Roh, MD, Sang-Yong Son, MD, Hoon Hur, MD, PhD, Sang-Uk Han, MD, PhD, Yong-Ok Choi, PhD
Published in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Issue 13/2022
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Excerpt
First of all, thank you for the thoughtful comments. We have thoroughly reviewed your comments and fully agree with your opinion concerning the robustness of machine learning (ML) algorithms. In the field of prediction, ML algorithms have outperformed the previous conventional regression models, as you commented.
1 We were already aware, at the time of publication, of the need for future study using ML algorithms, and we cited this in the discussion. …