Random Forest
For the task of analyzing survival data to derive risk factors associated with mortality, physicians, researchers, and biostatisticians have typically relied on certain types of regression techniques, most notably the Cox model. With the advent of more widely distributed computing power, methods which require more complex mathematics have become increasingly common. Particularly in this era of "big data" and machine learning, survival analysis has become methodologically broader. This paper aims to explore one t…
Random Forest survival model achieved comparable predictive accuracy to Cox regression on colon cancer mortality data, with low concordance error.
Evaluation was limited to colon cancer data from the SEER database with n=66,807, so generalizability beyond that population was not established in the text.
Evidence
- Peer-reviewedJournal of Insurance Medicine2017-01-01
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Truvace Impact Record TRV-2026-0208, v1: “Random Forest.” Truvace, 2026-07-13. /record/TRV-2026-0208 (accessed at citation time). sha256 20713561ad36d289…
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