International external validation of the SORG machine learning algorithms for predicting 90-day and 1-year survival of patients with spine metastases using a Taiwanese cohort

Does the SORG algorithm generalize to a contemporary cohort of patients with spinal metastases on external validation?

(2020) Michiel E.R. Bongers et al.   Spine Journal

Sarcopenia as a Prognostic Factor for 90-Day and Overall Mortality in Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery for Metastatic Tumors: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study

(2020) Hesham Mostafa Zakaria et al.   NEUROSURGERY

Association between obesity and education level among the elderly in Taipei, Taiwan between 2013 and 2015: a cross-sectional study

(2020) Tsai-Hao Hsieh et al.   Scientific Reports

Effects of removing reimbursement restrictions on targeted therapy accessibility for non-small cell lung cancer treatment in Taiwan: an interrupted time series study

(2019) Jason C Hsu et al.   BMJ Open

Predicting 90-Day and 1-Year Mortality in Spinal Metastatic Disease: Development and Internal Validation

(2019) Aditya V Karhade et al.   NEUROSURGERY

External Validation of the SORG 90-day and One-Year Machine Learning Algorithms for Survival in Spinal Metastatic Disease

(2019) Aditya V. Karhade et al.   Spine Journal

Metastatic Spine Disease: Should Patients With Short Life Expectancy Be Denied Surgical Care? An International Retrospective Cohort Study

(2019) Nicolas Dea et al.   NEUROSURGERY

Predictive factors of survival in a surgical series of metastatic epidural spinal cord compression and complete external validation of 8 multivariate models of survival in a prospective North American multicenter study

(2018) Anick Nater et al.   CANCER

Predicting survival for metastatic spine disease: a comparison of nine scoring systems

(2018) A. Karim Ahmed et al.   Spine Journal

The ‘obesity paradox’ may not be a paradox at all

(2017) H R Banack et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

The SORG nomogram accurately predicts 3- and 12-months survival for operable spine metastatic disease: External validation

(2017) Nuno Rui Paulino Pereira et al.   JOURNAL OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY

A calibration hierarchy for risk models was defined: from utopia to empirical data

(2016) Ben Van Calster et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Application of morphometric analysis to patients with lung cancer metastasis to the spine: a clinical study

(2016) Hesham Mostafa Zakaria et al.   Neurosurgical Focus

Predictors of 30- and 90-Day Survival Following Surgical Intervention for Spinal Metastases

(2016) Andrew J. Schoenfeld et al.   SPINE

Transparent reporting of a multivariable prediction model for individual prognosis or diagnosis (TRIPOD): the TRIPOD Statement

(2015) Gary S Collins et al.   BMC Medicine

Modeling 1-year survival after surgery on the metastatic spine

(2015) Ahmer K. Ghori et al.   Spine Journal

Obesity Paradox

(2014) Samuel H. Preston et al.   EPIDEMIOLOGY

Towards better clinical prediction models: seven steps for development and an ABCD for validation

(2014) E. W. Steyerberg et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

New prognostic factors and scoring system for patients with skeletal metastasis

(2014) Hirohisa Katagiri et al.   Cancer Medicine

Updating and Validating the Charlson Comorbidity Index and Score for Risk Adjustment in Hospital Discharge Abstracts Using Data From 6 Countries

(2011) H. Quan et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

MissForest--non-parametric missing value imputation for mixed-type data

(2011) D. J. Stekhoven et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

The Obesity Paradox: Perception vs Knowledge

(2010) Philip A. Ades et al.   MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS

Molecular Subtypes of Breast Cancer Emerging in Young Women in Taiwan: Evidence for More Than Just Westernization as a Reason for the Disease in Asia

(2009) C.-H. Lin et al.   CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY BIOMARKERS & PREVENTION

Cross-sectional study on the relationship between body mass index and smoking, and longitudinal changes in body mass index in relation to change in smoking status: The Tromsø Study

(2008) M. Sneve et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Clinical Outcome of Taiwanese Men With Metastatic Prostate Cancer Compared With Other Ethnic Groups

(2008) Chung-Hsin Chen et al.   UROLOGY