Development of predictive models to identify advanced-stage cancer patients in a US healthcare claims database.

Affiliation

HealthCore, Inc., Wilmington, DE, United States. Electronic address: [Email]

Abstract

Although healthcare databases are a valuable source for real-world oncology data, cancer stage is often lacking. We developed predictive models using claims data to identify metastatic/advanced-stage patients with ovarian cancer, urothelial carcinoma, gastric adenocarcinoma, Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Keywords

Gastric adenocarcinoma,LASSO regression,Machine learning,Merkel cell carcinoma,Non-small cell lung cancer,Ovarian cancer,Predictive modeling,Urothelial carcinoma,