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On the limitations of the area under the ROC curve for NTCP modelling.

Authors :
Bahn E
Alber M
Source :
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology [Radiother Oncol] 2020 Mar; Vol. 144, pp. 148-151. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Dec 05.
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

The area under the ROC curve (AUC) is commonly used as a measure for the discriminative performance of NTCP models. Here, we demonstrate that for typical patient cohorts, the AUC is an unsuitable measure for that purpose since it is typically limited to values below 0.8 and it exhibits large statistical variation.<br />Competing Interests: Conflict of interest There is no conflict of interest.<br /> (Copyright © 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1879-0887
Volume :
144
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
31812929
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2019.11.018