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Record W4408072393 · doi:10.1186/s12874-025-02516-2

The reporting quality and methodological quality of dynamic prediction models for cancer prognosis

2025· article· en· W4408072393 on OpenAlexaff
Peijing Yan, Zhengxing Xu, Hui Xu, Xiajing Chu, Yizhuo Chen, Chao Yang, Shanpeng Xu, Huijie Cui, Li Zhang, Wenqiang Zhang, L Wang, Yanqiu Zou, Yan Ren, Jiaqiang Liao, Qin Zhang, Kehu Yang, Ling Zhang, Yunjie Liu, Jiayuan Li, Chunxia Yang, Yuqin Yao, Zhenmi Liu, Xia Jiang, Ben Zhang

Bibliographic record

VenueBMC Medical Research Methodology · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldComputer Science
TopicAI in cancer detection
Canadian institutionsImpactMcMaster University
FundersNational Key Research and Development Program of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China
KeywordsQuality (philosophy)MedicineComputer scienceData science

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: To evaluate the reporting quality and methodological quality of dynamic prediction model (DPM) studies on cancer prognosis. METHODS: Extensive search for DPM studies on cancer prognosis was conducted in MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library databases. The Transparent Reporting of a Multivariable Prediction Model for Individual Prognosis or Diagnosis (TRIPOD) and the Prediction model Risk of Bias Assessment Tool (PROBAST) were used to assess reporting quality and methodological quality, respectively. RESULTS: A total of 34 DPM studies were identified since the first publication in 2005, the main modeling methods for DPMs included the landmark model and the joint model. Regarding the reporting quality, the median overall TRIPOD adherence score was 75%. The TRIPOD items were poorly reported, especially the title (23.53%), model specification, including presentation (55.88%) and interpretation (50%) of the DPM usage, and implications for clinical use and future research (29.41%). Concerning methodological quality, most studies were of low quality (n = 30) or unclear (n = 3), mainly due to statistical analysis issues. CONCLUSIONS: The Landmark model and joint model show potential in DPM. The suboptimal reporting and methodological qualities of current DPM studies should be improved to facilitate clinical application.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.582
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.837
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesMetaresearch
Consensus categoriesMetaresearch
DomainCandidate signal: Reporting · Consensus signal: Reporting
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.418
Threshold uncertainty score0.516

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.5820.837
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0020.002
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0060.010
Bibliometrics0.0180.017
Science and technology studies0.0020.005
Scholarly communication0.0080.007
Open science0.0060.006
Research integrity0.0040.003
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0040.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.840
GPT teacher head0.677
Teacher spread0.164 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; the direct Gemma label and the distilled Codex classifier agree on what is shown here.

Study designObservational
DomainReporting
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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