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. 2020 May 22;15(5):e0232639. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232639

Table 3. Random survival forest method, C-index and number of radiomic or (non)-treatment related prognostic clinical factors.

C-index Prognostic (No. feat) C-index Treatment (No. feat) C-index GTVprim (No. feat) C-index TB 3mm (No. feat) C-index TB 5mm (No. feat) C-index GTVprim, + TB 3mm + TB 5mm (No. feat)
Train Val Train Val Train Val Train Val Train Val Train Val
Oropharynx
 Clinical-OS 0.74 (5) 0.74 (5) 0.52 (1) 0.53 (1)
 Clinical-LR 0.81 (5) 0.81 (5) 0.51 (1) 0.51 (1)
 Clinical-DM 0.85 (4) 0.85 (4) 0.51 (1) 0.52 (1)
 Radiomics-OS 0.73 (3) 0.58 (3) 0.77 (6) 0.49 (6) 0.79 (5) 0.60 (5) 0.78 (6) 0.61 (6)
 Radiomics-LR 0.77 (2) 0.49 (2) 0.83 (3) 0.43 (3) 0.83 (2) 0.59 (7) 0.71 (3) 0.57 (3)
 Radiomics-DM 0.82 (2) 0.49 (2) 0.91 (8) 0.55 (8) 0.81 (3) 0.50 (3) 0.86 (4) 0.32 (4)
All subsites
 Clinical-OS 0.77 (7) 0.77 (7) 0.56 (1) 0.51 (1)
 Clinical-LR 0.79 (3) 0.79 (3) 0.56 (2) 0.49 (2)
 Clinical-DM 0.84 (4) 0.84 (4) - -
 Radiomics-OS 0.79 (7) 0.58 (4) 0.89 (4) 0.58 (4) 0.77 (5) 0.60 (5) 0.78 (6) 0.59 (6)
 Radiomics-LR 0.81 (3) 0.52 (2) 0.80 (2) 0.52 (2) 0.86 (7) 0.59 (7) 0.83 (2) 0.53 (2)
 Radiomics-DM 0.86 (3) 0.49 (3) 0.86 (4) 0.49 (4) 0.96 (3) 0.50 (3) 0.86 (3) 0.43 (3)

Abbreviations GTVprim—Primary Gross Tumor Volume, OS- Overall Survival, LR- Locoregional Recurrence, DM- Distant Metastasis.