Critical Analysis of Risk Factors and Machine-Learning-Based Gastric Cancer Risk Prediction Models: A Systematic Review

Abstract

The gastric cancer risk prediction model used for large-scale gastric cancer screening and individual risk stratification is an artificial intelligence tool that combines clinical diagnostic data with a classification algorithm. The ability to automatically make a quantitative assessment of complex clinical data contributes to increased accuracy for diagnosis with higher efficiency, significantly reducing the incidence of advanced gastric cancer. Previous studies have explored the predictive performance of gastric cancer risk prediction models, as well as the predictive factors and algorithms between each model, but have reached controversial conclusions. Thus, the performance of current machine-learning-based gastric cancer risk prediction models alongside the clinical relevance of different predictive factors needs to be evaluated to help build more efficient and feasible models in the future. In this systematic review, we summarize the current research progress related to the gastric cancer risk prediction model; discuss the predictive factors and methods used to construct the model; analyze the role of important predictive factors in gastric cancer, the preference of the selected classification algorithm, and the emphasis of evaluation criteria; and provide suggestions for the subsequent construction and improvement of the gastric cancer risk prediction model. Finally, we propose an improved approach based on the ethical issues of artificial intelligence in medicine to realize the clinical application of the gastric cancer risk prediction model in the future.