Mortality Predicted Accuracy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients with Hepatic Resection Using Artificial Neural Network

Table 3

Comparison of predictors for 1-, 3-, and 5-year survival using ANN and LR.

Predictive variables	1-year		3-year		5-year
	survival		survival		survival
	ANN	LR	ANN	LR	ANN	LR
Age	⊚
Gender	⊚		⊚
Comorbidity	⊚		⊚		⊚	⊚
Liver cirrhosis	⊚	⊚	⊚		⊚
α-Fetoprotein	⊚	⊚	⊚		⊚
AST		⊚
Total bilirubin	⊚		⊚			⊚
Albumin		⊚	⊚	⊚
BUN
Platelet	⊚		⊚		⊚
ASA classification	⊚		⊚		⊚
Child-Pugh classification	⊚	⊚	⊚
TNM stage	⊚	⊚	⊚		⊚
Tumor number				⊚	⊚
Tumor size			⊚
Portal vein invasion	⊚			⊚		⊚
Biliary invasion	⊚	⊚
Surgical procedure			⊚		⊚
Postoperative complication	⊚	⊚			⊚
Recurrence	⊚		⊚	⊚		⊚
Postoperative treatment	⊚
Total	15	8	13	4	9	4