survivalContour: Visualizing Predicted Survival via Colored Contour Plots

Authors

Yushu Shi
Liangliang Zhang
Kim-Anh Do
Robert R Jenq
Christine B Peterson

Publication Date

1-1-2024

Journal

Bioinformatics Advances

Abstract

Advances in survival analysis have facilitated unprecedented flexibility in data modeling, yet there remains a lack of tools for illustrating the influence of continuous covariates on predicted survival outcomes. We propose the utilization of a colored contour plot to depict the predicted survival probabilities over time. Our approach is capable of supporting conventional models, including the Cox and Fine–Gray models. However, its capability shines when coupled with cutting-edge machine learning models such as random survival forests and deep neural networks.

Availability and implementation

We provide a Shiny app at https://biostatistics.mdanderson.org/shinyapps/survivalContour/ and an R package available at https://github.com/YushuShi/survivalContour as implementations of this tool.

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Supplementary Materials

PMID: 39086987