{"title":"[用于估计个性化治疗规则的加权随机森林]。","authors":"Z Y Zhao, M Y Lu, F Shao, D F You, Y Zhao","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20250108-00020","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>With the rapid development of personalized medicine, recommending the optimal treatment regimes among multiple options for individual patients has become a key topic in the study of individualized treatment rules. Existing methods often face challenges such as limited accuracy and robustness when handling multi-category treatment problems. This study proposes a weighted random forest method that formulates the treatment decision problem as a weighted classification task. By incorporating the expected loss differences among treatment outcomes, the method enhances its learning process and improves recommendation performance with the non-parametric nature and flexibility of random forests. The weighted random forest method is further applied to real-world hypertension intervention data to generate personalized antihypertensive treatment recommendations based on the patient's baseline characteristics, demonstrating its potential value in clinical practice. This research aims to provide a new approach for individualized treatment rules in multi-treatment settings and to support the development of data-driven clinical decision-making systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":23968,"journal":{"name":"中华流行病学杂志","volume":"46 8","pages":"1431-1437"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"[Weighted random forest for estimating individualized treatment rules].\",\"authors\":\"Z Y Zhao, M Y Lu, F Shao, D F You, Y Zhao\",\"doi\":\"10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20250108-00020\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<p><p>With the rapid development of personalized medicine, recommending the optimal treatment regimes among multiple options for individual patients has become a key topic in the study of individualized treatment rules. Existing methods often face challenges such as limited accuracy and robustness when handling multi-category treatment problems. This study proposes a weighted random forest method that formulates the treatment decision problem as a weighted classification task. By incorporating the expected loss differences among treatment outcomes, the method enhances its learning process and improves recommendation performance with the non-parametric nature and flexibility of random forests. The weighted random forest method is further applied to real-world hypertension intervention data to generate personalized antihypertensive treatment recommendations based on the patient's baseline characteristics, demonstrating its potential value in clinical practice. This research aims to provide a new approach for individualized treatment rules in multi-treatment settings and to support the development of data-driven clinical decision-making systems.</p>\",\"PeriodicalId\":23968,\"journal\":{\"name\":\"中华流行病学杂志\",\"volume\":\"46 8\",\"pages\":\"1431-1437\"},\"PeriodicalIF\":0.0000,\"publicationDate\":\"2025-08-10\",\"publicationTypes\":\"Journal Article\",\"fieldsOfStudy\":null,\"isOpenAccess\":false,\"openAccessPdf\":\"\",\"citationCount\":\"0\",\"resultStr\":null,\"platform\":\"Semanticscholar\",\"paperid\":null,\"PeriodicalName\":\"中华流行病学杂志\",\"FirstCategoryId\":\"3\",\"ListUrlMain\":\"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20250108-00020\",\"RegionNum\":0,\"RegionCategory\":null,\"ArticlePicture\":[],\"TitleCN\":null,\"AbstractTextCN\":null,\"PMCID\":null,\"EPubDate\":\"\",\"PubModel\":\"\",\"JCR\":\"Q1\",\"JCRName\":\"Medicine\",\"Score\":null,\"Total\":0}","platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"中华流行病学杂志","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20250108-00020","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
[Weighted random forest for estimating individualized treatment rules].
With the rapid development of personalized medicine, recommending the optimal treatment regimes among multiple options for individual patients has become a key topic in the study of individualized treatment rules. Existing methods often face challenges such as limited accuracy and robustness when handling multi-category treatment problems. This study proposes a weighted random forest method that formulates the treatment decision problem as a weighted classification task. By incorporating the expected loss differences among treatment outcomes, the method enhances its learning process and improves recommendation performance with the non-parametric nature and flexibility of random forests. The weighted random forest method is further applied to real-world hypertension intervention data to generate personalized antihypertensive treatment recommendations based on the patient's baseline characteristics, demonstrating its potential value in clinical practice. This research aims to provide a new approach for individualized treatment rules in multi-treatment settings and to support the development of data-driven clinical decision-making systems.
期刊介绍:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology, established in 1981, is an advanced academic periodical in epidemiology and related disciplines in China, which, according to the principle of integrating theory with practice, mainly reports the major progress in epidemiological research. The columns of the journal include commentary, expert forum, original article, field investigation, disease surveillance, laboratory research, clinical epidemiology, basic theory or method and review, etc.
The journal is included by more than ten major biomedical databases and index systems worldwide, such as been indexed in Scopus, PubMed/MEDLINE, PubMed Central (PMC), Europe PubMed Central, Embase, Chemical Abstract, Chinese Science and Technology Paper and Citation Database (CSTPCD), Chinese core journal essentials overview, Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD) core database, Chinese Biological Medical Disc (CBMdisc), and Chinese Medical Citation Index (CMCI), etc. It is one of the core academic journals and carefully selected core journals in preventive and basic medicine in China.