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Description: Learn R-based validation of competing risk models using C-index, AUC, and bootstrap methods for survival analysis. This protocol demonstrates internal and external validation techniques with reproducible code examples.

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The study was supported by grants from the Medical Science &#38; Technology Plan Project of Zhejiang Province (grant numbers 2013KYA212), the general program of Zhejiang Province Natural Science Foundation (grant number Y19H160126), and the key program of the Jinhua Municipal Science &#38; Technology Bureau (grant number 2016-3-005, 2018-3-001d, and 2019-3-013).

The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database is an open-access cancer database that only contains deidentified patient data (SEER ID: 12296-Nov2018). Therefore, this study was exempted from the approval of the review board of the Affiliated Jinhua Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine.
1. Data preparation and R packages preparation
<ol>
	<li>Prepare and import the data. 
	&#62; Dataset &#60;- read.csv(&#34;&#8230;/Breast cancer Data.xlsx&#34;) #Import data. 
	NOTE: The data are uploaded in Supplementary File 1.</li>
	<li>Install and load the R packages. 
	&#62; packages &#60;- c(&#34;rms&#34;,&#34;cmprsk&#34;,&#34;mstate&#34;,&#34;survival&#34;,&#34;riskRegression&#34;,&#34; 
	prodlim&#34;) 
	&#62; req.pcg &#60;- function(pcg){ 
	new &#60;- pcg[!(pcg %in% installed.packages()[, &#34;Package&#34;])] 
	if (length(new)) install.packages(new, dependencies = T) 
	sapply(pcg, require, ch = T) 
	&#160;} 
	&#62; req.pcg(packages) 
	&#8203;NOTE: Perform the following procedures based on R software (version 3.6.2) using the packages rms, cmprsk, mstate, survival, riskRegression, and prodlim (http://www.r-projectrg/).</li>
</ol>
2. Establish competing risk nomograms in two distinct methods
<ol>
	<li>Establish the competing risk nomogram in a direct method. 
	&#62; mod_cph &#60;- cph(Surv(Survivalmonths, status) ~ factor1+ factor2+&#8230;, 
	&#160;x=T, y=T, surv=T, data=Dataset) 
	&#62; nom &#60;- nomogram(mod_cph, fun=list(function(x) 1-surv_cph(36, x)&#8230;), 
	&#160;funlabel=c(&#34;3-year event1 Prob.&#34;&#8230;), lp=F) #Take the 36th month as an example. 
	&#62; mod_crr &#60;- crr(Survivalmonths, fstatus, failcode=1, cov1=cov) 
	&#62; score &#60;- log(log((1-real.3y),(1-cif.min36)))/(maxbeta/100) 
	&#62; plot(nom)</li>
	<li>Establish the competing risk nomogram in a weighted method. 
	&#62; df.w &#60;- crprep(&#34;Survivalmonths&#34;,&#34; fstatus&#34;, 
	&#160;data=Dataset, trans=c(1,2), cens=0, 
	&#160;keep=c(&#34;factor1&#34;,&#34; factor2&#34;&#8230;)) 
	&#62; mod.w &#60;- cph(Surv(Tstart, Tstop, status==1) ~ factor1+factor2+&#8230;, 
	&#160;data=df.w, weight=weight.cens, subset=failcode==1, surv=T) 
	&#8203;&#62; nom.w &#60;- nomogram(mod.w&#8230;)</li>
</ol>
3. Discrimination ability of the competing risk nomogram
<ol>
	<li>C-index for discrimination
	<ol>
		<li>Fit the matrix cov into the competing risk model mod_crr. and get a predicted matrix suv. 
		&#62; suv &#60;- predict.crr(mod_crr, cov)</li>
		<li>Get the cumulative incidences in a certain month from suv and calculate the C-index with the function rcorr.cens. 
		&#62; cif36 &#60;- suv[which(suv[,1]==36),][-1] 
		&#62; rcorr &#60;- rcorr.cens(1-cif36,Surv(Dataset$Survivalmonths,Dataset$tumordeath)) 
		&#62; cindex &#60;- rcorr[1]</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>AUC for discrimination
	<ol>
		<li>Score the predictive performance of the competing risk model using the function Score (riskRegression package). 
		&#62; fgr.w &#60;- FGR(Hist(Survivalmonths, fstatus) ~ factor1+ factor2+&#8230;, data=Dataset, cause=1) 
		&#62; score &#60;- Score(list(&#34;Fine-Gray&#34; = fgr.w),</li>
		<li>Extract the AUC from the &#34;score&#34;. 
		&#8203;&#62; score$AUC</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
</ol>
4. Calibration ability of competing risk models
<ol>
	<li>Calibration curves with a 95% confidence interval of the competing risk model
	<ol>
		<li>Get a data frame with the cumulative incidences of each individual in a certain failure time. 
		&#62; cif36 &#60;- data.frame(cif36) #Take the 36th month as an example. 
		&#62; colnames(cif36.36_o)&#60;-c(&#34;36m&#34;)</li>
		<li>Divide the cohort according to the estimated cumulative incidences into five subgroups and calculate the average predicted cumulative incidences of each subgroup. 
		&#62; group36 &#60;- cut(cif36$`36m`, 
		quantile(cif36$`36m`, seq(0, 1, 0.2)), 
		include.lowest = TRUE, labels = 1:5) 
		&#62; mean36 &#60;- as.vector(by(cif36 $`36m`, group36, mean))</li>
		<li>Calculate the observed cumulative incidences, that is, the actual cumulative incidences, using the function cuminc, and then get the observed cumulative incidences with a 95% confidence interval in a certain failure time. 
		&#62; cum36 &#60;- cuminc(Dataset$Survivalmonths,Dataset$fstatus,group36) 
		&#62; obs36 &#60;- timepoints(cum36,Dataset$Survivalmonths)$est[c(1:5),36] 
		&#62; obs36var &#60;- timepoints(cum36,Dataset$Survivalmonths)$var[c(1:5),36] 
		&#62; df &#60;- data.frame(mean36, obs36, obs36var)</li>
		<li>Plot the calibration curve with the predicted cumulative incidences as the x-axis and the observed cumulative incidences as the y-axis using the function ggplot. 
		&#62; ggplot(df)+ geom_point(aes(x=mean36,y=obs36),col=&#34;red&#34;)+ 
		&#160;geom_point(aes(x=mean36,y=obs36),col=&#34;red&#34;,pch=4)+ 
		&#160;geom_line(col=&#34;red&#34;,aes(x=mean36,y=obs36))+ 
		&#160;geom_errorbar(col=&#34;red&#34;,aes(x=mean36,y=obs36+1.96 
		*sqrt(obs36var)), 
		&#160;ymin =obs36-1.96*sqrt(obs36var), ymax = obs36+1.96 
		*sqrt(obs36var)) 
		geom_abline(lty=3,lwd=2,col=c(rgb(0,118,192, 
		maxColorValue=255)))</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>Calibration curve with risk scores of the competing risk model
	<ol>
		<li>Valuate each level of all the variables and obtain the total RS. 
		&#62; Dataset$factor1[Dataset$factor1==1] &#60;- factor1.scale[&#34;Factor1_level1&#34;] 
		&#62; &#8230; #For example, Dataset$histology[Dataset$histology==1]&#60;-histology.scale[&#34;Histology1&#34;] 
		&#62; Dataset$rs &#60;- Dataset$factor1+Dataset$factor2+Dataset$factor3+&#8230; 
		NOTE: Obtain the total RS for each patient by summing the points of each variable.</li>
		<li>Count the frequencies and calculate the observed cumulative incidences of the different total risk scores. 
		&#62; rs.freq &#60;- as.data.frame(table(Dataset$rs)) 
		&#62; obs.36 &#60;- vector(mode=&#34;numeric&#34;, length=nrow(rs.freq)) 
		&#62; for (i in 1: nrow(rs.freq)) { 
		&#160;dataset &#60;- subset(Dataset,Dataset$rs== rs.freq [i,1]) 
		&#160;cif.dataset &#60;- cuminc(dataset$Survivalmonths,dataset$death3) 
		&#160;cif36.dataset &#60;- timepoints(cif.dataset,36) 
		&#160;obs.36[i] &#60;- cif36.dataset$est[1]}</li>
		<li>Set the range of the x-axis and calculate the predicted cumulative incidences of the total risk scores. 
		&#62; RS &#60;- range(nom$total.points) 
		&#62; x.36 &#60;- seq(min(RS),max(RS),0.01) 
		&#62; pre.36 &#60;- 1-(1-cif.min36)^exp(x.36*maxbeta/100)</li>
		<li>Plot the calibration curve with risk scores. 
		&#62; plot(x.36, pre.36, type=&#39;l&#39;&#8230;) 
		&#62; par(new=TRUE) 
		&#8203;&#62; plot(as.vector(rs.freq[,1]), obs.36&#8230; )</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
</ol>
5. Decision curve analysis of competing risk models
<ol>
	<li>Source the stdca function to perform the decision curve analysis. 
	&#62; source(&#34;stdca.R&#34;)</li>
	<li>Extract the polynomial equations from the nomogram to calculate the survival probability. 
	&#62; nomogramEx(nomo = nom) 
	&#62; Dataset$predictors &#60;- A * (Dataset$rs ^3) + B * (Dataset$rs ^2) + C * Dataset$rs + D #predictors are predicted probabilities of cancer-specific death calculated by the established nomogram</li>
	<li>Perform the decision curve analysis. 
	&#62; stdca(data = Dataset, outcome = &#34;status&#34;, ttoutcome = &#34;Survivalmonths&#34;, timepoint = 36, 
	&#160;predictors = &#34;predictors&#34;, cmprsk = TRUE, smooth = FALSE, probability = FALSE) 
	NOTE: For evaluating an outcome in the presence of a competing risk, TRUE should be chosen for cmprsk.</li>
</ol>
6. Internal validation using the bootstrap method
<ol>
	<li>Get the average predicted cumulative incidences using the bootstrap method.
	<ol>
		<li>Resample the original dataset (Dataset) with replace to generate the bootstrap dataset (Dataset_in). Establish a competing risk model (mod.in_crr) with the bootstrap dataset. Use the function predict.crr to predict mod.in_crr and loop b times to generate suvall.in. 
		B=b 
		suvall.in &#60;- list() 
		for(j in 1:B){ 
		&#160;Dataset_in &#60;- Dataset[sample(c(1:nrow(Dataset)),nrow(Dataset), 
		replace = TRUE),] 
		attach(Dataset_ in) 
		&#160;cov. in &#60;- model.matrix(~factor1+ factor2+&#8230;)[,-1] 
		&#160;mod. in _crr &#60;- crr(Survivalmonths, fstatus, failcode=1, cov1=cov.in) 
		detach(Dataset. inner) 
		suv. in &#60;- predict.crr(mod. in _crr, cov) 
		suvall.in[[j]] &#60;- suv.in}</li>
		<li>Get the average predicted cumulative incidences in a certain month. 
		cif36all. inner &#60;- vector(mode=&#34;numeric&#34;, length=nrow(Dataset)) 
		for (k in 1:B) { 
		&#160;cif36all. inner&#60;- cif36all. inner+ suvall. inner[[k]][which(suvall. inner[[k]][,1]==36),][-1] 
		} 
		cif36.in &#60;- cif36all.in/B</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>Calculate the C-index using internal cross-validation with the function rcorr.cens. 
	rcorr. inner &#60;- rcorr.cens(1-cif36.in,Surv(Dataset$Survivalmonths,Dataset$tumordeath)) 
	cindex. inner &#60;- rcorr. inner[1]</li>
	<li>Calibrate using the cross internal validation. 
	&#8203;NOTE: The codes of the calibration curve of the competing risk model with internal validation are similar to the codes in section 4, while suv was replaced by suv.in.</li>
</ol>
7. External validation of the competing risk model
<ol>
	<li>Get the predicted cumulative incidences using external data. Get the predicted cumulative incidences with the matrix of external data variables (cov.ex). 
	suv.ex &#60;- predict.crr(mod_crr,cov.ex) 
	cif36.ex &#60;- suv.ex [which(suv.ex $time==&#34;36&#34;),][-1]</li>
	<li>Calculate the C-index using external validation. 
	rcorr.ex &#60;- rcorr.cens(1-cif36.ex,Surv(Dataset.ex$Survivalmonths,Dataset.ex$tumordeath)) 
	cindex.ex &#60;- rcorr.ex[1]</li>
	<li>Calibrate using external validation. 
	NOTE: The codes of the calibration curve of the competing risk model with internal validation are similar to the codes in section 4, while suv is replaced by suv.ex.</li>
</ol>

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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

This study compared competing risk nomograms established by two distinct methods and conducted evaluation and validation of the established nomograms. Specifically, this study provided a step-by-step tutorial for establishing the nomogram based on a direct method, as well as calculating the C-index and plotting the calibration curves.
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In recent years, emerging prognostic factors have been identified with the development of precision medicine, and prognostic models combining molecular and clinicopathological factors are drawing increasing attention in clinical settings. However, non-graphical models, such as the Cox proportional hazard model, with results of coefficient values, are difficult for clinicians to understand1. In comparison, a nomogram is a visualization tool of regression models (including the Cox regression model, competing risk model, etc.), a two-dimensional diagram designed for the approximate graphical computation of a mathematical function2. It enables the valuation of different levels of variables in a clinical model and the calculation of risk scores (RS) to predict prognosis.
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The Cox proportional hazard model is a regression model used in medical research for investigating the associations between prognostic factors and survival status. However, the Cox proportional hazard model only considers two statuses of outcome [Y (0, 1)], while study subjects often face more than two statuses, and competing risks arise [Y (0, 1, 2)]1. Overall survival (OS), which is defined as the time from the date of origin (e.g., treatment) to the date of death due to any cause, is the most important endpoint in survival analysis. However, the OS fails to differentiate cancer-specific death from non-cancer-specific death (e.g., cardiovascular events and other unrelated causes), thus ignoring competing risks6. In these situations, the competing risk model is preferred for the prediction of survival status with the consideration of competing risks7. The methodology of constructing and validating Cox proportional hazard models is well-established, while there have been few reports regarding the validation of competing risk models.
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<table><tbody><tr><td>R software</td><td>None</td><td>Not Applicable</td><td>Version 3.6.2 or higher&amp;nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>Computer system</td><td>Microsoft&amp;nbsp;</td><td>Windows 10</td><td>&amp;nbsp;Windows 10 or higher</td></tr></tbody></table>

an r-based landscape validation of a competing risk model

An R-Based Landscape Validation of a Competing Risk Model

The Cox proportional hazard model is widely applied for survival analyses in clinical settings, but it is not able to cope with multiple survival outcomes. Different from the traditional Cox proportional hazard model, competing risk models consider the presence of competing events and their combination with a nomogram, a graphical calculating device, which is a useful tool for clinicians to conduct a precise prognostic prediction. In this study, we report a method for establishing the competing risk nomogram, that is, the evaluation of its discrimination (i.e., concordance index and area under the curve) and calibration (i.e., calibration curves) abilities, as well as the net benefit (i.e., decision curve analysis). In addition, internal validation using bootstrap resamples of the original dataset and external validation using an external dataset of the established competing risk nomogram were also performed to demonstrate its extrapolation ability. The competing risk nomogram should serve as a useful tool for clinicians to predict prognosis with the consideration of competing risks.

In this study, data of patients with breast cancer were retrieved from the SEER database and served as example data. The SEER database provides data on cancer representing around 34.6% of the United States population, and permission to access the database was obtained (reference number 12296-Nov2018).
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