Using Multivariate Regression Model with Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) to Predict the Incidence of Xerostomia after Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer

• Tsair-Fwu Lee ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tsair-Fwu Lee, Pei-Ju Chao

  Affiliation Medical Physics and Informatics Laboratory of Electronics Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

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• Pei-Ju Chao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tsair-Fwu Lee, Pei-Ju Chao

  Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

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• Hui-Min Ting,

  Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

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• Liyun Chang,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

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• Yu-Jie Huang,

  Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

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• Jia-Ming Wu,

  Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, E-Da Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

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• Hung-Yu Wang,

  Affiliation Department of Electronics Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

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• Mong-Fong Horng,

  Affiliation Department of Electronics Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

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• Chun-Ming Chang,

  Affiliation Medical Physics and Informatics Laboratory of Electronics Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

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• Jen-Hong Lan,

  Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

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• Ya-Yu Huang,

  Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

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• Fu-Min Fang ,

  * E-mail: fang2569@gmail.com (FF); lwan@ms36.hinet.net (SL)

  Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

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• Stephen Wan Leung

  * E-mail: fang2569@gmail.com (FF); lwan@ms36.hinet.net (SL)

  Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Kaohsiung Yuan's General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

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