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48 results for cancer data

Model predicts anti-cancer drug responses using gene and molecular data.

problem Expensive and time-consuming cancer drug discovery and tailoring.
method Uses variational autoencoders and multi-layer perceptrons to encode gene expression and drug data.
result High average R2R^{2} of 0.83 and 0.845 in predicting drug responses for breast and pan-cancer cell lines, respectively.

We present a novel method for extracting cancer signatures by applying statistical risk models (http://ssrn.com/abstract=2732453) from quantitative finance to cancer genome data. Using 1389 whole genome sequenced samples from 14 cancers, we identify an "overall" mode of somatic mutational noise. We give a prescription …

2016-04-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Machine learning accurately diagnoses cancer from whole genome sequencing data.

problem Accurate cancer diagnosis at all stages.
method Novel MLAC (Machine Learning Against Cancer) method using next-gen RNA sequencing.
result Perfect precision, sensitivity, and specificity achieved for most tumor types.

Neural networks improve cancer risk prediction from family history data.

problem Improving cancer risk prediction from family history data using machine learning.
method Developed and trained neural network models on large pedigrees to predict hereditary cancers.
result Neural networks can achieve nearly optimal prediction performance and outperform traditional models in misreported data.

Paper proposes scalable method for analyzing multi-omic data.

problem Integrating high-dimensional multi-omic data for cancer subtyping.
method Mixed graphical model approach using Birth-Death MCMC algorithm.
result Our method outperforms LASSO and standard BDMCMC in computational efficiency and model selection accuracy.

Objectives: Most cancer data sources lack information on metastatic recurrence. Electronic medical records (EMRs) and population-based cancer registries contain complementary information on cancer treatment and outcomes, yet are rarely used synergistically. To enable detection of metastatic breast cancer (MBC), we appl…

2019-01-17abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper compares Bayesian trees, Cox models, and random forests for breast cancer survival data.

problem Modeling survival data with nonlinear and additive effects.
method Bayesian Additive Regression Trees, Cox proportional hazards, and Random Survival Forests.
result Bayesian trees outperform other models in terms of bias and prediction accuracy.

We present *K-means clustering algorithm and source code by expanding statistical clustering methods applied in https://ssrn.com/abstract=2802753 to quantitative finance. *K-means is statistically deterministic without specifying initial centers, etc. We apply *K-means to extracting cancer signatures from genome data w…

2017-03-02abs ↗pdf ↗

BIDIFAC+ factorizes linked matrices for cancer studies.

problem Integrating multiple omics platforms across various cancer types.
method Flexible approach to simultaneous factorization and decomposition of linked matrices using BIDIFAC+.
result Identifies shared and specific modes of variability across multiple omics platforms and cancer types.

AI framework uses multi-omics data to personalize cancer treatment suggestions.

problem Leveraging AI for personalized cancer treatment based on complex patient characteristics.
method Modular machine learning framework trained on diverse multi-omics technologies.
result Superior performance in personalized counterfactual treatment suggestions.

Omics-GAN uses GANs to generate synthetic multi-omics data for improved disease prediction.

problem Limited sample sizes, noise, and heterogeneity in multi-omics data reduce predictive power.
method Omics-GAN is a GAN-based framework that generates high-quality synthetic multi-omics profiles.
result Synthetic datasets consistently improved prediction accuracy compared to original omics profiles.

We apply our statistically deterministic machine learning/clustering algorithm *K-means (recently developed in https://ssrn.com/abstract=2908286) to 10,656 published exome samples for 32 cancer types. A majority of cancer types exhibit mutation clustering structure. Our results are in-sample stable. They are also out-o…

2017-07-26abs ↗pdf ↗

New model identifies cell-specific genes for cancer prognosis.

problem No statistical model to integrate multiscale cancer data.
method Bayesian generalized promotion time cure models (GPTCMs).
result Improves cancer prognosis by identifying cell-specific genes.

Accurately predicting drug responses to cancer is an important problem hindering oncologists' efforts to find the most effective drugs to treat cancer, which is a core goal in precision medicine. The scientific community has focused on improving this prediction based on genomic, epigenomic, and proteomic datasets measu…

2016-12-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper tackles cancer mutation data challenges by creating useful low-dimensional representations.

problem Challenges in analyzing and using cancer mutation data for classification and clustering.
method Flatsomatic: variational autoencoders (VAEs) to create latent representations of somatic profiles.
result VAE embeddings perform better than PCA for clustering and equally well for classification.

Study uses NMF to reduce cancer microarray data dimensions.

problem High dimensionality of cancer microarray data hinders understanding.
method Used Non-negative Matrix Factorization (NMF) for dimensionality reduction.
result NMF achieves 98% classification accuracy.

With the wealth of high-throughput sequencing data generated by recent large-scale consortia, predictive gene expression modelling has become an important tool for integrative analysis of transcriptomic and epigenetic data. However, sequencing data-sets are characteristically large, and previously modelling frameworks …

2015-07-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Unified framework improves gene prioritization in disease studies.

problem Identifying genes involved in diseases using heterogeneous biological data.
method Network propagation-based gene prioritization with integrated biological information.
result Significant improvements in prioritizing genes not identified by traditional methods.

MINN-SA enhances cancer detection using TCR sequences with better interpretability.

problem Challenges in detecting cancers using TCR sequences due to one-to-many correspondence.
method Multiple Instance Neural Networks based on Sparse Attention (MINN-SA).
result MINN-SA achieves highest AUC scores on 10 cancer types compared to existing MIL approaches.

Histopathological images of tumors contain abundant information about how tumors grow and how they interact with their micro-environment. Better understanding of tissue phenotypes in these images could reveal novel determinants of pathological processes underlying cancer, and in turn improve diagnosis and treatment opt…

2019-07-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes a multi-resolution model for prostate cancer classification using mpMRI.

problem Improving voxel-wise classification of prostate cancer using multi-parametric MRI data.
method Multi-resolution Super Learner framework combining local base learners at multiple resolutions and spatial Gaussian kernel smoothing.
result Enhanced voxel-wise classification of prostate cancer status and clinical significance.

A novel two-stage resampling method improves CNN training on imbalanced colorectal cancer image data.

problem Data imbalance in medical image datasets, especially in histopathological images.
method Two-stage resampling: first oversampling in image space, then undersampling in feature space.
result The proposed method enhances CNN training on imbalanced colorectal cancer image datasets.

Study compares single vs ensemble feature selection for cancer diagnosis.

problem Identifying relevant variables for cancer diagnosis and prognosis.
method Comparison of single feature selection algorithms and ensemble of diverse algorithms.
result Ensemble approach did not improve predictive performance over individual algorithms.

New model improves cancer screening prediction accuracy.

problem Modeling disease progression with heterogeneous populations and irregular data.
method Hierarchical Hidden Markov Jump Processes with piece-wise stationary transitions and scalable EM algorithm.
result Model outperforms state-of-the-art models in prediction accuracy and generating Kaplan-Meier estimators.

We estimate treatment cost-savings from early cancer diagnosis. For breast, lung, prostate and colorectal cancers and melanoma, which account for more than 50% of new incidences projected in 2017, we combine published cancer treatment cost estimates by stage with incidence rates by stage at diagnosis. We extrapolate to…

2017-08-30abs ↗pdf ↗