With the increased affordability and availability of whole-genome sequencing, large-scale and high-throughput gene expression is widely used to characterize diseases, including cancers. However, establishing specificity in cancer diagnosis using gene expression data continues to pose challenges due to the high dimensio…
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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…
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.
Breast cancer is the most frequently reported cancer type among the women around the globe and beyond that it has the second highest female fatality rate among all cancer types. Despite all the progresses made in prevention and early intervention, early prognosis and survival prediction rates are still unsatisfactory. …
A Deep Autoencoder System for Differentiation of Cancer Types Based on DNA Methylation Stateq-bio.QM
A Deep Autoencoder based content retrieval algorithm is proposed for prediction and differentiation of cancer types based on the presence of epigenetic patterns of DNA methylation identified in genetic regions known as CpG islands. The developed deep learning system uses a CpG island state classification sub-system to …
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.
Late diagnosis and high costs are key factors that negatively impact the care of cancer patients worldwide. Although the availability of biological markers for the diagnosis of cancer type is increasing, costs and reliability of tests currently present a barrier to the adoption of their routine use. There is a pressing…
DeePathology: Deep Multi-Task Learning for Inferring Molecular Pathology from Cancer Transcriptomestat.ML
Despite great advances, molecular cancer pathology is often limited to the use of a small number of biomarkers rather than the whole transcriptome, partly due to computational challenges. Here, we introduce a novel architecture of Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) that is capable of simultaneous inference of various properti…
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.
Bayesian Semi-nonnegative Tri-matrix Factorization to Identify Pathways Associated with Cancer Typesstat.ML
Identifying altered pathways that are associated with specific cancer types can potentially bring a significant impact on cancer patient treatment. Accurate identification of such key altered pathways information can be used to develop novel therapeutic agents as well as to understand the molecular mechanisms of variou…
Several modern applications require the integration of multiple large data matrices that have shared rows and/or columns. For example, cancer studies that integrate multiple omics platforms across multiple types of cancer, pan-omics pan-cancer analysis, have extended our knowledge of molecular heterogenity beyond what …
More than 200 generic drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for non-cancer indications have shown promise for treating cancer. Due to their long history of safe patient use, low cost, and widespread availability, repurposing of generic drugs represents a major opportunity to rapidly improve outcomes f…
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.
Using Apple Machine Learning Algorithms to Detect and Subclassify Non-Small Cell Lung Cancerq-bio.QM
Lung cancer continues to be a major healthcare challenge with high morbidity and mortality rates among both men and women worldwide. The majority of lung cancer cases are of non-small cell lung cancer type. With the advent of targeted cancer therapy, it is imperative not only to properly diagnose but also sub-classify …
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…
The medical research facilitates to acquire a diverse type of data from the same individual for particular cancer. Recent studies show that utilizing such diverse data results in more accurate predictions. The major challenge faced is how to utilize such diverse data sets in an effective way. In this paper, we introduc…
PMCE: efficient inference of expressive models of cancer evolution with high prognostic powerstat.ML
Motivation: Driver (epi)genomic alterations underlie the positive selection of cancer subpopulations, which promotes drug resistance and relapse. Even though substantial heterogeneity is witnessed in most cancer types, mutation accumulation patterns can be regularly found and can be exploited to reconstruct predictive …
Cardiotoxicity related to cancer therapies has become a serious issue, diminishing cancer treatment outcomes and quality of life. Early detection of cancer patients at risk for cardiotoxicity before cardiotoxic treatments and providing preventive measures are potential solutions to improve cancer patients's quality of …
Prediction of Malignant & Benign Breast Cancer: A Data Mining Approach in Healthcare Applicationscs.LG
As much as data science is playing a pivotal role everywhere, healthcare also finds it prominent application. Breast Cancer is the top rated type of cancer amongst women; which took away 627,000 lives alone. This high mortality rate due to breast cancer does need attention, for early detection so that prevention can be…
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.
Modeling correlated mutations in cancer for personalized treatment.
problem Identifying mutations for personalized cancer therapy in heterogeneous profiles.
method Proposed correlated zero-inflated negative binomial process with mixed beta-Bernoulli and variational inference.
result Identified biologically relevant correlations between somatic mutations.
A new method combines multiple cancer datasets to improve analysis.
problem Combining multiple cancer datasets for comprehensive analysis.
method Multiple Augmented Reduced Rank Regression (maRRR) method.
result Improved power and insights from combining multiple cancer datasets.
This study predicts ovarian cancer from cysts using TVUS and machine learning.
problem Early detection of ovarian cancer from cysts using TVUS screening.
method Employed Random Forest, KNN, and XGBoost machine learning techniques on PLCO dataset.
result Achieved high accuracy, recall, f1 score, and precision in predicting ovarian cancer.
DNA Methylation has been the most extensively studied epigenetic mark. Usually a change in the genotype, DNA sequence, leads to a change in the phenotype, observable characteristics of the individual. But DNA methylation, which happens in the context of CpG (cytosine and guanine bases linked by phosphate backbone) dinu…
A hybrid method clusters and characterizes cancer data efficiently.
problem Challenges in clustering high-dimensional biomedical data.
method Gaussian mixture with generalized factor analyzers for efficient estimation.
result Our approach outperforms existing methods with faster convergence and higher accuracy.
An interpretable multiple kernel learning approach for the discovery of integrative cancer subtypesstat.ML
Due to the complexity of cancer, clustering algorithms have been used to disentangle the observed heterogeneity and identify cancer subtypes that can be treated specifically. While kernel based clustering approaches allow the use of more than one input matrix, which is an important factor when considering a multidimens…
For mass spectra acquired from cancer patients by MALDI or SELDI techniques, automated discrimination between cancer types or stages has often been implemented by machine learnings. These techniques typically generate "black-box" classifiers, which are difficult to interpret biologically. We develop new and efficient s…
The study of high-throughput genomic profiles from a pharmacogenomics viewpoint has provided unprecedented insights into the oncogenic features modulating drug response. A recent screening of ~1,000 cancer cell lines to a collection of anti-cancer drugs illuminated the link between genotypes and vulnerability. However,…
Determining the primary site of origin for metastatic tumors is one of the open problems in cancer care because the efficacy of treatment often depends on the cancer tissue of origin. Classification methods that can leverage tumor genomic data and predict the site of origin are therefore of great value. Because tumor D…
Colon Cancer is one of the most common types of cancer. The treatment is planned to depend on the grade or stage of cancer. One of the preconditions for grading of colon cancer is to segment the glandular structures of tissues. Manual segmentation method is very time-consuming, and it leads to life risk for the patient…
Microwave-based breast cancer detection has been proposed as a complementary approach to compensate for some drawbacks of existing breast cancer detection techniques. Among the existing microwave breast cancer detection methods, machine learning-type algorithms have recently become more popular. These focus on detectin…
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.
Robust cancer screening model using pre-trained ensembles for biomarkers.
problem Detecting early-stage cancer, especially in hard-to-diagnose cases like pancreatic cancer.
method Meta-trained Hyperfast model for robust classification, combined with ensembling of XGBoost and LightGBM.
result Achieved highest AUC of 0.9929 and robust performance on imbalanced datasets.
Exclusive Lasso improves survival prediction in cancer datasets.
problem Enhanced survival prediction in cancer datasets with high-dimensional genomic and clinical data.
method Proposes Exclusive Lasso regularization for feature selection in Cox regression models for grouped variables.
result Demonstrates improved survival prediction performance using Exclusive Lasso compared to standard Cox regression.
Prediction of cancer dynamics under treatment using Bayesian neural networks: A simulated studyq-bio.QM
Bayesian neural networks improve cancer dynamics prediction.
problem Predicting cancer dynamics under treatment due to heterogeneity and sparse data.
method Hierarchical Bayesian model using baseline covariates and Bayesian neural networks for nonlinear interactions.
result Bayesian neural networks outperform linear models in predicting cancer dynamics with interactions.
Precision medicine aims for personalized prognosis and therapeutics by utilizing recent genome-scale high-throughput profiling techniques, including next-generation sequencing (NGS). However, translating NGS data faces several challenges. First, NGS count data are often overdispersed, requiring appropriate modeling. Se…
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.
Automatization of the diagnosis of any kind of disease is of great importance and it's gaining speed as more and more deep learning solutions are applied to different problems. One of such computer aided systems could be a decision support too able to accurately differentiate between different types of breast cancer hi…
Robust method estimates self-similarity for mammogram images, improving cancer detection.
problem Statistical assessment of self-similarity in real data with large mean level shifts.
method Theil-type weighted regression for wavelet-based estimation, compared to OLS and AV.
result Robust approach shows nearly 68% accuracy in cancer vs non-cancer classification.
MCPCA analyzes shared factors across multiple data contexts.
problem No tools to recover shared factors across multiple contexts.
method Developed a theoretical and algorithmic framework (MCPCA).
result Reveals shared axes of variation across subsets of contexts.
Cancer is still one of the most devastating diseases of our time. One way of automatically classifying tumor samples is by analyzing its derived molecular information (i.e., its genes expression signatures). In this work, we aim to distinguish three different types of cancer: thyroid, skin, and stomach. For that, we co…
Accurate and robust cell nuclei classification is the cornerstone for a wider range of tasks in digital and Computational Pathology. However, most machine learning systems require extensive labeling from expert pathologists for each individual problem at hand, with no or limited abilities for knowledge transfer between…
EAGLE-Net enhances foundation models by integrating patch-level features for better tissue understanding.
problem Foundation models lack mechanisms for global tissue structure and local context in computational pathology.
method EAGLE-Net combines multi-scale spatial encoding, attention-guided loss functions, and background suppression to aggregate patch-level features into slide-level predictions.
result EAGLE-Net improves classification accuracy and concordance indices across multiple cancer types, producing biologically coherent attention maps.
We propose a new deep learning approach for medical imaging that copes with the problem of a small training set, the main bottleneck of deep learning, and apply it for classification of healthy and cancer cells acquired by quantitative phase imaging. The proposed method, called transferring of pre-trained generative ad…
An Investigation of Interpretability Techniques for Deep Learning in Predictive Process Analyticscs.LG
This paper explores interpretability techniques for two of the most successful learning algorithms in medical decision-making literature: deep neural networks and random forests. We applied these algorithms in a real-world medical dataset containing information about patients with cancer, where we learn models that try…
Skin cancer is one of the most common types of cancer around the world. For this reason, over the past years, different approaches have been proposed to assist detect it. Nonetheless, most of them are based only on dermoscopy images and do not take into account the patient clinical information. In this work, first, we …
New framework distinguishes lung cancer subtypes using MALDI mass spectrometry.
problem Distinguishing between adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma subtypes in lung cancer.
method Supervised topological data analysis on MALDI mass spectrometry imaging data.
result The proposed framework successfully classifies lung cancer subtypes with competitive results.
Deep learning improves cancer report classification accuracy.
problem Automatically assigning ICD-O3 codes to cancer reports.
method State-of-the-art deep learning techniques, including hierarchical and flat models, with attention mechanisms.
result Best model achieves 90.3% accuracy on topography site assignment and 84.8% on morphology type assignment.