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ArticleMolecular oncology2018

Integrating biomarkers across omic platforms: an approach to improve stratification of patients with indolent and aggressive prostate cancer.

Keefe Murphy, Brendan T Murphy, Susie Boyce, Louise Flynn, Sarah Gilgunn, Colm J O'Rourke, Cathy Rooney, Henning Stöckmann, Anna L Walsh, Stephen Finn and 9 more

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Article in Molecular oncology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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19 authors.

Keefe MurphyUCD School of Mathematics and Statistics, University College Dublin, Ireland.
Brendan T MurphyUCD School of Mathematics and Statistics, University College Dublin, Ireland.
Susie BoyceUCD School of Mathematics and Statistics, University College Dublin, Ireland.
Louise FlynnDepartment of Histopathology, Central Pathology Laboratory, Trinity College, St James Hospital, University of Dublin, Ireland.
Sarah GilgunnSchool of Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Ireland.
Colm J O'RourkeProstate Molecular Oncology, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, St James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Cathy RooneyUCD School of Medicine, Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Ireland.
Henning StöckmannNIBRT GlycoScience Group, National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training, Dublin, Ireland.
Anna L WalshProstate Molecular Oncology, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, St James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Stephen FinnDepartment of Histopathology, Central Pathology Laboratory, Trinity College, St James Hospital, University of Dublin, Ireland.
Richard J O'KennedySchool of Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Ireland.
John O'LearyDepartment of Histopathology, Central Pathology Laboratory, Trinity College, St James Hospital, University of Dublin, Ireland.
Stephen R PenningtonUCD School of Medicine, Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Ireland.
Antoinette S PerryProstate Molecular Oncology, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, St James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Pauline M RuddNIBRT GlycoScience Group, National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training, Dublin, Ireland.
Radka SaldovaNIBRT GlycoScience Group, National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training, Dublin, Ireland.
Orla SheilsDepartment of Histopathology, Central Pathology Laboratory, Trinity College, St James Hospital, University of Dublin, Ireland.
Denis C ShieldsUCD School of Medicine, Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Ireland.
R William WatsonUCD School of Medicine, Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Ireland.

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Classifying indolent prostate cancer represents a significant clinical challenge. We investigated whether integrating data from different omic platforms could identify a biomarker panel with improved performance compared to individual platforms alone. DNA methylation, transcripts, protein and glycosylation biomarkers were assessed in a single cohort of patients treated by radical prostatectomy. Novel multiblock statistical data integration approaches were used to deal with missing data and modelled via stepwise multinomial logistic regression, or LASSO. After applying leave-one-out cross-validation to each model, the probabilistic predictions of disease type for each individual panel were aggregated to improve prediction accuracy using all available information for a given patient. Through assessment of three performance parameters of area under the curve (AUC) values, calibration and decision curve analysis, the study identified an integrated biomarker panel which predicts disease type with a high level of accuracy, with Multi AUC value of 0.91 (0.89, 0.94) and Ordinal C-Index (ORC) value of 0.94 (0.91, 0.96), which was significantly improved compared to the values for the clinical panel alone of 0.67 (0.62, 0.72) Multi AUC and 0.72 (0.67, 0.78) ORC. Biomarker integration across different omic platforms significantly improves prediction accuracy. We provide a novel multiplatform approach for the analysis, determination and performance assessment of novel panels which can be applied to other diseases. With further refinement and validation, this panel could form a tool to help inform appropriate treatment strategies impacting on patient outcome in early stage prostate cancer.

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AgedBiomarkers, TumorCohort StudiesData Interpretation, StatisticalDNA MethylationGene OntologyGlycosylationHumansMaleMiddle AgedModels, TheoreticalNeoplasm GradingNeoplasm StagingPolysaccharidesProstatectomyProstatic NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorPolysaccharidesbiomarkersindolentintegrationLASSOomicsprostate cancer

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PMID29927052
PMCPMC6120220

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