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ArticleFrontiers in genetics2019

A Machine Learning Approach for Identifying Gene Biomarkers Guiding the Treatment of Breast Cancer.

Ashraf Abou Tabl, Abedalrhman Alkhateeb, Waguih ElMaraghy, Luis Rueda, Alioune Ngom

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Article in Frontiers in genetics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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45 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Ashraf Abou TablDepartment of Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada.
Abedalrhman AlkhateebSchool of Computer Science, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada.
Waguih ElMaraghyDepartment of Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada.
Luis RuedaSchool of Computer Science, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada.
Alioune NgomSchool of Computer Science, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genomic profiles among different breast cancer survivors who received similar treatment may provide clues about the key biological processes involved in the cells and finding the right treatment. More specifically, such profiling may help personalize the treatment based on the patients' gene expression. In this paper, we present a hierarchical machine learning system that predicts the 5-year survivability of the patients who underwent though specific therapy; The classes are built on the combination of two parts that are the survivability information and the given therapy. For the survivability information part, it defines whether the patient survives the 5-years interval or deceased. While the therapy part denotes the therapy has been taken during that interval, which includes hormone therapy, radiotherapy, or surgery, which totally forms six classes. The Model classifies one class vs. the rest at each node, which makes the tree-based model creates five nodes. The model is trained using a set of standard classifiers based on a comprehensive study dataset that includes genomic profiles and clinical information of 347 patients. A combination of feature selection methods and a prediction method are applied on each node to identify the genes that can predict the class at that node, the identified genes for each class may serve as potential biomarkers to the class's treatment for better survivability. The results show that the model identifies the classes with high-performance measurements. An exhaustive analysis based on relevant literature shows that some of the potential biomarkers are strongly related to breast cancer survivability and cancer in general.

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breast cancercancer survivabilityclassificationfeature selectiongene biomarkersmachine learningtreatment therapy

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PMID30972106
PMCPMC6446069

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