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ArticleBMC medical informatics and decision making2020

Improving prediction performance of colon cancer prognosis based on the integration of clinical and multi-omics data.

Danyang Tong, Yu Tian, Tianshu Zhou, Qiancheng Ye, Jun Li, Kefeng Ding, Jingsong Li

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Danyang TongEngineering Research Center of EMR and Intelligent Expert System, Ministry of Education, College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, No. 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou, 310027, Zhejiang Province, China.
Yu TianEngineering Research Center of EMR and Intelligent Expert System, Ministry of Education, College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, No. 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou, 310027, Zhejiang Province, China.
Tianshu ZhouEngineering Research Center of EMR and Intelligent Expert System, Ministry of Education, College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, No. 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou, 310027, Zhejiang Province, China.
Qiancheng YeEngineering Research Center of EMR and Intelligent Expert System, Ministry of Education, College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, No. 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou, 310027, Zhejiang Province, China.
Jun LiDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, No. 88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou, 31009, Zhejiang Province, China.
Kefeng DingDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, No. 88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou, 31009, Zhejiang Province, China.
Jingsong LiEngineering Research Center of EMR and Intelligent Expert System, Ministry of Education, College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, No. 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou, 310027, Zhejiang Province, China. ljs@zju.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-1064-637X

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Abstract

backgroundColon cancer is common worldwide and is the leading cause of cancer-related death. Multiple levels of omics data are available due to the development of sequencing technologies. In this study, we proposed an integrative prognostic model for colon cancer based on the integration of clinical and multi-omics data.

methodsIn total, 344 patients were included in this study. Clinical, gene expression, DNA methylation and miRNA expression data were retrieved from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). To accommodate the high dimensionality of omics data, unsupervised clustering was used as dimension reduction method. The bias-corrected Harrell's concordance index was used to verify which clustering result provided the best prognostic performance. Finally, we proposed a prognostic prediction model based on the integration of clinical data and multi-omics data. Uno's concordance index with cross-validation was used to compare the discriminative performance of the prognostic model constructed with different covariates.

resultsCombinations of clinical and multi-omics data can improve prognostic performance, as shown by the increase of the bias-corrected Harrell's concordance of the prognostic model from 0.7424 (clinical features only) to 0.7604 (clinical features and three types of omics features). Additionally, 2-year, 3-year and 5-year Uno's concordance statistics increased from 0.7329, 0.7043, and 0.7002 (clinical features only) to 0.7639, 0.7474 and 0.7597 (clinical features and three types of omics features), respectively.

conclusionIn conclusion, this study successfully combined clinical and multi-omics data for better prediction of colon cancer prognosis.

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Data AnalysisData ManagementAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCluster AnalysisColonic NeoplasmsDNA MethylationFemaleGene ExpressionGene Expression ProfilingGenomicsHumansMaleMicroRNAsMiddle AgedMicroRNAsColon cancerIntegrative analysisMulti-omics studyPrognostic predictionThe Cancer genome atlas (TCGA)

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