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ArticleHead & neck2021

Development of a multiomics database for personalized prognostic forecasting in head and neck cancer: The Big Data to Decide EU Project.

Stefano Cavalieri, Loris De Cecco, Ruud H Brakenhoff, Mara Serena Serafini, Silvana Canevari, Silvia Rossi, Davide Lanfranco, Frank J P Hoebers, Frederik W R Wesseling, Simon Keek and 18 more

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Article in Head & neck, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

28 authors at 15 institutions in 7 countries.

Stefano CavalieriHead and Neck Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1294-6859
Loris De CeccoIntegrated Biology Platform, Department of Applied Research and Technology Development, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Ruud H BrakenhoffVrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Mara Serena SerafiniIntegrated Biology Platform, Department of Applied Research and Technology Development, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Silvana CanevariFondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano. Milan, Italy.
Silvia RossiUnit of Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma - University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Davide LanfrancoUnit of Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma - University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Frank J P HoebersDepartment of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO), Research Institute GROW, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Frederik W R WesselingDepartment of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO), Research Institute GROW, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Simon KeekThe D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Kathrin ScheckenbachDepartment of Otolaryngology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Davide MattavelliDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Spedali Civili di Brescia and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Thomas HoffmannDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany.
Laura López PérezLife Supporting Technologies, Photonics Technology and Bioengineering Department, School of Telecommunication Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Giuseppe FicoLife Supporting Technologies, Photonics Technology and Bioengineering Department, School of Telecommunication Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Marco BolognaDepartment of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering (DEIB) Politecnico di Milano, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Irene NautaVrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
C René LeemansVrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Annalisa TramaDepartment of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Evaluative Epidemiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Thomas KlauschDepartment of Epidemiology and Data Science, Public Health Research Institute Amsterdam - Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Johannes Hans BerkhofDepartment of Epidemiology and Data Science, Public Health Research Institute Amsterdam - Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Vasilis TountopoulosTechnical Implementation, Innovation Lab, Athens Technology Center, Athens, Greece.
Ron ShefiAll-In-Image Ltd, Israel.
Luca MainardiDepartment of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering (DEIB) Politecnico di Milano, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Franco MercalliMultiMed Engineers srl, Parma, Italy.
Tito PoliUnit of Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma - University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Lisa LicitraHead and Neck Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Milan, Italy.
BD2Decide Consortium
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori · ITAmsterdam Neuroscience · NLUniversity of Parma · ITAmsterdam University Medical Centers · NLMaastricht University · NLPolitecnico di Milano · ITUniversidad Politécnica de Madrid · ESAthens Technical College · USAzienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale degli Spedali Civili di Brescia · ITGroup Image (Poland) · PLHeinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DEMaastricht University Medical Centre · NLMultiMedica · ITUniversität Ulm · DEUniversity of Milan · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDespite advances in treatments, 30% to 50% of stage III-IV head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) patients relapse within 2 years after treatment. The Big Data to Decide (BD2Decide) project aimed to build a database for prognostic prediction modeling.

methodsStage III-IV HNSCC patients with locoregionally advanced HNSCC treated with curative intent (1537) were included. Whole transcriptomics and radiomics analyses were performed using pretreatment tumor samples and computed tomography/magnetic resonance imaging scans, respectively.

resultsThe entire cohort was composed of 71% male (1097)and 29% female (440): oral cavity (429, 28%), oropharynx (624, 41%), larynx (314, 20%), and hypopharynx (170, 11%); median follow-up 50.5 months. Transcriptomics and imaging data were available for 1284 (83%) and 1239 (80%) cases, respectively; 1047 (68%) patients shared both.

conclusionsThis annotated database represents the HNSCC largest available repository and will enable to develop/validate a decision support system integrating multiscale data to explore through classical and machine learning models their prognostic role.

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Big DataHead and Neck NeoplasmsFemaleHumansMaleNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalPrognosisSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neckbig datahead and neck cancerprognostic modelsradiomicstranscriptomics

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PMID33107152
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