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ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Deep Learning of Histopathological Features for the Prediction of Tumour Molecular Genetics.

Pierre Murchan, Cathal Ó'Brien, Shane O'Connell, Ciara S McNevin, Anne-Marie Baird, Orla Sheils, Pilib Ó Broin, Stephen P Finn

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Review in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Pierre MurchanDepartment of Histopathology and Morbid Anatomy, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity College Dublin, D08 W9RT Dublin, Ireland.
Cathal Ó'BrienDepartment of Histopathology and Morbid Anatomy, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity College Dublin, D08 W9RT Dublin, Ireland.
Shane O'ConnellSchool of Mathematics, Statistics, and Applied Mathematics, National University of Ireland Galway, H91 TK33 Galway, Ireland.
Ciara S McNevinDepartment of Histopathology and Morbid Anatomy, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity College Dublin, D08 W9RT Dublin, Ireland.
Anne-Marie BairdSchool of Medicine, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity College Dublin, D02 A440 Dublin, Ireland.
Orla SheilsSchool of Medicine, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity College Dublin, D02 A440 Dublin, Ireland.
Pilib Ó BroinSchool of Mathematics, Statistics, and Applied Mathematics, National University of Ireland Galway, H91 TK33 Galway, Ireland.
Stephen P FinnDepartment of Histopathology and Morbid Anatomy, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity College Dublin, D08 W9RT Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-8628-5814

Funding

Science Foundation Ireland 18/CRT/6214
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advanced diagnostics are enabling cancer treatments to become increasingly tailored to the individual through developments in immunotherapies and targeted therapies. However, long turnaround times and high costs of molecular testing hinder the widespread implementation of targeted cancer treatments. Meanwhile, gold-standard histopathological assessment carried out by a trained pathologist is widely regarded as routine and mandatory in most cancers. Recently, methods have been developed to mine hidden information from histopathological slides using deep learning applied to scanned and digitized slides; deep learning comprises a collection of computational methods which learn patterns in data in order to make predictions. Such methods have been reported to be successful in a variety of cancers for predicting the presence of biomarkers such as driver mutations, tumour mutational burden, and microsatellite instability. This information could prove valuable to pathologists and oncologists in clinical decision making for cancer treatment and triage for in-depth sequencing. In addition to identifying molecular features, deep learning has been applied to predict prognosis and treatment response in certain cancers. Despite reported successes, many challenges remain before the clinical implementation of such diagnostic strategies in the clinical setting is possible. This review aims to outline recent developments in the field of deep learning for predicting molecular genetics from histopathological slides, as well as to highlight limitations and pitfalls of working with histopathology slides in deep learning.

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cancerdeep learninghistopathologymolecular diagnostics

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PMID34441338
PMCPMC8393642

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