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ReviewNature reviews. Cancer2022

Harnessing multimodal data integration to advance precision oncology.

Kevin M Boehm, Pegah Khosravi, Rami Vanguri, Jianjiong Gao, Sohrab P Shah

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Review in Nature reviews. Cancer, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 306 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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306citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

306 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. [Liquid Biopsy Revolutionizes the Precise Management of Tumors Across the Entire Course: Current Situation and Future Prospects].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Kevin M Boehm *Computational Oncology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2426-5436
Pegah Khosravi *Computational Oncology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3497-2820
Rami Vanguri *Computational Oncology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Jianjiong GaoComputational Oncology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5739-1781
Sohrab P ShahComputational Oncology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. shahs3@mskcc.org.ORCID 0000-0001-6402-523X

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering MST ProgramT32GM007739 · NIGMS · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI HSU, KATHARINE C · 1985 to 2023
$51.1M
Multimodal computational models to stratify ovarian cancer patientsF30CA257414 · NCI · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI BOEHM, KEVIN MICHAEL · 2021 to 2022
$83k
NCI NIH HHS F30 CA257414NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007739
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advances in quantitative biomarker development have accelerated new forms of data-driven insights for patients with cancer. However, most approaches are limited to a single mode of data, leaving integrated approaches across modalities relatively underdeveloped. Multimodal integration of advanced molecular diagnostics, radiological and histological imaging, and codified clinical data presents opportunities to advance precision oncology beyond genomics and standard molecular techniques. However, most medical datasets are still too sparse to be useful for the training of modern machine learning techniques, and significant challenges remain before this is remedied. Combined efforts of data engineering, computational methods for analysis of heterogeneous data and instantiation of synergistic data models in biomedical research are required for success. In this Perspective, we offer our opinions on synthesizing complementary modalities of data with emerging multimodal artificial intelligence methods. Advancing along this direction will result in a reimagined class of multimodal biomarkers to propel the field of precision oncology in the coming decade.

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NeoplasmsArtificial IntelligenceGenomicsHumansMedical OncologyPrecision Medicine

Identifiers

PMID34663944
PMCPMC8810682

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