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ArticleNPJ precision oncology2025

Prediction of post-treatment recurrence in early-stage breast cancer using deep-learning with mid-infrared chemical histopathological imaging.

Abigail Keogan, Thi Nguyet Que Nguyen, Pascaline Bouzy, Nicholas Stone, Karin Jirstrom, Arman Rahman, William M Gallagher, Aidan D Meade

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Article in NPJ precision oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Abigail KeoganRadiation and Environmental Science Centre, Physical to Life Sciences Research Hub, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Thi Nguyet Que NguyenDigital Futures Research Hub, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7103-6049
Pascaline BouzyDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
Nicholas StoneDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5603-3731
Karin JirstromDivision of Oncology and Therapeutic Pathology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Arman RahmanUCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
William M GallagherUCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Aidan D MeadeRadiation and Environmental Science Centre, Physical to Life Sciences Research Hub, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. aidan.meade@tudublin.ie.

Funding

Health Research Board (HRB) HRA-POR-2015-1314Higher Education Authority (An tÚdarás um Ard-Oideachas) AICRIstartIrish Cancer Society CCRC13GALRoyal Society IE170330Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) 13/RC/2106_P2Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) 15/IA/3104Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) 18/SPP/3522Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) 19/FFP/6772
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Abstract

Predicting long-term recurrence of disease in breast cancer (BC) patients remains a significant challenge for patients with early stage disease who are at low to intermediate risk of relapse as determined using current clinical tools. Prognostic assays which utilize bulk transcriptomics ignore the spatial context of the cellular material and are, therefore, of limited value in the development of mechanistic models. In this study, Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) chemical images of BC tissue were used to train deep learning models to predict future disease recurrence. A number of deep learning models were employed, with champion models employing two-dimensional and two-dimensional-separable convolutional networks found to have predictive performance of a ROC AUC of approximately 0.64, which compares well to other clinically used prognostic assays in this space. All-digital chemical imaging may therefore provide a label-free platform for histopathological prognosis in breast cancer, opening new horizons for future deployment of these technologies.

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PMID39825009
PMCPMC11748621

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