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ArticleNature communications2025

A histomorphological atlas of resected mesothelioma discovered by self-supervised learning from 3446 whole-slide images.

Farzaneh Seyedshahi, Kai Rakovic, Nicolas Poulain, Adalberto Claudio Quiros, Ian R Powley, Cathy Richards, Hussein Uraiby, Sonja Klebe, David A Moore, Apostolos Nakas and 9 more

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19 authors.

Farzaneh SeyedshahiSchool of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-1111-052X
Kai Rakovic *School of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0676-1973
Nicolas Poulain *Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Adalberto Claudio QuirosSchool of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Ian R PowleyCancer Research UK Scotland Institute, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-6079-6673
Cathy RichardsUniversity Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
Hussein UraibyUniversity Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
Sonja KlebeFlinders Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8976-4714
David A MooreCRUK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence, UCL Cancer Institute, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6296-1312
Apostolos NakasUniversity Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
Claire R WilsonLeicester Medical School, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6401-2014
Marco SerenoUniversity of Leicester, Leicester, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4573-9303
Leah Officer-JonesCancer Research UK Scotland Institute, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3690-2386
Catherine FickenCancer Research UK Scotland Institute, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Ana TeodosioBirmingham Tissue Analytics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Fiona BallantyneCancer Research UK Scotland Institute, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Daniel MurphySchool of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5538-5468
Ke YuanSchool of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. ke.yuan@glasgow.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2318-1460
John Le QuesneSchool of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. john.lequesne@glasgow.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3552-7446

Funding

Cancer Research UK (CRUK) EDDPGM-Nov21\100001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mesothelioma is a highly lethal and poorly biologically understood disease which presents diagnostic challenges due to its morphological complexity. This study uses self-supervised AI (Artificial Intelligence) to map the histomorphological landscape of the disease. The resulting atlas consists of recurrent patterns identified from 3446 Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) stained images scanned from resected tumour slides. These patterns generate highly interpretable predictions, achieving state-of-the-art performance with 0.65 concordance index (c-index) for outcomes and 88% AUC in subtyping. Their clinical relevance is endorsed by comprehensive human pathological assessment. Furthermore, we characterise the molecular underpinnings of these diverse, meaningful, predictive patterns. Our approach both improves diagnosis and deepens our understanding of mesothelioma biology, highlighting the power of this self-learning method in clinical applications and scientific discovery.

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MesotheliomaSupervised Machine LearningFemaleHumansMale

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