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ArticleClinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico2026

Interpretable deep learning model of circulating genomics for quantitative survival prediction in advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

Yu Wang, Yi-Tong Li, Ming-Hao Wang, Cheng-Yi Zhang, Ying Jiang, Qi Xu, Ying-Ping Liu, Can-Jun Li, Ye-Xiong Li, Nan Bi

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Article in Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Yu Wang *Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 17 Panjiayuan Nanli, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100021, China.
Yi-Tong Li *Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 17 Panjiayuan Nanli, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100021, China.
Ming-Hao Wang *Department of Radiotherapy, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, 110001, China.
Cheng-Yi ZhangDepartment of Radiotherapy, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, 110001, China.
Ying JiangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 17 Panjiayuan Nanli, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100021, China.
Qi XuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 17 Panjiayuan Nanli, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100021, China.
Ying-Ping LiuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 17 Panjiayuan Nanli, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100021, China.
Can-Jun LiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 17 Panjiayuan Nanli, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100021, China.
Ye-Xiong LiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 17 Panjiayuan Nanli, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100021, China. yexiong12@163.com.
Nan BiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 17 Panjiayuan Nanli, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100021, China. binan_email@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7201-2930

Funding

Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Initiative for Innovative Medicine 2024-I2M-ZD-004National Natural Science Foundation of China 12405407National Natural Science Foundation of China 82173348National Natural Science Foundation of China 82373216Noncommunicable Chronic Diseases-National Science and Technology Major Project 2023ZD0502100
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Abstract

purposeAccurate quantitative survival prediction in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains an unmet clinical need. While liquid biopsy is widely used, single circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) shows limited predictive power. We developed an interpretable deep-learning model to quantitatively predict outcomes. METHODS/PATIENTS: We integrated data from 1373 advanced NSCLC patients profiled by two ultra-deep ctDNA sequencing assays (MSK-ACCESS and ctDx Lung). Features associated with overall survival (OS) were incorporated into a deep-learning network (DeepSurv), which estimates time-to-event survival probabilities. Model performance was evaluated by time-dependent area under the curve (AUC). SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) were employed to interpret model output.

resultsA total of 1373 patients were analyzed, with 1012 using MSK-ACCESS (discovery) and 361 using ctDx Lung (validation). Among over 40 clinicopathological features, ctDNA status, cell-free DNA (cfDNA) concentration, age, blood-based TP53, EGFR, PIK3CA, ARID1A, STK11 and MET mutations significantly predicted OS. In ctDNA-positive patients, TP53/PIK3CA/ARID1A/STK11/MET-mutated patients had significantly inferior OS compared with wildtype patients (P < 0.001). Using above variables, DeepSurv was trained and tested in the MSK-ACCESS cohort (12-month AUC = 0.75), outperforming single cfDNA (AUC = 0.66) or ctDNA (AUC = 0.59), and externally validated in the ctDx Lung cohort. Compared with high-risk patients, DeepSurv-identified low-risk patients had significantly longer OS in both discovery (12-month OS 87.8% vs 53.8%, HR 0.32, P < 0.001) and validation cohorts (73.2% vs 48.4%, HR 0.42, P < 0.001). SHAP revealed TP53 and cfDNA concentration > 4.8 ng/mL had the most important contributions.

conclusionsThe interpretable DeepSurv model, integrating multimodal features, enables quantitative survival prediction and risk stratification in advanced NSCLC, facilitating personalized decision-making.

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Biomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungCirculating Tumor DNADeep LearningLung NeoplasmsAgedFemaleGenomicsHumansMaleMiddle AgedMutationPredictive Learning ModelsPrognosisSurvival RateBiomarkers, TumorCirculating Tumor DNAArtificial intelligenceCell-free DNACirculating tumor DNAGenomicsLiquid biopsyNon-small cell lung cancer

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