Identification of a gene signature and prediction of overall survival of patients with stage IV colorectal cancer using a novel machine learning approach.

Journal: European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: We sought to characterize unique gene signature patterns associated with worse overall survival (OS) among patients with stage IV colorectal cancer (CRC) using a machine learning (ML) approach.

Authors

  • Abdullah Altaf
    Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
  • Jun Kawashima
    Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
  • Mujtaba Khalil
    Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
  • Hunter Stecko
    Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
  • Zayed Rashid
    Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
  • Matthew Kalady
    Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
  • Timothy M Pawlik
    Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, Columbus, OH.