Cancer classification and pathway discovery using non-negative matrix factorization.

Journal: Journal of biomedical informatics
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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Extracting genetic information from a full range of sequencing data is important for understanding disease. We propose a novel method to effectively explore the landscape of genetic mutations and aggregate them to predict cancer type.

Authors

  • Zexian Zeng
    Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Andy H Vo
    Committee on Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Chengsheng Mao
    Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
  • Susan E Clare
    Department of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Seema A Khan
    Department of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Yuan Luo
    Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.