Leveraging TCGA gene expression data to build predictive models for cancer drug response.

Journal: BMC bioinformatics
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Machine learning has been utilized to predict cancer drug response from multi-omics data generated from sensitivities of cancer cell lines to different therapeutic compounds. Here, we build machine learning models using gene expression data from patients' primary tumor tissues to predict whether a patient will respond positively or negatively to two chemotherapeutics: 5-Fluorouracil and Gemcitabine.

Authors

  • Evan A Clayton
    School of Biological Sciences and Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, 315 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
  • Toyya A Pujol
    School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
  • John F McDonald
    School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
  • Peng Qiu