A Machine Learning Approach for Identifying Gene Biomarkers Guiding the Treatment of Breast Cancer

Tabl, Ashraf Abou and Alkhateeb, Abedalrhman and ElMaraghy, Waguih and Rueda, Luis and Ngom, Alioune (2019) A Machine Learning Approach for Identifying Gene Biomarkers Guiding the Treatment of Breast Cancer. Frontiers in Genetics, 10. ISSN 1664-8021

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Abstract

Genomic profiles among different breast cancer survivors who received similar treatment may provide clues about the key biological processes involved in the cells and finding the right treatment. More specifically, such profiling may help personalize the treatment based on the patients’ gene expression. In this paper, we present a hierarchical machine learning system that predicts the 5-year survivability of the patients who underwent though specific therapy; The classes are built on the combination of two parts that are the survivability information and the given therapy. For the survivability information part, it defines whether the patient survives the 5-years interval or deceased. While the therapy part denotes the therapy has been taken during that interval, which includes hormone therapy, radiotherapy, or surgery, which totally forms six classes. The Model classifies one class vs. the rest at each node, which makes the tree-based model creates five nodes. The model is trained using a set of standard classifiers based on a comprehensive study dataset that includes genomic profiles and clinical information of 347 patients. A combination of feature selection methods and a prediction method are applied on each node to identify the genes that can predict the class at that node, the identified genes for each class may serve as potential biomarkers to the class’s treatment for better survivability. The results show that the model identifies the classes with high-performance measurements. An exhaustive analysis based on relevant literature shows that some of the potential biomarkers are strongly related to breast cancer survivability and cancer in general.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Academic Digital Library > Medical Science
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Date Deposited: 08 Feb 2023 06:43
Last Modified: 30 Dec 2023 13:25
URI: http://publications.article4sub.com/id/eprint/620

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