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Predicting Ewing Sarcoma Treatment Outcome Using Infrared Spectroscopy and Machine Learning.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Improved outcome prediction is vital for the delivery of risk-adjusted, appropriate and effective care to paediatric patients with Ewing sarcoma-the second most common paediatric malignant bone tumour. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy of tissues allows the bulk biochemical content of a biological sample to be probed and makes possible the study and diagnosis of disease. METHODS:In this retrospective study, FTIR spectra of sections of biopsy-obtained bone tissue were recorded. Twenty-seven patients (between 5 and 20 years of age) with newly diagnosed Ewing sarcoma of bone were included in this study. The prognostic value of FTIR spectra obtained from Ewing sarcoma (ES) tumours before and after neoadjuvant chemotherapy were analysed in combination with various data-reduction and machine learning approaches. RESULTS:Random forest and linear discriminant analysis supervised learning models were able to correctly predict patient mortality in 92% of cases using leave-one-out cross-validation. The best performing model for predicting patient relapse was a linear Support Vector Machine trained on the observed spectral changes as a result of chemotherapy treatment, which achieved 92% accuracy. CONCLUSION:FTIR spectra of tumour biopsy samples may predict treatment outcome in paediatric Ewing sarcoma patients with greater than 92% accuracy.

SUBMITTER: Chaber R

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6470837 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Predicting Ewing Sarcoma Treatment Outcome Using Infrared Spectroscopy and Machine Learning.

Chaber Radosław R Arthur Christopher J CJ Łach Kornelia K Raciborska Anna A Michalak Elżbieta E Bilska Katarzyna K Drabko Katarzyna K Depciuch Joanna J Kaznowska Ewa E Cebulski Józef J

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20190319 6

<h4>Background</h4>Improved outcome prediction is vital for the delivery of risk-adjusted, appropriate and effective care to paediatric patients with Ewing sarcoma-the second most common paediatric malignant bone tumour. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy of tissues allows the bulk biochemical content of a biological sample to be probed and makes possible the study and diagnosis of disease.<h4>Methods</h4>In this retrospective study, FTIR spectra of sections of biopsy-obtained bone t ...[more]

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