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Development of a multiomics database for personalized prognostic forecasting in head and neck cancer: The Big Data to Decide EU Project

  • Stefano Cavalieri*
  • , Loris De Cecco
  • , Ruud H. Brakenhoff
  • , Mara Serena Serafini
  • , Silvana Canevari
  • , Silvia Rossi
  • , Davide Lanfranco
  • , Frank J. P. Hoebers
  • , Frederik W. R. Wesseling
  • , Simon Keek
  • , Kathrin Scheckenbach
  • , Davide Mattavelli
  • , Thomas Hoffmann
  • , Laura Lopez Perez
  • , Giuseppe Fico
  • , Marco Bologna
  • , Irene Nauta
  • , C. Rene Leemans
  • , Annalisa Trama
  • , Thomas Klausch
  • Johannes Hans Berkhof, Vasilis Tountopoulos, Ron Shefi, Luca Mainardi, Franco Mercalli, Tito Poli, Lisa Licitra, BD2Decide Consortium
*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Background Despite advances in treatments, 30% to 50% of stage III-IV head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) patients relapse within 2 years after treatment. The Big Data to Decide (BD2Decide) project aimed to build a database for prognostic prediction modeling.

Methods Stage III-IV HNSCC patients with locoregionally advanced HNSCC treated with curative intent (1537) were included. Whole transcriptomics and radiomics analyses were performed using pretreatment tumor samples and computed tomography/magnetic resonance imaging scans, respectively.

Results The entire cohort was composed of 71% male (1097)and 29% female (440): oral cavity (429, 28%), oropharynx (624, 41%), larynx (314, 20%), and hypopharynx (170, 11%); median follow-up 50.5 months. Transcriptomics and imaging data were available for 1284 (83%) and 1239 (80%) cases, respectively; 1047 (68%) patients shared both.

Conclusions This annotated database represents the HNSCC largest available repository and will enable to develop/validate a decision support system integrating multiscale data to explore through classical and machine learning models their prognostic role.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)601-612
Number of pages12
JournalHead and Neck-Journal for the Sciences and Specialties of the Head and Neck
Volume43
Issue number2
Early online date27 Oct 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2021

Keywords

  • big data
  • head and neck cancer
  • prognostic models
  • radiomics
  • transcriptomics
  • QUALITY-OF-LIFE
  • HUMAN-PAPILLOMAVIRUS
  • EUROPEAN-ORGANIZATION
  • OROPHARYNGEAL CANCER
  • CARCINOMA PATIENTS
  • SURVIVAL
  • VALIDATION
  • COMORBIDITY
  • PREDICTION
  • SIGNATURE

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