Project description
Deep learning cancer radiology to predict immunotherapy response
Deep learning is part of a broader family of machine learning methods based on Artificial Intelligence. In cancer radiology, it enables the non-invasive characterisation of the radiomic phenotype of the entire tumour. Although proof-of-principle associations between radiomics data and treatment response have been established, further investigations into the clinical value of radiomic data are warranted. The EU-funded CANCER-RADIOMICS project will analyse multicentre clinical data, including non-invasive imaging, clinical outcomes and extensive biologic characterisation of patients with lung or melanoma cancer. The aim of the project is to develop deep learning radiomic biomarkers to predict treatment response based on imaging analysis. It will also investigate whether radiomics can improve response prediction and assist patient selection for cancer therapies.
Objective
Artificial Intelligence (AI), deep-learning in particular, is propelling the field of radiology forward at a rapid pace. In oncology, AI can characterize the radiomic phenotype of the entire tumor and provide a non-invasive window into the internal growth patterns of a cancer lesion. This is especially important for patients treated with immunotherapy as, despite the remarkable success of these novel therapies, the clinical benefit remains limited to a subset. As immunotherapy is expensive and could bring unnecessary toxicity there is a direct need to identify beneficial patients, but this remains difficult in clinical practice today. Radiomic biomarkers could address this, as, unlike biopsies that only represent a sample within the tumor, radiomics can depict a full picture of each cancer lesion with a single non-invasive examination. Previous work found significant connections between radiomic data, molecular pathways, and clinical outcomes. However, a direct link between radiomics and immunotherapy response has not yet been established. This project will address this problem by analyzing unique multicentre clinical data, including non-invasive imaging, clinical outcomes, and extensive biologic characterization of patients with lung or melanoma cancer. Specifically, I will develop deep-learning radiomic biomarkers to predict immunotherapy response using baseline (WP1) and follow-up imaging (WP2). I will also investigate if radiomics can characterize underlying biological factors, and, in turn, can be used to improve response predictions (WP3). Successful completion of this proposal will demonstrate the potential of radiomics to help physicians in selecting patients who will likely benefit from immunotherapy, while sparing this expensive and potentially toxic treatment for patients who don't. This work has implications for the use of imaging-based biomarkers in the clinic, as they can be applied noninvasively, repeatedly, and at low additional cost.
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- medical and health sciences clinical medicine oncology skin cancer melanoma
- medical and health sciences clinical medicine radiology
- medical and health sciences basic medicine immunology immunotherapy
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H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)
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6200 MD Maastricht
Netherlands
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