Deep learning-based identification of patients at increased risk of cancer using routine laboratory markers

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Main Authors: Singh, Vivek, Chaganti, Shikha, Siebert, Matthias, Rajesh, Sowmya, Puiu, Andrei, Gopalan, Raj, Gramz, Jamie, Comaniciu, Dorin, Kamen, Ali
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author Singh, Vivek
Chaganti, Shikha
Siebert, Matthias
Rajesh, Sowmya
Puiu, Andrei
Gopalan, Raj
Gramz, Jamie
Comaniciu, Dorin
Kamen, Ali
author_facet Singh, Vivek
Chaganti, Shikha
Siebert, Matthias
Rajesh, Sowmya
Puiu, Andrei
Gopalan, Raj
Gramz, Jamie
Comaniciu, Dorin
Kamen, Ali
contents Early screening for cancer has proven to improve the survival rate and spare patients from intensive and costly treatments due to late diagnosis. Cancer screening in the healthy population involves an initial risk stratification step to determine the screening method and frequency, primarily to optimize resource allocation by targeting screening towards individuals who draw most benefit. For most screening programs, age and clinical risk factors such as family history are part of the initial risk stratification algorithm. In this paper, we focus on developing a blood marker-based risk stratification approach, which could be used to identify patients with elevated cancer risk to be encouraged for taking a diagnostic test or participate in a screening program. We demonstrate that the combination of simple, widely available blood tests, such as complete blood count and complete metabolic panel, could potentially be used to identify patients at risk for colorectal, liver, and lung cancers with areas under the ROC curve of 0.76, 0.85, 0.78, respectively. Furthermore, we hypothesize that such an approach could not only be used as pre-screening risk assessment for individuals but also as population health management tool, for example to better interrogate the cancer risk in certain sub-populations.
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spellingShingle Deep learning-based identification of patients at increased risk of cancer using routine laboratory markers
Singh, Vivek
Chaganti, Shikha
Siebert, Matthias
Rajesh, Sowmya
Puiu, Andrei
Gopalan, Raj
Gramz, Jamie
Comaniciu, Dorin
Kamen, Ali
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Early screening for cancer has proven to improve the survival rate and spare patients from intensive and costly treatments due to late diagnosis. Cancer screening in the healthy population involves an initial risk stratification step to determine the screening method and frequency, primarily to optimize resource allocation by targeting screening towards individuals who draw most benefit. For most screening programs, age and clinical risk factors such as family history are part of the initial risk stratification algorithm. In this paper, we focus on developing a blood marker-based risk stratification approach, which could be used to identify patients with elevated cancer risk to be encouraged for taking a diagnostic test or participate in a screening program. We demonstrate that the combination of simple, widely available blood tests, such as complete blood count and complete metabolic panel, could potentially be used to identify patients at risk for colorectal, liver, and lung cancers with areas under the ROC curve of 0.76, 0.85, 0.78, respectively. Furthermore, we hypothesize that such an approach could not only be used as pre-screening risk assessment for individuals but also as population health management tool, for example to better interrogate the cancer risk in certain sub-populations.
title Deep learning-based identification of patients at increased risk of cancer using routine laboratory markers
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.19646