Predicting EGFR mutation status by a deep learning approach in patients with non-small cell lung cancer brain metastases.
J Neurooncol 2022;
157:63-69. [PMID:
35119589 DOI:
10.1007/s11060-022-03946-4]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
PURPOSE
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tends to metastasize to the brain. Between 10 and 60% of NSCLCs harbor an activating mutation in the epidermal growth-factor receptor (EGFR), which may be targeted with selective EGFR inhibitors. However, due to a high discordance rate between the molecular profile of the primary tumor and the brain metastases (BMs), identifying an individual patient's EGFR status of the BMs necessitates tissue diagnosis via an invasive surgical procedure. We employed a deep learning (DL) method with the aim of noninvasive detection of the EGFR mutation status in NSCLC BM.
METHODS
We retrospectively collected clinical, radiological, and pathological-molecular data of all the NSCLC patients who had been diagnosed with BMs and underwent resection of their BM during 2009-2019. The study population was then divided into two groups based upon EGFR mutational status. We further employed a DL technique to classify the two groups according to their preoperative magnetic resonance imaging features. Augmentation techniques, transfer learning approach, and post-processing of the predicted results were applied to overcome the relatively small cohort. Finally, we established the accuracy of our model in predicting EGFR mutation status of BM of NSCLC.
RESULTS
Fifty-nine patients were included in the study, 16 patients harbored EGFR mutations. Our model predicted mutational status with mean accuracy of 89.8%, sensitivity of 68.7%, specificity of 97.7%, and a receiver operating characteristic curve value of 0.91 across the 5 validation datasets.
CONCLUSION
DL-based noninvasive molecular characterization is feasible, has high accuracy and should be further validated in large prospective cohorts.
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