In:
BJU International, Wiley, Vol. 128, No. 3 ( 2021-09), p. 352-360
Abstract:
To develop a new digital biomarker based on the analysis of primary tumour tissue by a convolutional neural network (CNN) to predict lymph node metastasis (LNM) in a cohort matched for already established risk factors. Patients and Methods Haematoxylin and eosin (H & E) stained primary tumour slides from 218 patients (102 N+; 116 N0), matched for Gleason score, tumour size, venous invasion, perineural invasion and age, who underwent radical prostatectomy were selected to train a CNN and evaluate its ability to predict LN status. Results With 10 models trained with the same data, a mean area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) of 0.68 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.678–0.682) and a mean balanced accuracy of 61.37% (95% CI 60.05–62.69%) was achieved. The mean sensitivity and specificity was 53.09% (95% CI 49.77–56.41%) and 69.65% (95% CI 68.21–71.1%), respectively. These results were confirmed via cross‐validation. The probability score for LNM prediction was significantly higher on image sections from N+ sample s (mean [SD] N+ probability score 0.58 [0.17] vs 0.47 [0.15] N0 probability score, P = 0.002). In multivariable analysis, the probability score of the CNN (odds ratio [OR] 1.04 per percentage probability, 95% CI 1.02–1.08; P = 0.04) and lymphovascular invasion (OR 11.73, 95% CI 3.96–35.7; P 〈 0.001) proved to be independent predictors for LNM. Conclusion In our present study, CNN‐based image analyses showed promising results as a potential novel low‐cost method to extract relevant prognostic information directly from H & E histology to predict the LN status of patients with prostate cancer. Our ubiquitously available technique might contribute to an improved LN status prediction.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1464-4096
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1464-410X
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2021
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2019983-1