Summary of Automated Prediction Of Breast Cancer Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy From Dwi Data, by Shir Nitzan et al.
Automated Prediction of Breast Cancer Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy from DWI Data
by Shir Nitzan, Maya Gilad, Moti Freiman
First submitted to arxiv on: 7 Apr 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary Machine learning educators will appreciate this paper’s contribution to improving surgical planning for breast cancer patients by predicting pathological complete response (pCR) to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. The authors develop a deep learning model that automates diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI) tumor segmentation, enhancing pCR prediction accuracy. This approach utilizes “Size-Adaptive Lesion Weighting” and outperforms standard automated methods in pre- and mid-neoadjuvant chemotherapy assessment, matching human experts’ performance with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.76. The authors utilize the BMMR2 challenge dataset to demonstrate their model’s robustness. This advancement enables more reliable pCR predictions without manual segmentation, revolutionizing breast cancer treatment planning. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper helps doctors better plan surgeries for breast cancer patients by predicting how well a patient will respond to chemotherapy. It uses special MRI scans and machine learning to do this. The big idea is to make it easier to predict whether the patient’s tumors will shrink or go away completely, which helps doctors decide what treatment is best. The authors developed a new way to analyze these MRI scans that works really well, even better than other methods used by experts. This means doctors can get more accurate results without having to manually mark out the tumor areas on the scans. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Auc » Deep learning » Diffusion » Machine learning
