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@ARTICLE{Klein:278640,
author = {S. Klein and N. Wuerdemann and I. Demers and C. Kopp and J.
Quantius and A. Charpentier and Y. Tolkach and K. Brinker
and S. J. Sharma and J. George and J. Hess$^*$ and F.
Stögbauer and M. Lacko and M. Struijlaart and M. F. C. M.
van den Hout and S. Wagner and C. Wittekindt and C. Langer
and C. Arens and R. Buettner and A. Quaas and H. C.
Reinhardt$^*$ and E.-J. Speel and J. P. Klussmann},
title = {{P}redicting {HPV} association using deep learning and
regular ${H}\&{E}$ stains allows granular stratification of
oropharyngeal cancer patients.},
journal = {npj digital medicine},
volume = {6},
number = {1},
issn = {2398-6352},
address = {[Basingstoke]},
publisher = {Macmillan Publishers Limited},
reportid = {DKFZ-2023-01684},
pages = {152},
year = {2023},
abstract = {Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)-associated oropharyngeal
squamous cell cancer (OPSCC) represents an OPSCC subgroup
with an overall good prognosis with a rising incidence in
Western countries. Multiple lines of evidence suggest that
HPV-associated tumors are not a homogeneous tumor entity,
underlining the need for accurate prognostic biomarkers. In
this retrospective, multi-institutional study involving 906
patients from four centers and one database, we developed a
deep learning algorithm (OPSCCnet), to analyze standard
$H\&E$ stains for the calculation of a patient-level score
associated with prognosis, comparing it to combined HPV-DNA
and p16-status. When comparing OPSCCnet to HPV-status, the
algorithm showed a good overall performance with a mean area
under the receiver operator curve (AUROC) = 0.83 $(95\%$ CI
= 0.77-0.9) for the test cohort (n = 639), which could be
increased to AUROC = 0.88 by filtering cases using a fixed
threshold on the variance of the probability of the
HPV-positive class - a potential surrogate marker of
HPV-heterogeneity. OPSCCnet could be used as a screening
tool, outperforming gold standard HPV testing (OPSCCnet:
five-year survival rate: $96\%$ $[95\%$ CI = $90-100\%];$
HPV testing: five-year survival rate: $80\%$ $[95\%$ CI =
$71-90\%]).$ This could be confirmed using a multivariate
analysis of a three-tier threshold (OPSCCnet: high HR = 0.15
$[95\%$ CI = 0.05-0.44], intermediate HR = 0.58 $[95\%$ CI =
0.34-0.98] p = 0.043, Cox proportional hazards model, n =
211; HPV testing: HR = 0.29 $[95\%$ CI = 0.15-0.54] p <
0.001, Cox proportional hazards model, n = 211).
Collectively, our findings indicate that by analyzing
standard gigapixel hematoxylin and eosin $(H\&E)$
histological whole-slide images, OPSCCnet demonstrated
superior performance over p16/HPV-DNA testing in various
clinical scenarios, particularly in accurately stratifying
these patients.},
cin = {E221 / ED01},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)E221-20160331 / I:(DE-He78)ED01-20160331},
pnm = {315 - Bildgebung und Radioonkologie (POF4-315)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-315},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:37598255},
pmc = {pmc:PMC10439941},
doi = {10.1038/s41746-023-00901-z},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/278640},
}