Improving molecular subtypes and prognosis of pancreatic cancer through multi group analysis and machine learning

Abstract Background Pancreatic cancer (PAC) has a complex tumor immune microenvironment, and currently, there is a lack of accurate personalized treatment. Establishing a novel consensus machine learning driven signature (CMLS) that offers a unique predictive model and possible treatment targets for...

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Main Authors: Xue-Jian Zhang, Fang-Fang Lin, Ya-Qing Wen, Kun-Ping Guan
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Published: Springer 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s12672-025-01841-8
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author Xue-Jian Zhang
Fang-Fang Lin
Ya-Qing Wen
Kun-Ping Guan
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Fang-Fang Lin
Ya-Qing Wen
Kun-Ping Guan
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description Abstract Background Pancreatic cancer (PAC) has a complex tumor immune microenvironment, and currently, there is a lack of accurate personalized treatment. Establishing a novel consensus machine learning driven signature (CMLS) that offers a unique predictive model and possible treatment targets for this condition was the goal of this study. Methods This study integrated multiple omics data of PAC patients, applied ten clustering techniques and ten machine learning approaches to construct molecular subtypes for PAC, and created a new CMLS. Results Using multi-omics clustering, we discovered two cancer subtypes (CSs) associated with prognosis, among which CS1 exhibited poor prognostic outcomes. Subsequently, 13 central genes were identified through screening, constituting CMLS with a significant prognostic ability. The low CMLS group had a better prognosis and was more likely to possess a “hot” tumor phenotype. The prognosis for the high CMLS group was dismal. Still, the tumor mutation burden (TMB) and tumor neoantigen burden (TNB) levels in this group of patients were higher than in the low CMLS group, which were more favorable for immune therapy response. Conclusion This study emphasizes that CMLS provides a beneficial instrument for early prediction of patient prognosis and screening of probable patients appropriate for immunotherapy and has broad implications for clinical practice.
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spelling doaj-art-500d37845f634f759d0ff6b2693d25b52025-02-02T12:30:37ZengSpringerDiscover Oncology2730-60112025-01-0116111610.1007/s12672-025-01841-8Improving molecular subtypes and prognosis of pancreatic cancer through multi group analysis and machine learningXue-Jian Zhang0Fang-Fang Lin1Ya-Qing Wen2Kun-Ping Guan3Department of Laboratory, the Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical UniversityDepartment of Laboratory, the Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical UniversityDepartment of Laboratory, the Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical UniversityDepartment of Laboratory, the Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical UniversityAbstract Background Pancreatic cancer (PAC) has a complex tumor immune microenvironment, and currently, there is a lack of accurate personalized treatment. Establishing a novel consensus machine learning driven signature (CMLS) that offers a unique predictive model and possible treatment targets for this condition was the goal of this study. Methods This study integrated multiple omics data of PAC patients, applied ten clustering techniques and ten machine learning approaches to construct molecular subtypes for PAC, and created a new CMLS. Results Using multi-omics clustering, we discovered two cancer subtypes (CSs) associated with prognosis, among which CS1 exhibited poor prognostic outcomes. Subsequently, 13 central genes were identified through screening, constituting CMLS with a significant prognostic ability. The low CMLS group had a better prognosis and was more likely to possess a “hot” tumor phenotype. The prognosis for the high CMLS group was dismal. Still, the tumor mutation burden (TMB) and tumor neoantigen burden (TNB) levels in this group of patients were higher than in the low CMLS group, which were more favorable for immune therapy response. Conclusion This study emphasizes that CMLS provides a beneficial instrument for early prediction of patient prognosis and screening of probable patients appropriate for immunotherapy and has broad implications for clinical practice.https://doi.org/10.1007/s12672-025-01841-8Pancreatic cancerImmune microenvironmentMolecular subtypesMachine learningMulti-omics
spellingShingle Xue-Jian Zhang
Fang-Fang Lin
Ya-Qing Wen
Kun-Ping Guan
Improving molecular subtypes and prognosis of pancreatic cancer through multi group analysis and machine learning
Discover Oncology
Pancreatic cancer
Immune microenvironment
Molecular subtypes
Machine learning
Multi-omics
title Improving molecular subtypes and prognosis of pancreatic cancer through multi group analysis and machine learning
title_full Improving molecular subtypes and prognosis of pancreatic cancer through multi group analysis and machine learning
title_fullStr Improving molecular subtypes and prognosis of pancreatic cancer through multi group analysis and machine learning
title_full_unstemmed Improving molecular subtypes and prognosis of pancreatic cancer through multi group analysis and machine learning
title_short Improving molecular subtypes and prognosis of pancreatic cancer through multi group analysis and machine learning
title_sort improving molecular subtypes and prognosis of pancreatic cancer through multi group analysis and machine learning
topic Pancreatic cancer
Immune microenvironment
Molecular subtypes
Machine learning
Multi-omics
url https://doi.org/10.1007/s12672-025-01841-8
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