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SCIENCE ADVANCES
Volume 7, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abb8292
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- Beckman Institute Graduate Fellowship
- Nadine Barrie Smith Award - NIH [R01EB009745]
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This study introduces a measurement framework based on high-definition infrared imaging that uses the intrinsic chemical contrast of tissue to label unique components of tumors and their microenvironments, predicting overall survival in colon cancer patients. The results reveal the association between tumor spatial organization and disease progression.
The structure and organization of a tumor and its microenvironment are often associated with cancer outcomes due to spatially varying molecular composition and signaling. A persistent challenge is to use this physical and chemical spatial organization to understand cancer progression. Here, we present a high-definition infrared imaging-based organizational measurement framework (INFORM) that leverages intrinsic chemical contrast of tissue to label unique components of the tumor and its microenvironment. Using objective and automated computational methods, further, we determine organization characteristics important for prediction. We show that the tumor spatial organization assessed with this framework is predictive of overall survival in colon cancer that adds to capability from clinical variables such as stage and grade, approximately doubling the risk of death in high-risk individuals. Our results open an all-digital avenue for measuring and studying the association between tumor spatial organization and disease progression.
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