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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Title: | AI-powered spatial cell phenomics enhances risk stratification in non-small cell lung cancer |
| Creators Name: | Schallenberg, Simon, Dernbach, Gabriel, Ruane, Sharon, Jurmeister, Philipp, Böhm, Cornelius, Standvoss, Kai, Ghosh, Sandip, Frentsch, Marco, Dragomir, Mihnea P, Keyl, Philipp G, Friedrich, Corinna, Na, Il-Kang, Merkelbach-Bruse, Sabine, Quaas, Alexander, Frost, Nikolaj, Boschung, Kyrill, Randerath, Winfried, Schlachtenberger, Georg, Heldwein, Matthias, Keilholz, Ulrich, Hekmat, Khosro, Rückert, Jens-Carsten, Büttner, Reinhard, Vasaturo, Angela, Horst, David, Ruff, Lukas, Alber, Maximilian, Müller, Klaus-Robert and Klauschen, Frederick |
| Abstract: | Risk stratification remains a critical challenge in non-small cell lung cancer patients for optimal therapy selection. In this study, we develop an artificial intelligence-powered spatial cellomics approach that combines histology, multiplex immunofluorescence imaging and multimodal machine learning to characterize the complex cellular relationships of 43 cell phenotypes in the tumor microenvironment in a real-world retrospective cohort of 1168 non-small cell lung cancer patients from two large German cancer centers. The model identifies cell niches associated with survival and achieves a 14% and 47% improvement in risk stratification in the two main non-small cell lung cancer subtypes, lung adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, respectively, combining niche patterns with conventional cancer staging. Our results show that complex immune cell niche patterns identify potentially undertreated high-risk patients qualifying for adjuvant therapy. Our approach highlights the potential of artificial intelligence powered multiplex imaging analyses to better understand the contribution of the tumor microenvironment to cancer progression and to improve risk stratification and treatment selection in non-small cell lung cancer. |
| Keywords: | Artificial Intelligence, Lung Neoplasms, Machine Learning, Non-Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma, Phenomics, Retrospective Studies, Risk Assessment, Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Tumor Microenvironment |
| Source: | Nature Communications |
| ISSN: | 2041-1723 |
| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
| Volume: | 16 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Page Range: | 9701 |
| Date: | 3 November 2025 |
| Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65783-z |
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