Title
Classification of breast cancer stroma as a tool for prognosis.
Abstract
It has been shown that the tumour microenvironment plays a crucial role in regulating tumour progression by a number of different mechanisms, including the remodelling of collagen fibres in tumour-associated stroma. It is still unclear, however, if these stromal changes are of benefit to the host or the tumour. We hypothesise that stromal maturity is an important reflection of tumour biology, and thus can be used to predict prognosis. The aim of this study is to develop a texture analysis methodology which will automatically classify stromal regions from images of hematoxylin and eosin-stained (H&E) sections into two categories: mature and immature. Subsequently we will investigate whether stromal maturity could be used as a predictor of survival and also as a means to better understand the relationship between the radiological imaging signal and the underlying tissue microstructure. We present initial results for 118 regions-of-interest from a dataset of 39 patients diagnosed with invasive breast cancer.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1117/12.2216520
Proceedings of SPIE
Keywords
Field
DocType
Histopathological texture analysis,breast cancer stroma,tumour microenvironment,stroma maturity
Stromal cell,H&E stain,Computer vision,Collagen fibres,Breast cancer,Cancer research,Stroma,Artificial intelligence,Bioinformatics,Physics
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
9791
0277-786X
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sara Reis131.05
Patrycja Gazinska200.34
John H. Hipwell324332.58
Thomy Mertzanidou4577.99
Kalnisha Naidoo500.34
Sarah E. Pinder600.34
David J. Hawkes74262470.26