Multi-modal clustering reveals event-free patient subgroup in colorectal cancer survival

Abstract Colorectal cancer (CRC) benefits from a multi-omics-based stratification in the context of survival. Our TCGA-based study employs targeted feature selection and unsupervised clustering to stratify patients based on disease-specific survival, identifying an event-free subgroup undetectable w...

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Main Authors: Nikita Janakarajan, Guillaume Larghero, María Rodríguez Martínez
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-08-01
Series:npj Systems Biology and Applications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41540-025-00557-3
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description Abstract Colorectal cancer (CRC) benefits from a multi-omics-based stratification in the context of survival. Our TCGA-based study employs targeted feature selection and unsupervised clustering to stratify patients based on disease-specific survival, identifying an event-free subgroup undetectable with unimodal data or established consensus molecular subtypes. An analysis of variance and gene set enrichment coupled with clinical characterisation of the clusters reveal findings that support multi-omics-driven precision medicine in CRC.
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spelling doaj-art-fe015c1493af4c6e8f6cfa090be612cf2025-08-20T03:46:12ZengNature Portfolionpj Systems Biology and Applications2056-71892025-08-011111710.1038/s41540-025-00557-3Multi-modal clustering reveals event-free patient subgroup in colorectal cancer survivalNikita Janakarajan0Guillaume Larghero1María Rodríguez Martínez2IBM Research EuropeD-BSSE, ETH ZürichIBM Research EuropeAbstract Colorectal cancer (CRC) benefits from a multi-omics-based stratification in the context of survival. Our TCGA-based study employs targeted feature selection and unsupervised clustering to stratify patients based on disease-specific survival, identifying an event-free subgroup undetectable with unimodal data or established consensus molecular subtypes. An analysis of variance and gene set enrichment coupled with clinical characterisation of the clusters reveal findings that support multi-omics-driven precision medicine in CRC.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41540-025-00557-3
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Multi-modal clustering reveals event-free patient subgroup in colorectal cancer survival
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title Multi-modal clustering reveals event-free patient subgroup in colorectal cancer survival
title_full Multi-modal clustering reveals event-free patient subgroup in colorectal cancer survival
title_fullStr Multi-modal clustering reveals event-free patient subgroup in colorectal cancer survival
title_full_unstemmed Multi-modal clustering reveals event-free patient subgroup in colorectal cancer survival
title_short Multi-modal clustering reveals event-free patient subgroup in colorectal cancer survival
title_sort multi modal clustering reveals event free patient subgroup in colorectal cancer survival
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41540-025-00557-3
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