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Correlation-adjusted regression survival scores for high-dimensional variable selection.

Thomas Welchowski¹, Verena Zuber^2,3, Matthias Schmid¹

¹Department of Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.

Statistics in Medicine

|February 23, 2019

Summary

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We introduce the correlation-adjusted regression survival (CARS) score, a novel method for identifying predictive genetic markers in personalized medicine. CARS scores improve upon traditional Cox scores by accounting for marker correlations, enhancing accuracy in survival analysis.

Keywords:

biomarker discovery breast cancer multigene signature personalized medicine prostate cancer survival modeling

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Area of Science:

Genetics
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology

Background:

Personalized medicine relies on identifying predictive genetic markers for classification.
Univariate screening using Cox scores is common but suboptimal with correlated markers.
Cox scores do not account for marker dependencies, limiting their effectiveness.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose the correlation-adjusted regression survival (CARS) score as an alternative to Cox scores.
To quantify associations between outcomes and decorrelated marker values in survival analysis.
To develop a robust method for identifying influential genetic markers.

Main Methods:

The CARS score is proposed for right-censored survival outcomes.
Estimation uses inverse probability weighting on log-transformed event times.
Shrinkage techniques are employed for high-dimensional data analysis.

Main Results:

CARS score consistency is proven under mild regularity conditions.
Simulations show CARS score rankings outperform competing methods with high correlations.
Applications in prostate and breast cancer confirm CARS score efficacy.
The CARS score is available in the R package carSurv.

Conclusions:

CARS scores offer a favorable alternative to Cox scores for marker selection in high-dimensional genetic data.
The method provides straightforward interpretation and low computational requirements.
CARS scores serve as an accessible screening tool for personalized medicine research.