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This study shows that integrating gene expression, DNA methylation, and copy number variations enables unsupervised cancer classification beyond mutations. This approach enhances understanding of cancer

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Cancer Biology
Bioinformatics

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Genetic biomarkers are crucial for cancer classification, prognostication, and therapy guidance.
Large-scale genomic analyses, like The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), provide extensive data for understanding cancer biology.
While mutations are key drivers, gene expression changes and chromosomal rearrangements also contribute to cellular immortality and cancer development.

Purpose of the Study:

To demonstrate how integrating multi-omics data (methylation, gene expression, copy number variations) facilitates unsupervised cancer sample clustering.
To identify regressors capable of classifying tumor and normal samples using RNA sequencing, DNA methylation, and copy number variation data.
To highlight the clinical relevance of global cellular parameters beyond mutations in cancer classification.

Main Methods:

Integration of DNA methylation, gene expression (RNA sequencing), and copy number variation data.
Development and training of regressors using linear and logistic regression with k-means clustering for unsupervised classification.
Comparison with autoencoder- and stacking-based omics integration methods, evaluated using silhouette scores.

Main Results:

Successfully identified regressors for optimal integration of multi-omics data to classify tumor and normal samples with significant p-values.
Demonstrated the feasibility of unsupervised cancer classification using a combination of genetic markers beyond mutations.
Proof of concept illustrated using liver cancer data, showing effective clustering of samples.

Conclusions:

Unsupervised cancer classification is achievable by integrating diverse genomic data, including gene expression and copy number variations.
This multi-omics approach enhances the understanding of molecular mechanisms in carcinogenesis.
The findings underscore the clinical relevance of considering global cellular parameters in cancer research and treatment.