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RETRACTED: Optimizing chemotherapeutic targets in non-small cell lung cancer with transfer learning for precision
Varun Malik1, Ruchi Mittal1, Deepali Gupta1
1Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Rajpura, Punjab, India.
Abstract:
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for the majority of lung cancer cases, making it the most fatal diseases worldwide. Predicting NSCLC patients' survival outcomes accurately remains a significant challenge despite advancements in treatment. The difficulties in developing effective drug therapies, which are frequently hampered by severe side effects, drug resistance, and limited effectiveness across diverse patient populations, highlight the complexity of NSCLC. The machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) modelsare starting to reform the field of NSCLC drug disclosure. These methodologies empower the distinguishing proof of medication targets and the improvement of customized treatment techniques that might actually upgrade endurance results for NSCLC patients. Using cutting-edge methods of feature extraction and transfer learning, we present a drug discovery model for the identification of therapeutic targets in this paper. For the purpose of extracting features from drug and protein sequences, we make use of a hybrid UNet transformer. This makes it possible to extract deep features that address the issue of false alarms. For dimensionality reduction, the modified Rime optimization (MRO) algorithm is used to select the best features among multiples. In addition, we design the deep transfer learning (DTransL) model to boost the drug discovery accuracy for NSCLC patients' therapeutic targets. Davis, KIBA, and Binding-DB are examples of benchmark datasets that are used to validate the proposed model. Results exhibit that the MRO+DTransL model outflanks existing cutting edge models. On the Davis dataset, the MRO+DTransL model performed better than the LSTM model by 9.742%, achieved an accuracy of 98.398%. It reached 98.264% and 97.344% on the KIBA and Binding-DB datasets, respectively, indicating improvements of 8.608% and 8.957% over baseline models.
Insights
This study introduces a new machine learning model for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) drug discovery. The MRO+DTransL model significantly improves accuracy in identifying therapeutic targets, enhancing patient survival outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Oncology
- Computational Biology
- Drug Discovery
Background:
- Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide, with survival prediction remaining a challenge.
- Developing effective NSCLC therapies is complex due to side effects, drug resistance, and varied patient responses.
- Machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) offer promising avenues for advancing NSCLC drug discovery and personalized treatments.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop an advanced drug discovery model for identifying therapeutic targets in NSCLC.
- To enhance the accuracy of predicting therapeutic targets for improved NSCLC patient survival outcomes.
Main Methods:
- Utilized a hybrid UNet transformer for deep feature extraction from drug and protein sequences.
- Employed the modified Rime optimization (MRO) algorithm for feature selection and dimensionality reduction.
- Developed a deep transfer learning (DTransL) model to boost drug discovery accuracy for NSCLC.
Main Results:
- The proposed MRO+DTransL model demonstrated superior performance compared to existing state-of-the-art models on benchmark datasets (Davis, KIBA, Binding-DB).
- Achieved high accuracy rates: 98.398% on Davis, 98.264% on KIBA, and 97.344% on Binding-DB.
- Showcased significant performance improvements over baseline models, including a 9.742% increase over LSTM on the Davis dataset.
Conclusions:
- The MRO+DTransL model represents a significant advancement in ML/DL for NSCLC drug discovery.
- This approach holds potential for identifying effective therapeutic targets, thereby improving survival outcomes for NSCLC patients.
- The model's high accuracy and performance improvements suggest its utility in personalized medicine for NSCLC treatment.
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