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MsC. Fábio Malta de Sá Patroni |
PhD Starts: 03/2020
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| Myeloid Malignancies are clonal diseases of hematopoietic or progenitor stem cells. Among the five main types are Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) and Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS). Leukemias are one of the most common cancers in Brazil. In 2018, they accounted for approximately 3% of new cancer cases. MDS are considered nowadays the most common class of acquired medullary failure syndromes in adults. They are also considered the most prevalent hematologic malignancies. There is a risk of transforming AML in approximately 1 out of 3 patients. Acute Myeloid Leukemia is a potentially fatal disease, common in children and adults, that can lead to death if left untreated. The MDS occurs predominantly in older male patients, with an average age of diagnosis of approximately 70 years. This project calls for a method for automated classification of LMA and MDS into their subtypes using an Artificial Neural Network. Two models will be created which are trained with various clinical tests to predict accurate classification results. The models will be written in Python, using libraries like Tensorflow. Input data for training and testing the models will come from three major public databases: the GDC Data Portal, the GDC Legacy Archive, and the NCBI GEO. The validation of the models will be performed with data from patients of the UNICAMP Blood Center. The classification process will be taken one step further in the research field. The approach proposed here can be used as a tool to help pathologists.. | ||
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Linha de pesquisa Desenvolvimento de novas ferramentas de análise de dados de NGS | |
