Radiomic Feature-Based Prediction of Primary Cancer Origins in Brain Metastases Using Machine Learning
Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology
Publication Date
10-28-2025
Abstract
Identifying the primary tumor origin is a critical factor in determining treatment strategies for brain metastases, which remain a major challenge in clinical practice. Traditional diagnostic methods rely on invasive procedures, which may be limited by sampling errors. In this study, a dataset of 200 patients with brain metastases originating from six different cancer types (breast, gastrointestinal, small cell lung, melanoma, non-small cell lung, and renal cell carcinoma) was included. Radiomic features were extracted from different magnetic resonance images (MRI) and selected using the Kruskal–Wallis test, correlation analysis, and ElasticNet regression. Machine learning models, including support vector machine, logistic regression, and random forest, were trained and evaluated using cross-validation and unseen test sets to predict the primary origins of metastatic brain tumors. Our results demonstrate that radiomic features can significantly enhance classification accuracy, with AUC values reaching 0.98 in distinguishing between specific cancer types. Additionally, survival analysis revealed significant differences in survival probabilities across primary tumor types. This study utilizes a larger, single-center cohort and a standardized MRI protocol, applying rigorous feature selection and multiple machine learning classifiers to enhance the robustness and clinical relevance of radiomic predictions. Our findings support the potential of radiomics as a non-invasive tool for metastatic tumor prediction and prognostic assessment, paving the way for improved personalized treatment strategies. Radiomic features extracted from MRI images can significantly enhance the prediction of the main origin of the metastatic tumor types in the brain, thereby informing treatment decisions and prognostic assessments.
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Publisher
Wiley
Volume
35
Issue
6
Disciplines
Computer Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences
Keywords
brain tumors, machine learning, medical imaging, MRI, neuroscience, radiomic features
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Recommended Citation
Sarıdede, Dilek Betül and Cengiz, Sevim, "Radiomic Feature-Based Prediction of Primary Cancer Origins in Brain Metastases Using Machine Learning" (2025). All Works. 7652.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/7652
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