Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

Deep learning-enabled breast cancer hormonal receptor status determination from base-level H&E stains

  • Nikhil Naik,
  • Ali Madani,
  • Andre Esteva,
  • Nitish Shirish Keskar,
  • Michael F. Press,
  • Daniel Ruderman,
  • David B. Agus,
  • Richard Socher

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19334-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Determination of estrogen receptor status (ERS) in breast cancer tissue requires immunohistochemistry, which is sensitive to the vagaries of sample processing and the subjectivity of pathologists. Here the authors present a deep learning model that determines ERS from H&E stained tissue, which could improve oncology decisions in under-resourced settings.