arXiv:2601.07001cs.CV2026-01

用单期增强MRI无创预测乳腺癌分子分型,准确率超现有方法。

Spatial Multi-Task Learning for Breast Cancer Molecular Subtype Prediction from Single-Phase DCE-MRI

  • 多任务学习同时预测四种关键生物标志物
  • 在960例数据上实现0.893~0.857的分类AUC和8.2%误差
  • 适合临床影像科医生快速评估肿瘤分子特征

精准的分子分型对个性化乳腺癌治疗至关重要,但传统免疫组化依赖侵入性活检且易受取样偏差影响。尽管动态对比增强磁共振成像(DCE-MRI)可实现非侵入性肿瘤表征,临床通常仅采集单期增强图像以缩短扫描时间和减少造影剂用量。本研究提出一种空间多任务学习框架,基于临床常规的单期DCE-MRI进行乳腺癌分子分型预测。该框架同时预测雌激素受体(ER)、孕激素受体(PR)、人类表皮生长因子受体2(HER2)状态及Ki-67增殖指数——这些标志物共同定义分子亚型。网络融合深度特征提取与多尺度空间注意力机制,捕捉瘤内与瘤周特征,并引入感兴趣区域加权模块聚焦肿瘤核心、边缘及周围组织。多任务学习通过共享表示与任务特异性分支挖掘生物标志物间的关联。在包含960例的数据集上(886例内部数据按7:1:2划分训练/验证/测试,74例外部数据采用五折交叉验证),所提方法在ER、PR、HER2分类上的AUC分别为0.893、0.824、0.857,在Ki-67回归任务中平均绝对误差为8.2%,显著优于放射组学与单任务深度学习基线。结果表明,使用标准成像协议即可实现高精度、非侵入式分子分型。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Accurate molecular subtype classification is essential for personalized breast cancer treatment, yet conventional immunohistochemical analysis relies on invasive biopsies and is prone to sampling bias. Although dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) enables non-invasive tumor characterization, clinical workflows typically acquire only single-phase post-contrast images to reduce scan time and contrast agent dose. In this study, we propose a spatial multi-task learning framework for breast cancer molecular subtype prediction from clinically practical single-phase DCE-MRI. The framework simultaneously predicts estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) status, and the Ki-67 proliferation index -- biomarkers that collectively define molecular subtypes. The architecture integrates a deep feature extraction network with multi-scale spatial attention to capture intratumoral and peritumoral characteristics, together with a region-of-interest weighting module that emphasizes the tumor core, rim, and surrounding tissue. Multi-task learning exploits biological correlations among biomarkers through shared representations with task-specific prediction branches. Experiments on a dataset of 960 cases (886 internal cases split 7:1:2 for training/validation/testing, and 74 external cases evaluated via five-fold cross-validation) demonstrate that the proposed method achieves an AUC of 0.893, 0.824, and 0.857 for ER, PR, and HER2 classification, respectively, and a mean absolute error of 8.2\% for Ki-67 regression, significantly outperforming radiomics and single-task deep learning baselines. These results indicate the feasibility of accurate, non-invasive molecular subtype prediction using standard imaging protocols.

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