Rationale and Objectives
To develop deep learning-based multiomics models for predicting postoperative distant metastasis (DM) and evaluating survival prognosis in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients.
Materials and Methods
This retrospective study included 521 CRC patients who underwent curative surgery at two centers. Preoperative CT and postoperative hematoxylin-eosin (HE) stained slides were collected. A total of 381 patients from Center 1 were split (7:3) into training and internal validation sets; 140 patients from Center 2 formed the independent external validation set. Patients were grouped based on DM status during follow-up. Radiological and pathological models were constructed using independent imaging and pathological predictors. Deep features were extracted with a ResNet-101 backbone to build deep learning radiomics (DLRS) and deep learning pathomics (DLPS) models. Two integrated models were developed: Nomogram 1 (radiological + DLRS) and Nomogram 2 (pathological + DLPS).
Results
CT- reported T (cT) stage (OR = 2.00, P = 0.006) and CT-reported N (cN) stage (OR = 1.63, P = 0.023) were identified as independent radiologic predictors for building the radiological model; pN stage (OR = 1.91, P = 0.003) and perineural invasion (OR = 2.07, P = 0.030) were identified as pathological predictors for building the pathological model. DLRS and DLPS incorporated 28 and 30 deep features, respectively. In the training set, area under the curve (AUC) for radiological, pathological, DLRS, DLPS, Nomogram 1, and Nomogram 2 models were 0.657, 0.687, 0.931, 0.914, 0.938, and 0.930. DeLong’s test showed DLRS, DLPS, and both nomograms significantly outperformed conventional models (P<.05). Kaplan–Meier analysis confirmed effective 3-year disease-free survival (DFS) stratification by the nomograms.
Conclusion
Deep learning-based multiomics models provided high accuracy for postoperative DM prediction. Nomogram models enabled reliable DFS risk stratification in CRC patients.
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