title: Online survival analysis software to assess the prognostic value of biomarkers using transcriptomic data in non-small-cell lung cancer.
abstract: In the last decade, optimized treatment for non-small cell lung cancer had lead to improved prognosis, but the overall survival is still very short. To further understand the molecular basis of the disease we have to identify biomarkers related to survival. Here we present the development of an online tool suitable for the real-time meta-analysis of published lung cancer microarray datasets to identify biomarkers related to survival. We searched the caBIG, GEO and TCGA repositories to identify samples with published gene expression data and survival information. Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis, Kaplan-Meier survival plot with hazard ratio and logrank P value are calculated and plotted in R. The complete analysis tool can be accessed online at: www.kmplot.com/lung. All together 1,715 samples of ten independent datasets were integrated into the system. As a demonstration, we used the tool to validate 21 previously published survival associated biomarkers. Of these, survival was best predicted by CDK1 (p<1E-16), CD24 (p<1E-16) and CADM1 (p = 7E-12) in adenocarcinomas and by CCNE1 (p = 2.3E-09) and VEGF (p = 3.3E-10) in all NSCLC patients. Additional genes significantly correlated to survival include RAD51, CDKN2A, OPN, EZH2, ANXA3, ADAM28 and ERCC1. In summary, we established an integrated database and an online tool capable of uni- and multivariate analysis for in silico validation of new biomarker candidates in non-small cell lung cancer.
authors.affiliation: Research Laboratory of Pediatrics and Nephrology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Balázs
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Győrffy
authors.affiliation: Department of Histology and Embryology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, Poland.
authors.forename: Pawel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Surowiak
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pathologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Budczies
authors.affiliation: Research Laboratory of Pediatrics and Nephrology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: András
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lánczky
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012984:Software; D059467:Transcriptome / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers