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Modeling the Efficacy of Different Anti-Angiogenic Drugs on Treatment of Solid Tumors Using 3D Computational Modeling and Machine Learning Publisher Pubmed



Mousavi M1 ; Manshadi MD1, 17 ; Soltani M2, 3, 17 ; Kashkooli FM4, 17 ; Rahmim A5, 6 ; Mosavi A7, 11, 13 ; Kvasnica M13 ; Atkinson PM8, 14, 15, 16 ; Kovacs L9, 10 ; Koltay A11 ; Kiss N11 ; Adeli H12
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  1. 1. Cancer Institute of Iran, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, ON, Canada
  3. 3. Centre for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (CBB), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
  4. 4. Department of Physics, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
  5. 5. Department of Radiology and Physics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  6. 6. Department of Integrative Oncology, BC Cancer Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  7. 7. Institute of Software Design and Development, Obuda University, Budapest, 1034, Hungary
  8. 8. Faculty of Science and Technology, Lancaster University, UK, Lancaster, United Kingdom
  9. 9. Biomatics Institute, John von Neumann Faculty of Informatics, Obuda University, Budapest, 1034, Hungary
  10. 10. Physiological Controls Research Center, University Research and Innovation Center, Obuda University, Budapest, 1034, Hungary
  11. 11. National University of Public Service, Budapest, Hungary
  12. 12. Department of Biomedical Informatics and Neuroscience, The Ohio State University, Columbus, 43220, OH, United States
  13. 13. Institute of Information Engineering, Automation and Mathematics, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
  14. 14. Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, Highfield, UK, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
  15. 15. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 11A Datun Road, Beijing, 100101, China
  16. 16. Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK, Bailrigg, LA1 4YR, United Kingdom
  17. 17. Department of Mechanical Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, 1999143344, Iran

Source: Computers in Biology and Medicine Published:2022


Abstract

Accurate simulation of tumor growth during chemotherapy has significant potential to alleviate the risk of unknown side effects and optimize clinical trials. In this study, a 3D simulation model encompassing angiogenesis and tumor growth was developed to identify the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) concentration and visualize the formation of a microvascular network. Accordingly, three anti-angiogenic drugs (Bevacizumab, Ranibizumab, and Brolucizumab) at different concentrations were evaluated in terms of their efficacy. Moreover, comprehensive mechanisms of tumor cell proliferation and endothelial cell angiogenesis are proposed to provide accurate predictions for optimizing drug treatments. The evaluation of simulation output data can extract additional features such as tumor volume, tumor cell number, and the length of new vessels using machine learning (ML) techniques. These were investigated to examine the different stages of tumor growth and the efficacy of different drugs. The results indicate that brolucizuman has the best efficacy by decreasing the length of sprouting new vessels by up to 16%. The optimal concentration was obtained at 10 mol m−3 with an effectiveness percentage of 42% at 20 days post-treatment. Furthermore, by performing comparative analysis, the best ML method (matching the performance of the reference simulations) was identified as reinforcement learning with a 3.3% mean absolute error (MAE) and an average accuracy of 94.3%. © 2022 The Authors