Integrative analysis of multiple cancer genomic datasets under the heterogeneity model.

ABSTRACT: In the analysis of cancer studies with high-dimensional genomic measurements, integrative analysis provides an effective way of pooling information across multiple heterogeneous datasets. The genomic basis of multiple independent datasets, which can be characterized by the sets of genomic markers, can be described using the homogeneity model or heterogeneity model. Under the homogeneity model, all datasets share the same set of markers associated with responses. In contrast, under the heterogeneity model, different studies have overlapping but possibly different sets of markers. The heterogeneity model contains the homogeneity model as a special case and can be much more flexible. Marker selection under the heterogeneity model calls for bi-level selection to determine whether a covariate i

SUBMITTER: Liu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3743947 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature