SANGAM UNIVERSITY

PREPARED BY :

NAMAN POKHARNA
PRIYANSHI HEMRAJANI
PIYUSH SONI
MAYANK MEHRANIYA
DAKSH SONI
 PROBLEM TITLE

DEEPLUNG: PREDECTIVE MODELLING

FOR CANCER RISK ASSESSMENT

PROBLEM STATEMENT
“Developing an accurate and efficient predictive model using DeepLung for lung cancer risk
assessment faces challenges in integrating diverse patient data, optimizing feature selection, and
ensuring robustness in predictive outcomes to enhance early detection and personalized treatment
strategies."

PROBLEM
Developing an accurate and efficient predictive model, DeepLung, for
assessing lung cancer risk confronts multifaceted challenges. Integrating
diverse patient data, including medical records, genetics, environmental
factors, and imaging results, presents hurdles due to the varied nature of
these datasets.
SOLUTION/APPROACH
• Data Integration and Preprocessing: • Addressing Bias and Generalization:
Develop a standardized data Mitigate biases by carefully sampling
preprocessing pipeline to handle diverse and augmenting data, ensuring
data sources. representation .

• Feature Selection and Engineering: • Early Detection and Personalized

Conduct comprehensive feature Treatment: Develop decision support
selection using methods like correlation tools that leverage the model's
analysis . predictions.
• Continuous Improvement and
Validation: Implement mechanisms
• Model Development and Validation: for continuous model monitoring.
Implement cross-validation and holdout
validation techniques .
DEPENDENCIES/ROADBLOCKS
1. Data Quality and Accessibility: Dependency on diverse, high-quality datasets with patient
information; obstacles include limited access, data fragmentation, and concerns .
2. Collaboration and Expertise: Need for collaboration with healthcare experts for domain
knowledge; challenges may arise in aligning clinical insights with machine learning
methodologies.
3. Feature Selection and Model Development: Dependency on selecting relevant features and
suitable algorithms; roadblocks include complexities in feature identification, model validation,
and ensuring interpretability of the model.
4. Regulatory Compliance: Compliance with healthcare regulations and ethical considerations;
navigating through stringent regulations could hinder data access or limit model deployment.
5. Computational Infrastructure: Availability of robust computational resources for model
training and scalability; insufficient resources might restrict exploring complex models.
6. Clinical Acceptance: Ensuring model interpretability and gaining acceptance from healthcare
professionals; potential resistance due to the opacity of certain machine learning models in
clinical decision-making.
PITCH
“Imagine a world where early detection and personalized treatment strategies
significantly improve outcomes for lung cancer patients. Our project aims to
revolutionize lung cancer risk assessment by developing a cutting-edge
machine learning-based predictive model. By leveraging diverse patient data
encompassing medical records, genetic information, environmental factors, and
imaging results, our model—crafted in collaboration with leading healthcare
experts—will predict individualized lung cancer risks.

Our team's expertise in machine learning and collaboration with oncologists

and data scientists ensures the model's accuracy and clinical relevance. We
strive to overcome challenges such as data fragmentation, regulatory
compliance, and interpretability concerns by integrating advanced algorithms,
ethical data handling, and explanatory techniques into the model development