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SpaCEy links spatial tissue patterns to clinical outcomes

SpaCEy is an explainable graph neural network that models tissues as spatial graphs derived from molecular marker expression. The model does not rely on predefined cell‑type labels or anatomical regions. It captures intercellular relationships and molecular dependencies to predict overall survival and disease progression.

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  • SpaCEy models tissues as spatial graphs from marker expression
  • It predicts overall survival and disease progression in lung and breast cancer cohorts
  • An integrated explainer highlights recurring spatial patterns and protein markers

Applied to a spatial proteomic lung cancer cohort, SpaCEy identifies spatial and protein‑expression patterns associated with disease progression. In multiple breast cancer proteomic datasets it stratifies patients by overall survival, both across and within established clinical subtypes, and highlights protein markers underlying this stratification.

The study demonstrates how graph‑based explainability can link spatial omics data to clinical outcomes, offering a new tool for precision oncology research.

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