# AI-driven radiogenomics in gynecologic oncology: from radiological digital biopsy to a new paradigm in precision therapy

**Authors:** Qiqi Kong, Yunqing Ban

PMC · DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2026.1745519 · Frontiers in Oncology · 2026-02-04

## TL;DR

AI and radiomics can non-invasively analyze tumor biology from medical images, offering new precision therapy approaches in gynecologic cancers.

## Contribution

This paper reviews AI's role in predicting molecular features and tumor biology in gynecologic cancers using radiological data.

## Key findings

- AI can predict homologous recombination deficiency in ovarian cancer from radiological images.
- Vision Transformers and Graph Neural Networks help model tumor microenvironments and therapeutic responses.
- AI bridges imaging and molecular data to enable precision medicine in gynecologic oncology.

## Abstract

Tumor heterogeneity is a core challenge in gynecologic oncology, driving therapeutic resistance and limiting the efficacy of single-point biopsies. Artificial intelligence (AI) and radiomics are emerging as a “digital biopsy” to non-invasively decode tumor biology from medical radiological modalities images(including MRI, CT, and PET). This review synthesizes the state of AI in predicting key molecular features across gynecologic cancers, including homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) in ovarian cancer, microsatellite instability (MSI) and PI3K activation in endometrial cancer, and, as an illustrative case, HPV integration and DNA methylation in cervical cancer. We further explore how advanced architectures like Vision Transformers (ViTs) and Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) can delineate the tumor microenvironment and predict therapeutic response. Finally, we discuss critical hurdles to clinical translation—such as model generalizability, the need for causal AI, and the data bottleneck—while examining future paradigms like foundation models and patient-specific “digital twins.” This review highlights AI’s revolutionary potential to link imaging phenotype with molecular genotype, advancing a new era of precision medicine in gynecologic oncology.

## Linked entities

- **Genes:** TBCE (tubulin folding cofactor E) [NCBI Gene 6905], PIK3CA (phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha) [NCBI Gene 5290]
- **Diseases:** ovarian cancer (MONDO:0005140), endometrial cancer (MONDO:0002447), cervical cancer (MONDO:0002974)

## Full-text entities

- **Genes:** RB1 (RB transcriptional corepressor 1) [NCBI Gene 5925] {aka OSRC, PPP1R130, RB, p105-Rb, p110-RB1, pRb}, MYC (MYC proto-oncogene, bHLH transcription factor) [NCBI Gene 4609] {aka MRTL, MYCC, bHLHe39, c-Myc}, RBBP4 (RB binding protein 4, chromatin remodeling factor) [NCBI Gene 5928] {aka NURF55, RBAP48, lin-53}, COL11A2 (collagen type XI alpha 2 chain) [NCBI Gene 1302] {aka DFNA13, DFNB53, FBCG2, HKE5, OSMEDA, OSMEDB}, ST6GALNAC5 (ST6 N-acetylgalactosaminide alpha-2,6-sialyltransferase 5) [NCBI Gene 81849] {aka SIAT7-E, SIAT7E, ST6GalNAcV}, CDKN2A (cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 2A) [NCBI Gene 1029] {aka ARF, CAI2, CDK4I, CDKN2, CMM2, INK4}, ZSCAN1 (zinc finger and SCAN domain containing 1) [NCBI Gene 284312] {aka MZF-1, ZNF915}, TP53 (tumor protein p53) [NCBI Gene 7157] {aka BCC7, BMFS5, LFS1, P53, TRP53}, KRAS (KRAS proto-oncogene, GTPase) [NCBI Gene 3845] {aka 'C-K-RAS, C-K-RAS, CFC2, K-RAS2A, K-RAS2B, K-RAS4A}, CD8A (CD8 subunit alpha) [NCBI Gene 925] {aka CD8, CD8alpha, IMD116, Leu2, p32}, PIK3CA (phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha) [NCBI Gene 5290] {aka CCM4, CLAPO, CLOVE, CWS5, HMH, MCAP}, PIK3CB (phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit beta) [NCBI Gene 5291] {aka P110BETA, PI3K, PI3KBETA, PIK3C1}, BRCA1 (BRCA1 DNA repair associated) [NCBI Gene 672] {aka BRCAI, BRCC1, BROVCA1, FANCS, IRIS, PNCA4}
- **Diseases:** IID (MESH:C564625), Cervical cancer (MESH:D002583), ovarian cysts (MESH:D010048), MSI-H (MESH:D053842), mismatch repair deficiency (MESH:C536928), Gynecologic cancers (MESH:D009369), endometrioid adenocarcinoma (MESH:D018269), HRD (MESH:C535296), proctitis (MESH:D011349), lesions (MESH:D009059), hypoxic (MESH:D002534), ovarian, endometrial, and cervical cancers (MESH:D002575), Hypoxia (MESH:D000860), Endometrial cancer (MESH:D016889), metastasis (MESH:D009362), toxicities (MESH:D064420), Crohn (MESH:D003424), HGSOC (MESH:D010051), radiation cystitis (MESH:D011832), glioblastoma (MESH:D005909), necrosis (MESH:D009336), ovarian lesions (MESH:D010049)
- **Chemicals:** water (MESH:D014867), NCT06324175 (-)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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