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However, the rise of large, multi-center datasets has highlighted limitations in traditional methods like Over-Representation Analysis (ORA) and Functional Class Scoring (FCS), which struggle with low signal-to-noise ratios (SNR) and large sample sizes. To tackle these challenges, we use a deep learning-based classification method, Gene PointNet, and a novel $P$-value computation approach leveraging the confusion matrix to address pathway analysis tasks. We validated our method effectiveness through a comparative study using a simulated dataset and RNA-Seq data from The Cancer Genome Atlas breast cancer dataset. Our method was benchmarked against traditional techniques (ORA, FCS), shallow machine learning models (logistic regression, support vector machine), and deep learning approaches (DeepHisCom, PASNet). The results demonstrate that GPNet outperforms these methods in low-SNR, large-sample datasets, where it remains robust and reliable, significantly reducing both Type I error and improving power. This makes our method well suited for pathway analysis in large, multi-center studies. 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