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Training sets limited to differentially expressed genes were subjected to four different feature selection methods: differential gene expression analysis adjusted p-value, recursive feature elimination with support vector machine, logistic regression, and an optimized random forest procedure. Gene panels were compared and aggregated across selection strategies and cross-validation folds to identify robust biomarkers for sex-specific bladder cancer development and progression.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>When applied to unseen datasets and limited to 50 genes or less, male and female-specific panels achieved areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.932 and 0.914, respectively, in distinguishing bladder cancer samples from non-tumor controls. In terms of enriched pathways, the male panel was associated with cell interactions and altered PI3K-AKT signaling, while the female panel was more closely connected to extracellular matrix reorganization. The panel differentiating male and female tumors had a poorer performance on external datasets compared to the sex-specific analyses, but still contained relevant genes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Genes such as PRAC1 and PCDH11Y were identified as high-impact predictors related to sex hormones or chromosomes for male tumor development. In the female-specific panel, genes related to aberrant androgen signaling across tumor types like androgen receptor, PLXNA1, USP54, and PMEPA1 were influential. 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