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Kawahara D, Nishioka R, Murakami Y, Emoto Y, Iwashita K, Sasaki R. A nomogram based on pretreatment radiomics and dosiomics features for predicting overall survival associated with esophageal squamous cell cancer. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY 2024; 50:108450. [PMID: 38843660 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2024.108450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2024] [Revised: 05/12/2024] [Accepted: 05/29/2024] [Indexed: 07/03/2024]
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OBJECTIVES To propose a nomogram-based survival prediction model for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy using pretreatment computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET) radiomics and dosiomics features, and common clinical factors. METHODS Radiomics and dosiomics features were extracted from CT and PET images and dose distribution from 2 institutions. The least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) with logistic regression was used to select radiomics and dosiomics features by calculating the radiomics and dosiomics scores (Rad-score and Dos-score), respectively, in the training model. The model was trained in 81 patients and validated in 35 patients at Center 1 using 10-fold cross validation. The model was externally tested in 26 patients at Center 2. The predictive clinical factors, Rad-score, and Dos-score were identified to develop a nomogram model. RESULTS Using LASSO Cox regression, 13, 11, and 19 CT, PET-based radiomics, and dosiomics features, respectively, were selected. The clinical factors T-stage, N-stage, and clinical stage were selected as significant prognostic factors by univariate Cox regression. In the external validation cohort, the C-index of the combined model of CT-based radiomics, PET-based radiomics, and dosiomics features with clinical factors were 0.74, 0.82, and 0.92, respectively. Significant differences in overall survival (OS) in the combined model of CT-based radiomics, PET-based radiomics, and dosiomics features with clinical factors were observed between the high- and low-risk groups (P = 0.019, 0.038, and 0.014, respectively). CONCLUSION The dosiomics features have a better predicter for OS than CT- and PET-based radiomics features in ESCC treated with radiotherapy. CLINICAL RELEVANCE STATEMENT The current study predicted the overall survival for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy. The dosiomics features have a better predicter for overall survival than CT- and PET-based radiomics features.
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Affiliation(s)
- Daisuke Kawahara
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.
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- School of Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Hyogo Cancer Center, 70, Kitaoji-cho 13, Akashi-shi, Hyogo, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Kobe University Hospital, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, 650-0017, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Kobe University Hospital, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, 650-0017, Japan
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Fan L, Yang Z, Chang M, Chen Z, Wen Q. CT-based delta-radiomics nomogram to predict pathological complete response after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients. J Transl Med 2024; 22:579. [PMID: 38890720 PMCID: PMC11186275 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-024-05392-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND This study developed a nomogram model using CT-based delta-radiomics features and clinical factors to predict pathological complete response (pCR) in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) patients receiving neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT). METHODS The study retrospectively analyzed 232 ESCC patients who underwent pretreatment and post-treatment CT scans. Patients were divided into training (n = 186) and validation (n = 46) sets through fivefold cross-validation. 837 radiomics features were extracted from regions of interest (ROIs) delineations on CT images before and after nCRT to calculate delta values. The LASSO algorithm selected delta-radiomics features (DRF) based on classification performance. Logistic regression constructed a nomogram incorporating DRFs and clinical factors. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) and area under the curve (AUC) analyses evaluated nomogram performance for predicting pCR. RESULTS No significant differences existed between the training and validation datasets. The 4-feature delta-radiomics signature (DRS) demonstrated good predictive accuracy for pCR, with α-binormal-based and empirical AUCs of 0.871 and 0.869. T-stage (p = 0.001) and differentiation degree (p = 0.018) were independent predictors of pCR. The nomogram combined the DRS and clinical factors improved the classification performance in the training dataset (AUCαbin = 0.933 and AUCemp = 0.941). The validation set showed similar performance with AUCs of 0.958 and 0.962. CONCLUSIONS The CT-based delta-radiomics nomogram model with clinical factors provided high predictive accuracy for pCR in ESCC patients after nCRT.
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- Liyuan Fan
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, 324 Jingwu Road, Jinan, 250021, Shandong, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, 324 Jingwu Road, Jinan, 250021, Shandong, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, 324 Jingwu Road, Jinan, 250021, Shandong, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, 324 Jingwu Road, Jinan, 250021, Shandong, China.
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Wang JL, Tang LS, Zhong X, Wang Y, Feng YJ, Zhang Y, Liu JY. A machine learning radiomics based on enhanced computed tomography to predict neoadjuvant immunotherapy for resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Front Immunol 2024; 15:1405146. [PMID: 38947338 PMCID: PMC11211602 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1405146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2024] [Accepted: 05/29/2024] [Indexed: 07/02/2024] Open
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Background Patients with resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) receiving neoadjuvant immunotherapy (NIT) display variable treatment responses. The purpose of this study is to establish and validate a radiomics based on enhanced computed tomography (CT) and combined with clinical data to predict the major pathological response to NIT in ESCC patients. Methods This retrospective study included 82 ESCC patients who were randomly divided into the training group (n = 57) and the validation group (n = 25). Radiomic features were derived from the tumor region in enhanced CT images obtained before treatment. After feature reduction and screening, radiomics was established. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to select clinical variables. The predictive model integrating radiomics and clinical data was constructed and presented as a nomogram. Area under curve (AUC) was applied to evaluate the predictive ability of the models, and decision curve analysis (DCA) and calibration curves were performed to test the application of the models. Results One clinical data (radiotherapy) and 10 radiomic features were identified and applied for the predictive model. The radiomics integrated with clinical data could achieve excellent predictive performance, with AUC values of 0.93 (95% CI 0.87-0.99) and 0.85 (95% CI 0.69-1.00) in the training group and the validation group, respectively. DCA and calibration curves demonstrated a good clinical feasibility and utility of this model. Conclusion Enhanced CT image-based radiomics could predict the response of ESCC patients to NIT with high accuracy and robustness. The developed predictive model offers a valuable tool for assessing treatment efficacy prior to initiating therapy, thus providing individualized treatment regimens for patients.
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- Jia-Ling Wang
- Department of Biotherapy, Cancer Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Biotherapy, Cancer Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Biotherapy, Cancer Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Yang Y, Yi Y, Wang Z, Li S, Zhang B, Sang Z, Zhang L, Cao Q, Li B. A combined nomogram based on radiomics and hematology to predict the pathological complete response of neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. BMC Cancer 2024; 24:460. [PMID: 38609892 PMCID: PMC11015586 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-024-12239-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND To predict pathological complete response (pCR) in patients receiving neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy (nICT) for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), we explored the factors that influence pCR after nICT and established a combined nomogram model. METHODS We retrospectively included 164 ESCC patients treated with nICT. The radiomics signature and hematology model were constructed utilizing least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression, and the radiomics score (radScore) and hematology score (hemScore) were determined for each patient. Using the radScore, hemScore, and independent influencing factors obtained through univariate and multivariate analyses, a combined nomogram was established. The consistency and prediction ability of the nomogram were assessed utilizing calibration curve and the area under the receiver operating factor curve (AUC), and the clinical benefits were assessed utilizing decision curve analysis (DCA). RESULTS We constructed three predictive models.The AUC values of the radiomics signature and hematology model reached 0.874 (95% CI: 0.819-0.928) and 0.772 (95% CI: 0.699-0.845), respectively. Tumor length, cN stage, the radScore, and the hemScore were found to be independent factors influencing pCR according to univariate and multivariate analyses (P < 0.05). A combined nomogram was constructed from these factors, and AUC reached 0.934 (95% CI: 0.896-0.972). DCA demonstrated that the clinical benefits brought by the nomogram for patients across an extensive range were greater than those of other individual models. CONCLUSIONS By combining CT radiomics, hematological factors, and clinicopathological characteristics before treatment, we developed a nomogram model that effectively predicted whether ESCC patients would achieve pCR after nICT, thus identifying patients who are sensitive to nICT and assisting in clinical treatment decision-making.
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- Yu Yang
- Shandong Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy Engineering Center (SMIREC), Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China
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- Department of Oncology, Yantai Affiliated Hospital of Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China
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- Shandong Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy Engineering Center (SMIREC), Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China
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- Shandong Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy Engineering Center (SMIREC), Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China
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- Shandong Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy Engineering Center (SMIREC), Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China.
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Li Z, Wang F, Zhang H, Xie S, Peng L, Xu H, Wang Y. A radiomics strategy based on CT intra-tumoral and peritumoral regions for preoperative prediction of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for esophageal cancer. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY 2024; 50:108052. [PMID: 38447320 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2024.108052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2023] [Revised: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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OBJECTIVE Develop a method for selecting esophageal cancer patients achieving pathological complete response with pre-neoadjuvant therapy chest-enhanced CT scans. METHODS Two hundred and one patients from center 1 were enrolled, split into training and testing sets (7:3 ratio), with an external validation set of 30 patients from center 2. Radiomics features from intra-tumoral and peritumoral images were extracted and dimensionally reduced using Student's t-test and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator. Four machine learning classifiers were employed to build models, with the best-performing models selected based on accuracy and stability. ROC curves were utilized to determine the top prediction model, and its generalizability was evaluated on the external validation set. RESULTS Among 16 models, the integrated-XGBoost and integrated-random forest models performed the best, with average ROC AUCs of 0.906 and 0.918, respectively, and RSDs of 6.26 and 6.89 in the training set. In the testing set, AUCs were 0.845 and 0.871, showing no significant difference in ROC curves. External validation set AUCs for integrated-XGBoost and integrated-random forest models were 0.650 and 0.749. CONCLUSION Incorporating peritumoral radiomics features into the analysis enhances predictive performance for esophageal cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, paving the way for improved treatment outcomes.
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- Zhiyang Li
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China; West China School of Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China; West China School of Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China
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- Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China.
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China.
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Wang X, Gong G, Sun Q, Meng X. Prediction of pCR based on clinical-radiomic model in patients with locally advanced ESCC treated with neoadjuvant immunotherapy plus chemoradiotherapy. Front Oncol 2024; 14:1350914. [PMID: 38571506 PMCID: PMC10989074 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1350914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024] Open
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Background The primary objective of this research is to devise a model to predict the pathologic complete response in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) patients undergoing neoadjuvant immunotherapy combined with chemoradiotherapy (nICRT). Methods We retrospectively analyzed data from 60 ESCC patients who received nICRT between 2019 and 2023. These patients were divided into two cohorts: pCR-group (N = 28) and non-pCR group (N = 32). Radiomic features, discerned from the primary tumor region across plain, arterial, and venous phases of CT, and pertinent laboratory data were documented at two intervals: pre-treatment and preoperation. Concurrently, related clinical data was amassed. Feature selection was facilitated using the Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) algorithm, with model validation conducted via fivefold cross-validation. The model's discriminating capability was evaluated using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC). Additionally, the clinical applicability of the clinical-radiomic model was appraised through decision curve analysis (DCA). Results The clinical-radiomic model incorporated seven significant markers: postHALP, ΔHB, post-ALB, firstorder_Skewness, GLCM_DifferenceAverage, GLCM_JointEntropy, GLDM_DependenceEntropy, and NGTDM_Complexity, to predict pCR. The XGBoost algorithm rendered an accuracy of 0.87 and an AUC of 0.84. Notably, the joint omics approach superseded the performance of solely radiomic or clinical model. The DCA further cemented the robust clinical utility of our clinical-radiomic model. Conclusion This study successfully formulated and validated a union omics methodology for anticipating the therapeutic outcomes of nICRT followed by radical surgical resection. Such insights are invaluable for clinicians in identifying potential nICRT responders among ESCC patients and tailoring optimal individualized treatment plans.
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- Xiaohan Wang
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Science, Jinan, China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Science, Jinan, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Science, Jinan, China
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Kawahara D, Murakami Y, Awane S, Emoto Y, Iwashita K, Kubota H, Sasaki R, Nagata Y. Radiomics and dosiomics for predicting complete response to definitive chemoradiotherapy patients with oesophageal squamous cell cancer using the hybrid institution model. Eur Radiol 2024; 34:1200-1209. [PMID: 37589902 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-023-10020-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Revised: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To develop a multi-institutional prediction model to estimate the local response to oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) treated with definitive radiotherapy based on radiomics and dosiomics features. METHODS The local responses were categorised into two groups (incomplete and complete). An external validation model and a hybrid model that the patients from two institutions were mixed randomly were proposed. The ESCC patients at stages I-IV who underwent chemoradiotherapy from 2012 to 2017 and had follow-up duration of more than 5 years were included. The patients who received palliative or pre-operable radiotherapy and had no FDG PET images were excluded. The segmentations included the GTV, CTV, and PTV which are used in treatment planning. In addition, shrinkage, expansion, and shell regions were created. Radiomic and dosiomic features were extracted from CT, FDG PET images, and dose distribution. Machine learning-based prediction models were developed using decision tree, support vector machine, k-nearest neighbour (kNN) algorithm, and neural network (NN) classifiers. RESULTS A total of 116 and 26 patients enrolled at Centre 1 and Centre 2, respectively. The external validation model exhibited the highest accuracy with 65.4% for CT-based radiomics, 77.9% for PET-based radiomics, and 72.1% for dosiomics based on the NN classifiers. The hybrid model exhibited the highest accuracy of 84.4% for CT-based radiomics based on the kNN classifier, 86.0% for PET-based radiomics, and 79.0% for dosiomics based on the NN classifiers. CONCLUSION The proposed hybrid model exhibited promising predictive performance for the local response to definitive radiotherapy in ESCC patients. CLINICAL RELEVANCE STATEMENT The prediction of the complete response for oesophageal cancer patients may contribute to improving overall survival. The hybrid model has the potential to improve prediction performance than the external validation model that was conventionally proposed. KEY POINTS • Radiomics and dosiomics used to predict response in patients with oesophageal cancer receiving definitive radiotherapy. • Hybrid model with neural network classifier of PET-based radiomics improved prediction accuracy by 8.1%. • The hybrid model has the potential to improve prediction performance.
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- Daisuke Kawahara
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan
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- School of Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Hyogo Cancer Center, 70, Kitaoji-Cho 13, Akashi-Shi, Hyogo, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunokicho, Chuouku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunokicho, Chuouku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunokicho, Chuouku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan
- Hiroshima High-Precision Radiotherapy Cancer Center, Hiroshima, 732-0057, Japan
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Yang Z, Guan F, Bronk L, Zhao L. Multi-omics approaches for biomarker discovery in predicting the response of esophageal cancer to neoadjuvant therapy: A multidimensional perspective. Pharmacol Ther 2024; 254:108591. [PMID: 38286161 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2024.108591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2023] [Revised: 12/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 01/31/2024]
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Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NCRT) followed by surgery has been established as the standard treatment strategy for operable locally advanced esophageal cancer (EC). However, achieving pathologic complete response (pCR) or near pCR to NCRT is significantly associated with a considerable improvement in survival outcomes, while pCR patients may help organ preservation for patients by active surveillance to avoid planned surgery. Thus, there is an urgent need for improved biomarkers to predict EC chemoradiation response in research and clinical settings. Advances in multiple high-throughput technologies such as next-generation sequencing have facilitated the discovery of novel predictive biomarkers, specifically based on multi-omics data, including genomic/transcriptomic sequencings and proteomic/metabolomic mass spectra. The application of multi-omics data has shown the benefits in improving the understanding of underlying mechanisms of NCRT sensitivity/resistance in EC. Particularly, the prominent development of artificial intelligence (AI) has introduced a new direction in cancer research. The integration of multi-omics data has significantly advanced our knowledge of the disease and enabled the identification of valuable biomarkers for predicting treatment response from diverse dimension levels, especially with rapid advances in biotechnological and AI methodologies. Herein, we summarize the current status of research on the use of multi-omics technologies in predicting NCRT response for EC patients. Current limitations, challenges, and future perspectives of these multi-omics platforms will be addressed to assist in experimental designs and clinical use for further integrated analysis.
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- Zhi Yang
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 15 West Changle Road, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 15 West Changle Road, Xi'an, China.
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Kasai A, Miyoshi J, Sato Y, Okamoto K, Miyamoto H, Kawanaka T, Tonoiso C, Harada M, Goto M, Yoshida T, Haga A, Takayama T. A novel CT-based radiomics model for predicting response and prognosis of chemoradiotherapy in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Sci Rep 2024; 14:2039. [PMID: 38263395 PMCID: PMC10806175 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-52418-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 01/25/2024] Open
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No clinically relevant biomarker has been identified for predicting the response of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) to chemoradiotherapy (CRT). Herein, we established a CT-based radiomics model with artificial intelligence (AI) to predict the response and prognosis of CRT in ESCC. A total of 44 ESCC patients (stage I-IV) were enrolled in this study; training (n = 27) and validation (n = 17) cohorts. First, we extracted a total of 476 radiomics features from three-dimensional CT images of cancer lesions in training cohort, selected 110 features associated with the CRT response by ROC analysis (AUC ≥ 0.7) and identified 12 independent features, excluding correlated features by Pearson's correlation analysis (r ≥ 0.7). Based on the 12 features, we constructed 5 prediction models of different machine learning algorithms (Random Forest (RF), Ridge Regression, Naive Bayes, Support Vector Machine, and Artificial Neural Network models). Among those, the RF model showed the highest AUC in the training cohort (0.99 [95%CI 0.86-1.00]) as well as in the validation cohort (0.92 [95%CI 0.71-0.99]) to predict the CRT response. Additionally, Kaplan-Meyer analysis of the validation cohort and all the patient data showed significantly longer progression-free and overall survival in the high-prediction score group compared with the low-prediction score group in the RF model. Univariate and multivariate analyses revealed that the radiomics prediction score and lymph node metastasis were independent prognostic biomarkers for CRT of ESCC. In conclusion, we have developed a CT-based radiomics model using AI, which may have the potential to predict the CRT response as well as the prognosis for ESCC patients with non-invasiveness and cost-effectiveness.
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- Akinari Kasai
- Department of Gastroenterology and Oncology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Oncology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan
- Department of Gastroenterology, Kawashima Hospital, 6-1 Kitasakoichiban-cho, Tokushima, 770-0011, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Oncology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Oncology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Oncology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic, Endocrine Surgery and Oncology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic, Endocrine Surgery and Oncology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan
- Yoshida Clinic, 1-18 shinuchimachi, Tokushima, 770-0845, Japan
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- Department of Medical Image Informatics, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Oncology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan.
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Liu Y, Wang Y, Wang X, Xue L, Zhang H, Ma Z, Deng H, Yang Z, Sun X, Men Y, Ye F, Men K, Qin J, Bi N, Wang Q, Hui Z. MR radiomics predicts pathological complete response of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy: a multicenter study. Cancer Imaging 2024; 24:16. [PMID: 38263134 PMCID: PMC10804642 DOI: 10.1186/s40644-024-00659-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 01/25/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND More than 40% of patients with resectable esophageal squamous cell cancer (ESCC) achieve pathological complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT), who have favorable prognosis and may benefit from an organ-preservation strategy. Our study aims to develop and validate a machine learning model based on MR radiomics to accurately predict the pCR of ESCC patients after nCRT. METHODS In this retrospective multicenter study, eligible patients with ESCC who underwent baseline MR (T2-weighted imaging) and nCRT plus surgery were enrolled between September 2014 and September 2022 at institution 1 (training set) and between December 2017 and August 2021 at institution 2 (testing set). Models were constructed using machine learning algorithms based on clinical factors and MR radiomics to predict pCR after nCRT. The area under the curve (AUC) and cutoff analysis were used to evaluate model performance. RESULTS A total of 155 patients were enrolled in this study, 82 in the training set and 73 in the testing set. The radiomics model was constructed based on two radiomics features, achieving AUCs of 0.968 (95%CI 0.933-0.992) in the training set and 0.885 (95%CI 0.800-0.958) in the testing set. The cutoff analysis resulted in an accuracy of 82.2% (95%CI 72.6-90.4%), a sensitivity of 75.0% (95%CI 58.3-91.7%), and a specificity of 85.7% (95%CI 75.5-96.0%) in the testing set. CONCLUSION A machine learning model based on MR radiomics was developed and validated to accurately predict pCR after nCRT in patients with ESCC.
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- Yunsong Liu
- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, National Cancer Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Panjiayuan Nanli #17, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sichuan Cancer Hospital & Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, No.55.Section 4, South Renmin Road, Chengdu, 610042, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, National Cancer Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Panjiayuan Nanli #17, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pathology, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, National Cancer Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Panjiayuan Nanli #17, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sichuan Cancer Hospital & Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, No.55.Section 4, South Renmin Road, Chengdu, 610042, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, National Cancer Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Panjiayuan Nanli #17, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Radiation Oncology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sichuan Cancer Hospital & Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, No.55.Section 4, South Renmin Road, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Pathology, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, National Cancer Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Panjiayuan Nanli #17, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pathology, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, National Cancer Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Panjiayuan Nanli #17, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
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- Department of VIP Medical Services & Radiation Oncology, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, National Cancer Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Panjiayuan Nanli #17, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100021, China
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, National Cancer Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Panjiayuan Nanli #17, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, National Cancer Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Panjiayuan Nanli #17, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, National Cancer Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Panjiayuan Nanli #17, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, National Cancer Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Panjiayuan Nanli #17, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sichuan Cancer Hospital & Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, No.55.Section 4, South Renmin Road, Chengdu, 610042, China.
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- Department of VIP Medical Services & Radiation Oncology, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, National Cancer Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Panjiayuan Nanli #17, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100021, China.
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Zhang M, Lu Y, Sun H, Hou C, Zhou Z, Liu X, Zhou Q, Li Z, Yin Y. CT-based deep learning radiomics and hematological biomarkers in the assessment of pathological complete response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: A two-center study. Transl Oncol 2024; 39:101804. [PMID: 37839176 PMCID: PMC10587766 DOI: 10.1016/j.tranon.2023.101804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Revised: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To evaluate and validate CT-based models using pre- and posttreatment deep learning radiomics features and hematological biomarkers for assessing esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) pathological complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT). MATERIAL AND METHODS This retrospective study recruited patients with biopsy-proven ESCC who underwent nCRT from two Chinese hospitals between May 2017 and May 2022, divided into a training set (hospital I, 111 cases), an internal validation set (hospital I, 47 cases), and an external validation set (hospital II, 33 cases). We used minimum redundancy maximum relevance (mRMR) and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) as feature selection methods and three classifiers as model construction methods. The assessment of models was performed using area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC) and decision curve analysis (DCA). RESULTS A total 190 patients were included in our study (60.8 ± 7.08 years, 133 men), and seventy-seven of them (40.5 %) achieved pCR. The logistic regression (LR)-based combined model incorporating neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio, lymphocyte to monocyte ratio, albumin, and radscores performed well both in the internal and external validation sets with AUCs of 0.875 and 0.857 (95 % CI, 0.776-0.964; 0.731-0.984, P <0.05), respectively. DCA demonstrated that nomogram was useful for pCR prediction and produced clinical net benefits. CONCLUSION The incorporation of radscores and hematological biomarkers into LR-based model improved pCR prediction after nCRT in ESCC. Enhanced pCR predictability may improve patients selection before surgery, providing clinical application value for the use of active surveillance.
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- Meng Zhang
- Shandong University Cancer Center, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China; Department of Radiation Oncology Physics and Technology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Anyang Tumor Hospital, Anyang, Henan, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Radiology, Beijing YouAn Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- School of Mechanical, Electrical and Information Engineering, Shandong University, Weihai, Shandong, China
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- Manteia Technologies Co., Ltd, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Manteia Technologies Co., Ltd, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology Physics and Technology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China.
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- Shandong University Cancer Center, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China; Department of Radiation Oncology Physics and Technology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China.
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Lu S, Wang C, Liu Y, Chu F, Jia Z, Zhang H, Wang Z, Lu Y, Wang S, Yang G, Qu J. The MRI radiomics signature can predict the pathologic response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Eur Radiol 2024; 34:485-494. [PMID: 37540319 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-023-10040-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Revised: 05/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the MRI radiomics signatures in predicting pathologic response among patients with locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT). METHODS Patients who underwent NACT from March 2015 to October 2019 were prospectively included. Each patient underwent esophageal MR scanning within one week before NACT and within 2-3 weeks after completion of NACT, prior to surgery. Radiomics features extracted from T2-TSE-BLADE were randomly split into the training and validation sets at a ratio of 7:3. According to the progressive tumor regression grade (TRG), patients were stratified into two groups: good responders (GR, TRG 0 + 1) and poor responders (non-GR, TRG 2 + 3). We constructed the Pre/Post-NACT model (Pre/Post-model) and the Delta-NACT model (Delta-model). Kruskal-Wallis was used to select features, logistic regression was used to develop the final model. RESULTS A total of 108 ESCC patients were included, and 3/2/4 out of 107 radiomics features were selected for constructing the Pre/Post/Delta-model, respectively. The selected radiomics features were statistically different between GR and non-GR groups. The highest area under the curve (AUC) was for the Delta-model, which reached 0.851 in the training set and 0.831 in the validation set. Among the three models, Pre-model showed the poorest performance in the training and validation sets (AUC, 0.466 and 0.596), and the Post-model showed better performance than the Pre-model in the training and validation sets (AUC, 0.753 and 0.781). CONCLUSIONS MRI-based radiomics models can predict the pathological response after NACT in ESCC patients, with the Delta-model exhibiting optimal predictive efficacy. CLINICAL RELEVANCE STATEMENT MRI radiomics features could be used as a useful tool for predicting the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in esophageal carcinoma patients, especially in selecting responders among those patients who may be candidates to benefit from neoadjuvant chemotherapy. KEY POINTS • The MRI radiomics features based on T2WI-TSE-BLADE could potentially predict the pathologic response to NACT among ESCC patients. • The Delta-model exhibited the best predictive ability for pathologic response, followed by the Post-model, which similarly had better predictive ability, while the Pre-model performed less well in predicting TRG.
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- Shuang Lu
- Department of Radiology, the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, No. 127 Dongming Road, Zhengzhou, 450008, Henan, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- Department of Radiology, the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, No. 127 Dongming Road, Zhengzhou, 450008, Henan, China
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- Department of Radiology, the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, No. 127 Dongming Road, Zhengzhou, 450008, Henan, China
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- Department of Radiology, the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, No. 127 Dongming Road, Zhengzhou, 450008, Henan, China
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- Department of Radiology, the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, No. 127 Dongming Road, Zhengzhou, 450008, Henan, China
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- Department of Radiology, the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, No. 127 Dongming Road, Zhengzhou, 450008, Henan, China
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- Department of Radiology, the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, No. 127 Dongming Road, Zhengzhou, 450008, Henan, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China.
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- Department of Radiology, the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, No. 127 Dongming Road, Zhengzhou, 450008, Henan, China.
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Yap WK, Hsiao IT, Yap WL, Tsai TY, Lu YA, Yang CK, Peng MT, Su EL, Cheng SC. A Radiotherapy Dose Map-Guided Deep Learning Method for Predicting Pathological Complete Response in Esophageal Cancer Patients after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Followed by Surgery. Biomedicines 2023; 11:3072. [PMID: 38002072 PMCID: PMC10669191 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11113072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Revised: 10/28/2023] [Accepted: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Esophageal cancer is a deadly disease, and neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy can improve patient survival, particularly for patients achieving a pathological complete response (ypCR). However, existing imaging methods struggle to accurately predict ypCR. This study explores computer-aided detection methods, considering both imaging data and radiotherapy dose variations to enhance prediction accuracy. It involved patients with node-positive esophageal squamous cell carcinoma undergoing neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and surgery, with data collected from 2014 to 2017, randomly split into five subsets for 5-fold cross-validation. The algorithm DCRNet, an advanced version of OCRNet, integrates RT dose distribution into dose contextual representations (DCR), combining dose and pixel representation with ten soft regions. Among the 80 enrolled patients (mean age 55.68 years, primarily male, with stage III disease and middle-part lesions), the ypCR rate was 28.75%, showing no significant demographic or disease differences between the ypCR and non-ypCR groups. Among the three summarization methods, the maximum value across the CTV method produced the best results with an AUC of 0.928. The HRNetV2p model with DCR performed the best among the four backbone models tested, with an AUC of 0.928 (95% CI, 0.884-0.972) based on 5-fold cross-validation, showing significant improvement compared to other models. This underscores DCR-equipped models' superior AUC outcomes. The study highlights the potential of dose-guided deep learning in ypCR prediction, necessitating larger, multicenter studies to validate the results.
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- Wing-Keen Yap
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Proton and Radiation Therapy Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital—Linkou Medical Center, 5 Fu-Shin Street, Kwei-Shan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Healthy Aging Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
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- Department of Post Baccalaureate Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital—Linkou Medical Center, 5 Fu-Shin Street, Kwei-Shan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital—Linkou Medical Center, 5 Fu-Shin Street, Kwei-Shan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou Branch, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou Branch, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
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- Department of School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112, Taiwan
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Tong Y, Chen J, Sun J, Luo T, Duan S, Li K, Zhou K, Zeng J, Lu F. A radiomics nomogram for predicting postoperative recurrence in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Front Oncol 2023; 13:1162238. [PMID: 37901318 PMCID: PMC10602760 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1162238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/31/2023] Open
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Purpose To establish and validate a radiomics nomogram for predicting recurrence of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) after esophagectomy with curative intent. Materials and methods The medical records of 155 patients who underwent surgical treatment for pathologically confirmed ESCC were collected. Patients were randomly divided into a training group (n=109) and a validation group (n=46) in a 7:3 ratio. Tumor regions are accurately segmented in computed tomography images of enrolled patients. Radiomic features were then extracted from the segmented tumors. We selected the features by Max-relevance and min-redundancy (mRMR) and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) methods. A radiomics signature was then built by logistic regression analysis. To improve predictive performance, a radiomics nomogram that incorporated the radiomics signature and independent clinical predictors was built. Model performance was evaluated by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, calibration curve, and decision curve analyses (DCA). Results We selected the five most relevant radiomics features to construct the radiomics signature. The radiomics model had general discrimination ability with an area under the ROC curve (AUC) of 0.79 in the training set that was verified by an AUC of 0.76 in the validation set. The radiomics nomogram consisted of the radiomics signature, and N stage showed excellent predictive performance in the training and validation sets with AUCs of 0.85 and 0.83, respectively. Furthermore, calibration curves and the DCA analysis demonstrated good fit and clinical utility of the radiomics nomogram. Conclusion We successfully established and validated a prediction model that combined radiomics features and N stage, which can be used to predict four-year recurrence risk in patients with ESCC who undergo surgery.
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- Yahan Tong
- Department of Radiology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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- Medical School of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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- GE Healthcare, Precision Health Institution, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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Oda S, Kuno H, Hiyama T, Sakashita S, Sasaki T, Kobayashi T. Computed tomography-based radiomic analysis for predicting pathological response and prognosis after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer. Abdom Radiol (NY) 2023; 48:2503-2513. [PMID: 37171586 DOI: 10.1007/s00261-023-03938-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Revised: 04/19/2023] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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PURPOSE Accurate prediction of prognosis and pathological response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is crucial for optimizing treatment strategies for patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer (LA-EC). This study aimed to investigate the use of radiomics for pretreatment CT in predicting the pathological response of patients with LA-EC to NAC. METHODS Overall, 144 patients (145 lesions) with LA-EC who underwent pretreatment contrast-enhanced CT and then received NAC followed by surgery with pathological tumor regression grade (TRG) analysis were enrolled. The obtained dataset was randomly divided into training and validation cohorts using fivefold cross-validation. CT-based radiomic features were extracted followed by the feature selection process using the variance threshold, SelectKBest, and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator methods. The radiomic model was constructed using six machine learning classifiers, and predictive performance was evaluated using ROC curve analysis in the training and validation cohorts. RESULTS All patients were divided into responders (n = 40, 28%) and non-responders (n = 104, 72%) based on the TRG results and a statistically significant split by overall survival analysis (0.899 [0.754-0.961] vs. 0.630 [0.510-0.729], respectively). There were no significant differences between responders and non-responders in terms of age, sex, tumor size, tumor location, or histopathology. The mean AUC of fivefold in the validation cohort was 0.720 (confidence interval [CI]: 0.594-0.982), and the best AUC of the radiomic model using logistic regression to predict the non-responders was 0.815 (CI: 0.626-1.000, sensitivity 0.620, specificity 0.860). CONCLUSION A radiomic model derived from contrast-enhanced CT may help stratify chemotherapy effect prediction and improve clinical decision-making.
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- Shioto Oda
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan.
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratories, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa Japan, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan
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Yang Z, Gong J, Li J, Sun H, Pan Y, Zhao L. The gap before real clinical application of imaging-based machine-learning and radiomic models for chemoradiation outcome prediction in esophageal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Surg 2023; 109:2451-2466. [PMID: 37463039 PMCID: PMC10442126 DOI: 10.1097/js9.0000000000000441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 05/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Due to tumoral heterogeneity and the lack of robust biomarkers, the prediction of chemoradiotherapy response and prognosis in patients with esophageal cancer (EC) is challenging. The goal of this study was to assess the study quality and clinical value of machine learning and radiomic-based quantitative imaging studies for predicting the outcomes of EC patients after chemoradiotherapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane were searched for eligible articles. The methodological quality and risk of bias were evaluated using the Radiomics Quality Score (RQS), Image Biomarkers Standardization Initiative (IBSI) Guideline, and Transparent Reporting of a multivariable prediction model for Individual Prognosis or Diagnosis (TRIPOD) statement, as well as the modified Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (QUADAS-2) tool. A meta-analysis of the evidence focusing on predicting chemoradiotherapy response and outcome in EC patients was implemented. RESULTS Forty-six studies were eligible for qualitative synthesis. The mean RQS score was 9.07, with an adherence rate of 42.52%. The adherence rates of the TRIPOD and IBSI were 61.70 and 43.17%, respectively. Ultimately, 24 studies were included in the meta-analysis, of which 16 studies had a pooled sensitivity, specificity, and area under the curve (AUC) of 0.83 (0.76-0.89), 0.83 (0.79-0.86), and 0.84 (0.81-0.87) in neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy datasets, as well as 0.84 (0.75-0.93), 0.89 (0.83-0.93), and 0.93 (0.90-0.95) in definitive chemoradiotherapy datasets, respectively. Moreover, radiomics could distinguish patients from the low-risk and high-risk groups with different disease-free survival (DFS) (pooled hazard ratio: 3.43, 95% CI 2.39-4.92) and overall survival (pooled hazard ratio: 2.49, 95% CI 1.91-3.25). The results of subgroup and regression analyses showed that some of the heterogeneity was explained by the combination with clinical factors, sample size, and usage of the deep learning (DL) signature. CONCLUSIONS Noninvasive radiomics offers promising potential for optimizing treatment decision-making in EC patients. However, it is necessary to make scientific advancements in EC radiomics regarding reproducibility, clinical usefulness analysis, and open science categories. Improved model reporting of study objectives, blind assessment, and image processing steps are required to help promote real clinical applications of radiomics in EC research.
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- Zhi Yang
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Xijing Hospital
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Xijing Hospital
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Xijing Hospital
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Xijing Hospital
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- State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases and Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Xijing Hospital
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Doyle JP, Patel PH, Petrou N, Shur J, Orton M, Kumar S, Bhogal RH. Radiomic applications in upper gastrointestinal cancer surgery. Langenbecks Arch Surg 2023; 408:226. [PMID: 37278924 DOI: 10.1007/s00423-023-02951-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Cross-sectional imaging plays an integral role in the management of upper gastrointestinal (UGI) cancer, from initial diagnosis and staging to determining appropriate treatment strategies. Subjective imaging interpretation has known limitations. The field of radiomics has evolved to extract quantitative data from medical imaging and relate these to biological processes. The key concept behind radiomics is that the high-throughput analysis of quantitative imaging features can provide predictive or prognostic information, with the goal of providing individualised care. OBJECTIVE Radiomic studies have shown promising utility in upper gastrointestinal oncology, highlighting a potential role in determining stage of disease and degree of tumour differentiation and predicting recurrence-free survival. This narrative review aims to provide an insight into the concepts underpinning radiomics, as well as its potential applications for guiding treatment and surgical decision-making in upper gastrointestinal malignancy. CONCLUSION Outcomes from studies to date have been promising; however, further standardisation and collaboration are required. Large prospective studies with external validation and evaluation of radiomic integration into clinical pathways are needed. Future research should now focus on translating the promising utility of radiomics into meaningful patient outcomes.
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- Joseph P Doyle
- Department of Surgery, The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 203 Fulham Road, London, SW3 6JJ, UK
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- Department of Surgery, The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 203 Fulham Road, London, SW3 6JJ, UK
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- Department of Surgery, The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 203 Fulham Road, London, SW3 6JJ, UK
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- Department of Radiology, The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 203 Fulham Road, London, SW3 6JJ, UK
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- Department of Radiology, The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 203 Fulham Road, London, SW3 6JJ, UK
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- Department of Surgery, The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 203 Fulham Road, London, SW3 6JJ, UK
- Upper GI Surgical Oncology Research Group, The Institute for Cancer Research, 123 Old Brompton Road, London, SW7 3RP, UK
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- Department of Surgery, The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 203 Fulham Road, London, SW3 6JJ, UK.
- Upper GI Surgical Oncology Research Group, The Institute for Cancer Research, 123 Old Brompton Road, London, SW7 3RP, UK.
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Li K, Li Y, Wang Z, Huang C, Sun S, Liu X, Fan W, Zhang G, Li X. Delta-radiomics based on CT predicts pathologic complete response in ESCC treated with neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy and surgery. Front Oncol 2023; 13:1131883. [PMID: 37251937 PMCID: PMC10213404 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1131883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2022] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023] Open
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Background and purpose Unnecessary surgery can be avoided, and more appropriate treatment plans can be developed for patients if the efficacy of neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy for esophageal cancer (EC) can be predicted before surgery. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of machine learning models based on delta features of immunochemotherapy CT images to predict the efficacy of neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) compared with machine learning models based solely on postimmunochemotherapy CT images. Materials and methods A total of 95 patients were enrolled in our study and randomly divided into a training group (n = 66) and test group (n = 29). We extracted preimmunochemotherapy radiomics features from preimmunochemotherapy enhanced CT images in the preimmunochemotherapy group (pregroup) and postimmunochemotherapy radiomics features from postimmunochemotherapy enhanced CT images in the postimmunochemotherapy group (postgroup). We then subtracted the preimmunochemotherapy features from the postimmunochemotherapy features and obtained a series of new radiomics features that were included in the delta group. The reduction and screening of radiomics features were carried out by using the Mann-Whitney U test and LASSO regression. Five pairwise machine learning models were established, the performance of which was evaluated by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and decision curve analyses. Results The radiomics signature of the postgroup was composed of 6 radiomics features; that of the delta-group was composed of 8 radiomics features. The area under the ROC curve (AUC) of the machine learning model with the best efficacy was 0.824 (0.706-0.917) in the postgroup and 0.848 (0.765-0.917) in the delta group. The decision curve showed that our machine learning models had good predictive performance. The delta group performed better than the postgroup for each corresponding machine learning model. Conclusion We established machine learning models that have good predictive efficacy and can provide certain reference values for clinical treatment decision-making. Our machine learning models based on delta imaging features performed better than those based on single time-stage postimmunochemotherapy imaging features.
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- Kaiyuan Li
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Clinical Medical College, Henan University, Henan, Kaifeng, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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Cui J, Li L, Liu N, Hou W, Dong Y, Yang F, Zhu S, Li J, Yuan S. Model integrating CT-based radiomics and genomics for survival prediction in esophageal cancer patients receiving definitive chemoradiotherapy. Biomark Res 2023; 11:44. [PMID: 37095586 PMCID: PMC10127317 DOI: 10.1186/s40364-023-00480-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 04/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Definitive chemoradiotherapy (dCRT) is a standard treatment option for locally advanced stage inoperable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Evaluating clinical outcome prior to dCRT remains challenging. This study aimed to investigate the predictive power of computed tomography (CT)-based radiomics combined with genomics for the treatment efficacy of dCRT in ESCC patients. METHODS This retrospective study included 118 ESCC patients who received dCRT. These patients were randomly divided into training (n = 82) and validation (n = 36) groups. Radiomic features were derived from the region of the primary tumor on CT images. Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression was conducted to select optimal radiomic features, and Rad-score was calculated to predict progression-free survival (PFS) in training group. Genomic DNA was extracted from formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded pre-treatment biopsy tissue. Univariate and multivariate Cox analyses were undertaken to identify predictors of survival for model development. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) and C-index were used to evaluate the predictive performance and discriminatory ability of the prediction models, respectively. RESULTS The Rad-score was constructed from six radiomic features to predict PFS. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that the Rad-score and homologous recombination repair (HRR) pathway alterations were independent prognostic factors correlating with PFS. The C-index for the integrated model combining radiomics and genomics was better than that of the radiomics or genomics models in the training group (0.616 vs. 0.587 or 0.557) and the validation group (0.649 vs. 0.625 or 0.586). CONCLUSION The Rad-score and HRR pathway alterations could predict PFS after dCRT for patients with ESCC, with the combined radiomics and genomics model demonstrating the best predictive efficacy.
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- Jinfeng Cui
- Center for Medical Integration and Practice, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Shandong Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Shandong Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Shandong Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Shandong Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Shandong Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Shandong Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Shandong Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Shandong Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
- Department of Radiation Oncology, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
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Liu J, Yang X, Mao X, Wang T, Zheng X, Feng G, Dai T, Du X. Predicting the efficacy of radiotherapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma based on enhanced computed tomography radiomics and combined models. Front Oncol 2023; 13:1089365. [PMID: 37007134 PMCID: PMC10061127 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1089365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
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PurposeThis study aimed to investigate the ability of enhanced computed tomography (CT)-based radiomics and dosimetric parameters in predicting response to radiotherapy for esophageal cancer.MethodsA retrospective analysis of 147 patients diagnosed with esophageal cancer was performed, and the patients were divided into a training group (104 patients) and a validation group (43 patients). In total, 851 radiomics features were extracted from the primary lesions for analysis. Maximum correlation minimum redundancy and minimum least absolute shrinkage and selection operator were utilized for feature screening of radiomics features, and logistic regression was applied to construct a radiotherapy radiomics model for esophageal cancer. Finally, univariate and multivariate parameters were used to identify significant clinical and dosimetric characteristics for constructing combination models. The area evaluated the predictive performance under the receiver operating characteristics (AUC) curve and the accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of the training and validation cohorts.ResultsUnivariate logistic regression analysis revealed statistically significant differences in clinical parameters of sex (p=0.031) and esophageal cancer thickness (p=0.028) on treatment response, whereas dosimetric parameters did not differ significantly in response to treatment. The combined model demonstrated improved discrimination between the training and validation groups, with AUCs of 0.78 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.69–0.87) and 0.79 (95% CI, 0.65–0.93) in the training and validation groups, respectively.ConclusionThe combined model has potential application value in predicting the treatment response of patients with esophageal cancer after radiotherapy.
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Guo H, Tang HT, Hu WL, Wang JJ, Liu PZ, Yang JJ, Hou SL, Zuo YJ, Deng ZQ, Zheng XY, Yan HJ, Jiang KY, Huang H, Zhou HN, Tian D. The application of radiomics in esophageal cancer: Predicting the response after neoadjuvant therapy. Front Oncol 2023; 13:1082960. [PMID: 37091180 PMCID: PMC10117779 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1082960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/25/2023] Open
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Esophageal cancer (EC) is one of the fatal malignant neoplasms worldwide. Neoadjuvant therapy (NAT) combined with surgery has become the standard treatment for locally advanced EC. However, the treatment efficacy for patients with EC who received NAT varies from patient to patient. Currently, the evaluation of efficacy after NAT for EC lacks accurate and uniform criteria. Radiomics is a multi-parameter quantitative approach for developing medical imaging in the era of precision medicine and has provided a novel view of medical images. As a non-invasive image analysis method, radiomics is an inevitable trend in NAT efficacy prediction and prognosis classification of EC by analyzing the high-throughput imaging features of lesions extracted from medical images. In this literature review, we discuss the definition and workflow of radiomics, the advances in efficacy prediction after NAT, and the current application of radiomics for predicting efficacy after NAT.
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- Hai Guo
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sichuan Tianfu New Area People’s Hospital, Chengdu, China
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- College of Clinical Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China
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- College of Clinical Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China
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- College of Clinical Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China
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- College of Clinical Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China
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- College of Clinical Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China
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- College of Clinical Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China
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- College of Clinical Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China
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- College of Medical Imaging, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China
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- College of Clinical Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China
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- Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Suining Central Hospital, Suining, China
- *Correspondence: Dong Tian, ; Hai-Ning Zhou,
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- *Correspondence: Dong Tian, ; Hai-Ning Zhou,
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Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Peng L, Zhang L. Research Progress on the Predicting Factors and Coping Strategies for Postoperative Recurrence of Esophageal Cancer. Cells 2022; 12:cells12010114. [PMID: 36611908 PMCID: PMC9818463 DOI: 10.3390/cells12010114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2022] [Revised: 12/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Esophageal cancer is one of the malignant tumors with poor prognosis in China. Currently, the treatment of esophageal cancer is still based on surgery, especially in early and mid-stage patients, to achieve the goal of radical cure. However, esophageal cancer is a kind of tumor with a high risk of recurrence and metastasis, and locoregional recurrence and distant metastasis are the leading causes of death after surgery. Although multimodal comprehensive treatment has advanced in recent years, the prediction, prevention and treatment of postoperative recurrence and metastasis of esophageal cancer are still unsatisfactory. How to reduce recurrence and metastasis in patients after surgery remains an urgent problem to be solved. Given the clinical demand for early detection of postoperative recurrence of esophageal cancer, clinical and basic research aiming to meet this demand has been a hot topic, and progress has been observed in recent years. Therefore, this article reviews the research progress on the factors that influence and predict postoperative recurrence of esophageal cancer, hoping to provide new research directions and treatment strategies for clinical practice.
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- Yujie Zhang
- Department of Oncology, Tongji Medical College, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tongji Medical College, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Oncology, Tongji Medical College, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Oncology, Tongji Medical College, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan 430030, China
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Xie C, Hu Y, Han L, Fu J, Vardhanabhuti V, Yang H. Prediction of Individual Lymph Node Metastatic Status in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Using Routine Computed Tomography Imaging: Comparison of Size-Based Measurements and Radiomics-Based Models. Ann Surg Oncol 2022; 29:8117-8126. [PMID: 36018524 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-022-12207-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Lymph node status is vital for prognosis and treatment decisions for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). This study aimed to construct and evaluate an optimal radiomics-based method for a more accurate evaluation of individual regional lymph node status in ESCC and to compare it with traditional size-based measurements. METHODS The study consecutively collected 3225 regional lymph nodes from 530 ESCC patients receiving upfront surgery from January 2011 to October 2015. Computed tomography (CT) scans for individual lymph nodes were analyzed. The study evaluated the predictive performance of machine-learning models trained on features extracted from two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) radiomics by different contouring methods. Robust and important radiomics features were selected, and classification models were further established and validated. RESULTS The lymph node metastasis rate was 13.2% (427/3225). The average short-axis diameter was 6.4 mm for benign lymph nodes and 7.9 mm for metastatic lymph nodes. The division of lymph node stations into five regions according to anatomic lymph node drainage (cervical, upper mediastinal, middle mediastinal, lower mediastinal, and abdominal regions) improved the predictive performance. The 2D radiomics method showed optimal diagnostic results, with more efficient segmentation of nodal lesions. In the test set, this optimal model achieved an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.841-0.891, an accuracy of 84.2-94.7%, a sensitivity of 65.7-83.3%, and a specificity of 84.4-96.7%. CONCLUSIONS The 2D radiomics-based models noninvasively predicted the metastatic status of an individual lymph node in ESCC and outperformed the conventional size-based measurement. The 2D radiomics-based model could be incorporated into the current clinical workflow to enable better decision-making for treatment strategies.
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- Chenyi Xie
- Department of Radiology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangdong Esophageal Cancer Institute, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangdong Esophageal Cancer Institute, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangdong Esophageal Cancer Institute, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China.
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Mao Q, Zhou MT, Zhao ZP, Liu N, Yang L, Zhang XM. Role of radiomics in the diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2022; 28:6002-6016. [PMID: 36405385 PMCID: PMC9669820 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v28.i42.6002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2022] [Revised: 09/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Gastrointestinal cancer (GIC) has high morbidity and mortality as one of the main causes of cancer death. Preoperative risk stratification is critical to guide patient management, but traditional imaging studies have difficulty predicting its biological behavior. The emerging field of radiomics allows the conversion of potential pathophysiological information in existing medical images that cannot be visually recognized into high-dimensional quantitative image features. Tumor lesion characterization, therapeutic response evaluation, and survival prediction can be achieved by analyzing the relationships between these features and clinical and genetic data. In recent years, the clinical application of radiomics to GIC has increased dramatically. In this editorial, we describe the latest progress in the application of radiomics to GIC and discuss the value of its potential clinical applications, as well as its limitations and future directions.
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- Qi Mao
- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637000, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637000, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, Panzhihua Central Hospital, Panzhihua 617000, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637000, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637000, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637000, Sichuan Province, China
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Kawahara D, Murakami Y, Tani S, Nagata Y. A prediction model for pathological findings after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for resectable locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma based on endoscopic images using deep learning. Br J Radiol 2022; 95:20210934. [PMID: 35451338 PMCID: PMC10996327 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20210934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2021] [Revised: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To propose deep-learning (DL)-based predictive model for pathological complete response rate for resectable locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NCRT) with endoscopic images. METHODS AND MATERIAL This retrospective study analyzed 98 patients with locally advanced esophagus cancer treated by preoperative chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery from 2004 to 2016. The patient data were split into two sets: 72 patients for the training of models and 26 patients for testing of the model. Patients was classified into two groups with the LC (Group I: responder and Group II: non-responder). The scanned images were converted into joint photographic experts group (JPEG) format and resized to 150 × 150 pixels. The input image without imaging filter (w/o filter) and with Laplacian, Sobel, and wavelet imaging filters deep-learning model to predict the pathological CR with a convolution neural network (CNN). The accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity, the area under the curve (AUC) of the receiver operating characteristic were evaluated. RESULTS The average of accuracy for the cross-validation was 0.64 for w/o filter, 0.69 for Laplacian filter, 0.71 for Sobel filter, and 0.81 for wavelet filter, respectively. The average of sensitivity for the cross-validation was 0.80 for w/o filter, 0.81 for Laplacian filter, 0.67 for Sobel filter, and 0.80 for wavelet filter, respectively. The average of specificity for the cross-validation was 0.37 for w/o filter, 0.55 for Laplacian filter, 0.68 for Sobel filter, and 0.81 for wavelet filter, respectively. From the ROC curve, the average AUC for the cross-validation was 0.58 for w/o filter, 0.67 for Laplacian filter, 0.73 for Sobel filter, and 0.83 for wavelet filter, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The current study proposed the improvement the accuracy of the DL-based prediction model with the imaging filters. With the imaging filters, the accuracy was significantly improved. The model can be supported to assist clinical oncologists to have a more accurate expectations of the treatment outcome. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE The accuracy of the prediction for the local control after radiotherapy can improve with the input image with the imaging filter for deep learning.
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- Daisuke Kawahara
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical
Health Sciences, Hiroshima University,
Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical
Health Sciences, Hiroshima University,
Hiroshima, Japan
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- School of Medicine, Hiroshima University,
Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical
Health Sciences, Hiroshima University,
Hiroshima, Japan
- Hiroshima High-Precision Radiotherapy Cancer
Center, Hiroshima,
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Gong J, Zhang W, Huang W, Liao Y, Yin Y, Shi M, Qin W, Zhao L. CT-based radiomics nomogram may predict local recurrence-free survival in esophageal cancer patients receiving definitive chemoradiation or radiotherapy: a multicenter study. Radiother Oncol 2022; 174:8-15. [PMID: 35750106 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2022.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE To establish and validate a contrast-enhanced computed tomography-based hybrid radiomics nomogram for prediction of local recurrence-free survival (LRFS) in esophageal squamous cell cancer (ESCC) patients receiving definitive (chemo)radiotherapy in a multicenter setting. MATERIALS AND METHODS This retrospective study included 302 ESCC patients from Xijing Hospital receiving definitive (chemo)radiotherapy, which were randomly assigned to the training (n=201) and internal validation set (n=101). And 74 and 21 ESCC patients from the other two centers were used as the external validation set (n=95). A hybrid radiomics nomogram was established by integrating clinical factors, radiomic signature and deep-learning signature in training set and was tested in two validation sets. RESULTS The deep-learning signature showed better prognostic performance than radiomic signature for predicting LRFS in training (C-index:0.73 vs 0.70), internal (Cindex: 0.72 vs 0.64) and external validation set (C-index:0.72 vs 0.63), which could stratify patients into high and low-risk group with different prognosis (cut-off value: -0.06). Low-risk groups had better LRFS than high-risk groups in training (p<0.0001; 2-y LRFS 71.1% vs 33.0%), internal (p<0.01; 2-y LRFS 58.8% vs 34.8%) and external validation sets (p<0.0001; 2-y LRFS 61.9% vs 22.4%), respectively. The hybrid radiomics nomogram established by integrating radiomic signature, deep-learning signature with clinical factors including T stage and concurrent chemotherapy outperformed any one or two combinations in training (C-index:0.82), internal (Cindex: 0.78), and external validation set (C-index:0.76). Calibration curves showed good agreement. CONCLUSIONS The hybrid radiomics based on pretreatment contrast-enhanced computed tomography provided a promising way to predict local recurrence of ESCC patients receiving definitive (chemo)radiotherapy.
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- Jie Gong
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University. Xi'an, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University. Xi'an, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University. Xi'an, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University. Xi'an, China.
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- Life Sciences Research Center, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University. Xi'an, China.
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Jayaprakasam VS, Gibbs P, Gangai N, Bajwa R, Sosa RE, Yeh R, Greally M, Ku GY, Gollub MJ, Paroder V. Can 18F-FDG PET/CT Radiomics Features Predict Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Locally Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma? Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14123035. [PMID: 35740700 PMCID: PMC9221147 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14123035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Revised: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Simple Summary PET/CT is an important staging modality in the baseline assessment of locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Accurate staging and response prediction in these patients is essential for management. The aim of this retrospective study was to assess the usefulness of 18F-FDG PET/CT radiomics features in predicting outcomes such as tumor and nodal categories, PET-based response to induction chemotherapy, progression-free survival, and overall survival. In a final cohort of 74 patients, we found that the developed radiomics models can predict these clinical and prognostic outcomes with reasonable accuracy, similar or better than those derived from conventional imaging. Future studies with a larger cohort would be helpful in establishing the significance of these models. Abstract This study aimed to assess the usefulness of radiomics features of 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with locally advanced esophageal cancers (ESCC) in predicting outcomes such as clinical tumor (cT) and nodal (cN) categories, PET response to induction chemotherapy (PET response), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS). Pretreatment PET/CT images from patients who underwent concurrent chemoradiotherapy from July 2002 to February 2017 were segmented, and data were split into training and test sets. Model development was performed on the training datasets and a maximum of five features were selected. Final diagnostic accuracies were determined using the test dataset. A total of 86 PET/CTs (58 men and 28 women, mean age 65 years) were segmented. Due to small lesion size, 12 patients were excluded. The diagnostic accuracies as derived from the CT, PET, and combined PET/CT test datasets were as follows: cT category—70.4%, 70.4%, and 81.5%, respectively; cN category—69.0%, 86.2%, and 86.2%, respectively; PET response—60.0%, 66.7%, and 70.0%, respectively; PFS—60.7%, 75.0%, and 75.0%, respectively; and OS—51.7%, 55.2%, and 62.1%, respectively. A radiomics assessment of locally advanced ESCC has the potential to predict various clinical outcomes. External validation of these models would be further helpful.
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- Vetri Sudar Jayaprakasam
- Molecular Imaging and Therapy Service, Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; (V.S.J.); (R.Y.)
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; (P.G.); (N.G.); (R.B.); (R.E.S.); (M.J.G.)
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; (P.G.); (N.G.); (R.B.); (R.E.S.); (M.J.G.)
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; (P.G.); (N.G.); (R.B.); (R.E.S.); (M.J.G.)
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; (P.G.); (N.G.); (R.B.); (R.E.S.); (M.J.G.)
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- Molecular Imaging and Therapy Service, Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; (V.S.J.); (R.Y.)
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA;
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; (P.G.); (N.G.); (R.B.); (R.E.S.); (M.J.G.)
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; (P.G.); (N.G.); (R.B.); (R.E.S.); (M.J.G.)
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Jayaprakasam VS, Gibbs P, Gangai N, Bajwa R, Sosa RE, Yeh R, Greally M, Ku GY, Gollub MJ, Paroder V. Can 18F-FDG PET/CT Radiomics Features Predict Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Locally Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma? Cancers (Basel) 2022. [PMID: 35740700 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14123035%' and 2*3*8=6*8 and 'xj6b'!='xj6b%] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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This study aimed to assess the usefulness of radiomics features of 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with locally advanced esophageal cancers (ESCC) in predicting outcomes such as clinical tumor (cT) and nodal (cN) categories, PET response to induction chemotherapy (PET response), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS). Pretreatment PET/CT images from patients who underwent concurrent chemoradiotherapy from July 2002 to February 2017 were segmented, and data were split into training and test sets. Model development was performed on the training datasets and a maximum of five features were selected. Final diagnostic accuracies were determined using the test dataset. A total of 86 PET/CTs (58 men and 28 women, mean age 65 years) were segmented. Due to small lesion size, 12 patients were excluded. The diagnostic accuracies as derived from the CT, PET, and combined PET/CT test datasets were as follows: cT category-70.4%, 70.4%, and 81.5%, respectively; cN category-69.0%, 86.2%, and 86.2%, respectively; PET response-60.0%, 66.7%, and 70.0%, respectively; PFS-60.7%, 75.0%, and 75.0%, respectively; and OS-51.7%, 55.2%, and 62.1%, respectively. A radiomics assessment of locally advanced ESCC has the potential to predict various clinical outcomes. External validation of these models would be further helpful.
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- Vetri Sudar Jayaprakasam
- Molecular Imaging and Therapy Service, Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Molecular Imaging and Therapy Service, Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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Can 18F-FDG PET/CT Radiomics Features Predict Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Locally Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma? Cancers (Basel) 2022. [PMID: 35740700 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14123035'||'] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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This study aimed to assess the usefulness of radiomics features of 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with locally advanced esophageal cancers (ESCC) in predicting outcomes such as clinical tumor (cT) and nodal (cN) categories, PET response to induction chemotherapy (PET response), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS). Pretreatment PET/CT images from patients who underwent concurrent chemoradiotherapy from July 2002 to February 2017 were segmented, and data were split into training and test sets. Model development was performed on the training datasets and a maximum of five features were selected. Final diagnostic accuracies were determined using the test dataset. A total of 86 PET/CTs (58 men and 28 women, mean age 65 years) were segmented. Due to small lesion size, 12 patients were excluded. The diagnostic accuracies as derived from the CT, PET, and combined PET/CT test datasets were as follows: cT category-70.4%, 70.4%, and 81.5%, respectively; cN category-69.0%, 86.2%, and 86.2%, respectively; PET response-60.0%, 66.7%, and 70.0%, respectively; PFS-60.7%, 75.0%, and 75.0%, respectively; and OS-51.7%, 55.2%, and 62.1%, respectively. A radiomics assessment of locally advanced ESCC has the potential to predict various clinical outcomes. External validation of these models would be further helpful.
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Can 18F-FDG PET/CT Radiomics Features Predict Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Locally Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma? Cancers (Basel) 2022. [PMID: 35740700 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14123035'||dbms_pipe.receive_message(chr(98)||chr(98)||chr(98),15)||'] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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This study aimed to assess the usefulness of radiomics features of 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with locally advanced esophageal cancers (ESCC) in predicting outcomes such as clinical tumor (cT) and nodal (cN) categories, PET response to induction chemotherapy (PET response), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS). Pretreatment PET/CT images from patients who underwent concurrent chemoradiotherapy from July 2002 to February 2017 were segmented, and data were split into training and test sets. Model development was performed on the training datasets and a maximum of five features were selected. Final diagnostic accuracies were determined using the test dataset. A total of 86 PET/CTs (58 men and 28 women, mean age 65 years) were segmented. Due to small lesion size, 12 patients were excluded. The diagnostic accuracies as derived from the CT, PET, and combined PET/CT test datasets were as follows: cT category-70.4%, 70.4%, and 81.5%, respectively; cN category-69.0%, 86.2%, and 86.2%, respectively; PET response-60.0%, 66.7%, and 70.0%, respectively; PFS-60.7%, 75.0%, and 75.0%, respectively; and OS-51.7%, 55.2%, and 62.1%, respectively. A radiomics assessment of locally advanced ESCC has the potential to predict various clinical outcomes. External validation of these models would be further helpful.
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Can 18F-FDG PET/CT Radiomics Features Predict Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Locally Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma? Cancers (Basel) 2022. [PMID: 35740700 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14123035' and 2*3*8=6*8 and 'vlhr'='vlhr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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This study aimed to assess the usefulness of radiomics features of 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with locally advanced esophageal cancers (ESCC) in predicting outcomes such as clinical tumor (cT) and nodal (cN) categories, PET response to induction chemotherapy (PET response), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS). Pretreatment PET/CT images from patients who underwent concurrent chemoradiotherapy from July 2002 to February 2017 were segmented, and data were split into training and test sets. Model development was performed on the training datasets and a maximum of five features were selected. Final diagnostic accuracies were determined using the test dataset. A total of 86 PET/CTs (58 men and 28 women, mean age 65 years) were segmented. Due to small lesion size, 12 patients were excluded. The diagnostic accuracies as derived from the CT, PET, and combined PET/CT test datasets were as follows: cT category-70.4%, 70.4%, and 81.5%, respectively; cN category-69.0%, 86.2%, and 86.2%, respectively; PET response-60.0%, 66.7%, and 70.0%, respectively; PFS-60.7%, 75.0%, and 75.0%, respectively; and OS-51.7%, 55.2%, and 62.1%, respectively. A radiomics assessment of locally advanced ESCC has the potential to predict various clinical outcomes. External validation of these models would be further helpful.
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Can 18F-FDG PET/CT Radiomics Features Predict Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Locally Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma? Cancers (Basel) 2022. [PMID: 35740700 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14123035" and 2*3*8=6*8 and "bx4s"="bx4s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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This study aimed to assess the usefulness of radiomics features of 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with locally advanced esophageal cancers (ESCC) in predicting outcomes such as clinical tumor (cT) and nodal (cN) categories, PET response to induction chemotherapy (PET response), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS). Pretreatment PET/CT images from patients who underwent concurrent chemoradiotherapy from July 2002 to February 2017 were segmented, and data were split into training and test sets. Model development was performed on the training datasets and a maximum of five features were selected. Final diagnostic accuracies were determined using the test dataset. A total of 86 PET/CTs (58 men and 28 women, mean age 65 years) were segmented. Due to small lesion size, 12 patients were excluded. The diagnostic accuracies as derived from the CT, PET, and combined PET/CT test datasets were as follows: cT category-70.4%, 70.4%, and 81.5%, respectively; cN category-69.0%, 86.2%, and 86.2%, respectively; PET response-60.0%, 66.7%, and 70.0%, respectively; PFS-60.7%, 75.0%, and 75.0%, respectively; and OS-51.7%, 55.2%, and 62.1%, respectively. A radiomics assessment of locally advanced ESCC has the potential to predict various clinical outcomes. External validation of these models would be further helpful.
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Jayaprakasam VS, Gibbs P, Gangai N, Bajwa R, Sosa RE, Yeh R, Greally M, Ku GY, Gollub MJ, Paroder V. Can 18F-FDG PET/CT Radiomics Features Predict Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Locally Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma? Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:3035. [PMID: 35740700 PMCID: PMC9221147 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14123035&n999822=v982537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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This study aimed to assess the usefulness of radiomics features of 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with locally advanced esophageal cancers (ESCC) in predicting outcomes such as clinical tumor (cT) and nodal (cN) categories, PET response to induction chemotherapy (PET response), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS). Pretreatment PET/CT images from patients who underwent concurrent chemoradiotherapy from July 2002 to February 2017 were segmented, and data were split into training and test sets. Model development was performed on the training datasets and a maximum of five features were selected. Final diagnostic accuracies were determined using the test dataset. A total of 86 PET/CTs (58 men and 28 women, mean age 65 years) were segmented. Due to small lesion size, 12 patients were excluded. The diagnostic accuracies as derived from the CT, PET, and combined PET/CT test datasets were as follows: cT category-70.4%, 70.4%, and 81.5%, respectively; cN category-69.0%, 86.2%, and 86.2%, respectively; PET response-60.0%, 66.7%, and 70.0%, respectively; PFS-60.7%, 75.0%, and 75.0%, respectively; and OS-51.7%, 55.2%, and 62.1%, respectively. A radiomics assessment of locally advanced ESCC has the potential to predict various clinical outcomes. External validation of these models would be further helpful.
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- Vetri Sudar Jayaprakasam
- Molecular Imaging and Therapy Service, Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; (V.S.J.); (R.Y.)
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; (P.G.); (N.G.); (R.B.); (R.E.S.); (M.J.G.)
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; (P.G.); (N.G.); (R.B.); (R.E.S.); (M.J.G.)
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; (P.G.); (N.G.); (R.B.); (R.E.S.); (M.J.G.)
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; (P.G.); (N.G.); (R.B.); (R.E.S.); (M.J.G.)
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- Molecular Imaging and Therapy Service, Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; (V.S.J.); (R.Y.)
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA;
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; (P.G.); (N.G.); (R.B.); (R.E.S.); (M.J.G.)
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; (P.G.); (N.G.); (R.B.); (R.E.S.); (M.J.G.)
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Prediction of Non-Response to Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy in Esophageal Cancer Patients with 18F-FDG PET Radiomics Based Machine Learning Classification. Diagnostics (Basel) 2022; 12:diagnostics12051070. [PMID: 35626225 PMCID: PMC9139915 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12051070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2022] [Revised: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background: Approximately 26% of esophageal cancer (EC) patients do not respond to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT), emphasizing the need for pre-treatment selection. The aim of this study was to predict non-response using a radiomic model on baseline 18F-FDG PET. Methods: Retrospectively, 143 18F-FDG PET radiomic features were extracted from 199 EC patients (T1N1-3M0/T2–4aN0-3M0) treated between 2009 and 2019. Non-response (n = 57; 29%) was defined as Mandard Tumor Regression Grade 4–5 (n = 44; 22%) or interval progression (n = 13; 7%). Randomly, 139 patients (70%) were allocated to explore all combinations of 24 feature selection strategies and 6 classification methods towards the cross-validated average precision (AP). The predictive value of the best-performing model, i.e AP and area under the ROC curve analysis (AUC), was evaluated on an independent test subset of 60 patients (30%). Results: The best performing model had an AP (mean ± SD) of 0.47 ± 0.06 on the training subset, achieved by a support vector machine classifier trained on five principal components of relevant clinical and radiomic features. The model was externally validated with an AP of 0.66 and an AUC of 0.67. Conclusion: In the present study, the best-performing model on pre-treatment 18F-FDG PET radiomics and clinical features had a small clinical benefit to identify non-responders to nCRT in EC.
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Chu F, Liu Y, Liu Q, Li W, Jia Z, Wang C, Wang Z, Lu S, Li P, Zhang Y, Liao Y, Xu M, Yao X, Wang S, Liu C, Zhang H, Wang S, Yan X, Kamel IR, Sun H, Yang G, Zhang Y, Qu J. Development and validation of MRI-based radiomics signatures models for prediction of disease-free survival and overall survival in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Eur Radiol 2022; 32:5930-5942. [PMID: 35384460 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-022-08776-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Revised: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To develop and validate an optimal model based on the 1-mm-isotropic-3D contrast-enhanced StarVIBE MRI sequence combined with clinical risk factors for predicting survival in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). METHODS Patients with ESCC at our institution from 2015 to 2017 participated in this retrospective study based on prospectively acquired data, and were randomly assigned to training and validation groups at a ratio of 7:3. Random survival forest (RSF) and variable hunting methods were used to screen for radiomics features and LASSO-Cox regression analysis was used to build three models, including clinical only, radiomics only and combined clinical and radiomics models, which were evaluated by concordance index (CI) and calibration curve. Nomograms and decision curve analysis (DCA) were used to display intuitive prediction information. RESULTS Seven radiomics features were selected from 434 patients, combined with clinical features that were statistically significant to construct the predictive models of disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS). The combined model showed the highest performance in both training and validation groups for predicting DFS ([CI], 0.714, 0.729) and OS ([CI], 0.730, 0.712). DCA showed that the net benefit of the combined model and of the clinical model is significantly greater than that of the radiomics model alone at different threshold probabilities. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrated that a combined predictive model based on MR Rad-S and clinical risk factors had better predictive efficacy than the radiomics models alone for patients with ESCC. KEY POINTS • Magnetic resonance-based radiomics features combined with clinical risk factors can predict survival in patients with ESCC. • The radiomics nomogram can be used clinically to predict patient recurrence, DFS, and OS. • Magnetic resonance imaging is highly reproducible in visualizing lesions and contouring the whole tumor.
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- Funing Chu
- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, No. 127 Dongming Road, Zhengzhou, 450008, Henan, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, No. 300, Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210029, China
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- Henan Province Institute for Medical Equipment Testing, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, No. 127 Dongming Road, Zhengzhou, 450008, Henan, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, No. 127 Dongming Road, Zhengzhou, 450008, Henan, China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, No. 127 Dongming Road, Zhengzhou, 450008, Henan, China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, No. 127 Dongming Road, Zhengzhou, 450008, Henan, China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, No. 127 Dongming Road, Zhengzhou, 450008, Henan, China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, No. 127 Dongming Road, Zhengzhou, 450008, Henan, China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, No. 127 Dongming Road, Zhengzhou, 450008, Henan, China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, No. 127 Dongming Road, Zhengzhou, 450008, Henan, China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, No. 127 Dongming Road, Zhengzhou, 450008, Henan, China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, No. 127 Dongming Road, Zhengzhou, 450008, Henan, China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, No. 127 Dongming Road, Zhengzhou, 450008, Henan, China
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- MR Scientific Marketing, Siemens Healthineers, Xi'an, 710065, China
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- MR Scientific Marketing, Siemens Healthineers, Shanghai, 201318, China
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- Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21205-2196, USA
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- Department of Thoracic surgery, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450008, Henan, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, No. 300, Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210029, China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, No. 127 Dongming Road, Zhengzhou, 450008, Henan, China.
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Yue H, Liu J, Li J, Kuang H, Lang J, Cheng J, Peng L, Han Y, Bai H, Wang Y, Wang Q, Wang J. MLDRL: Multi-loss disentangled representation learning for predicting esophageal cancer response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy using longitudinal CT images. Med Image Anal 2022; 79:102423. [DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2022.102423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Revised: 03/08/2022] [Accepted: 03/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Rossi G, Altabella L, Simoni N, Benetti G, Rossi R, Venezia M, Paiella S, Malleo G, Salvia R, Guariglia S, Bassi C, Cavedon C, Mazzarotto R. Computed tomography-based radiomic to predict resectability in locally advanced pancreatic cancer treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy. World J Gastrointest Oncol 2022; 14:703-715. [PMID: 35321278 PMCID: PMC8919018 DOI: 10.4251/wjgo.v14.i3.703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Revised: 08/06/2021] [Accepted: 02/13/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Surgical resection after neoadjuvant treatment is the main driver for improved survival in locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC). However, the diagnostic performance of computed tomography (CT) imaging to evaluate the residual tumour burden at restaging after neoadjuvant therapy is low due to the difficulty in distinguishing neoplastic tissue from fibrous scar or inflammation. In this context, radiomics has gained popularity over conventional imaging as a complementary clinical tool capable of providing additional, unprecedented information regarding the intratumor heterogeneity and the residual neoplastic tissue, potentially serving in the therapeutic decision-making process.
AIM To assess the capability of radiomic features to predict surgical resection in LAPC treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
METHODS Patients with LAPC treated with intensive chemotherapy followed by ablative radiation therapy were retrospectively reviewed. One thousand six hundred and fifty-five radiomic features were extracted from planning CT inside the gross tumour volume. Both extracted features and clinical data contribute to create and validate the predictive model of resectability status. Patients were repeatedly divided into training and validation sets. The discriminating performance of each model, obtained applying a LASSO regression analysis, was assessed with the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC). The validated model was applied to the entire dataset to obtain the most significant features.
RESULTS Seventy-one patients were included in the analysis. Median age was 65 years and 57.8% of patients were male. All patients underwent induction chemotherapy followed by ablative radiotherapy, and 19 (26.8%) ultimately received surgical resection. After the first step of variable selections, a predictive model of resectability was developed with a median AUC for training and validation sets of 0.862 (95%CI: 0.792-0.921) and 0.853 (95%CI: 0.706-0.960), respectively. The validated model was applied to the entire dataset and 4 features were selected to build the model with predictive performance as measured using AUC of 0.944 (95%CI: 0.892-0.996).
CONCLUSION The present radiomic model could help predict resectability in LAPC after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy, potentially integrating clinical and morphological parameters in predicting surgical resection.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Verona Hospital Trust, Verona 37126, Italy
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- Department of Medical Physics, University of Verona Hospital Trust, Verona 37126, Italy
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Verona Hospital Trust, Verona 37126, Italy
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- Department of Medical Physics, University of Verona Hospital Trust, Verona 37126, Italy
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Verona Hospital Trust, Verona 37126, Italy
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Verona Hospital Trust, Verona 37126, Italy
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- Department of General and Pancreatic Surgery, Pancreas Institute, University of Verona Hospital Trust, Verona 37126, Italy
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- Department of General and Pancreatic Surgery, Pancreas Institute, University of Verona Hospital Trust, Verona 37126, Italy
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- Department of General and Pancreatic Surgery, Pancreas Institute, University of Verona Hospital Trust, Verona 37126, Italy
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- Department of Medical Physics, University of Verona Hospital Trust, Verona 37126, Italy
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- Department of General and Pancreatic Surgery, Pancreas Institute, University of Verona Hospital Trust, Verona 37126, Italy
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- Department of Medical Physics, University of Verona Hospital Trust, Verona 37126, Italy
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Verona Hospital Trust, Verona 37126, Italy
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Fontaine P, Andrearczyk V, Oreiller V, Abler D, Castelli J, Acosta O, De Crevoisier R, Vallières M, Jreige M, Prior JO, Depeursinge A. Cleaning Radiotherapy Contours for Radiomics Studies, is it Worth it? A Head and Neck Cancer Study. Clin Transl Radiat Oncol 2022; 33:153-158. [PMID: 35243026 PMCID: PMC8881196 DOI: 10.1016/j.ctro.2022.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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PET images features are more stable across different delineation of the same target. Shape family features are more stable. The survival model based on Dedicated contours achieved better performance for predicting PFS.
A vast majority of studies in the radiomics field are based on contours originating from radiotherapy planning. This kind of delineation (e.g. Gross Tumor Volume, GTV) is often larger than the true tumoral volume, sometimes including parts of other organs (e.g. trachea in Head and Neck, H&N studies) and the impact of such over-segmentation was little investigated so far. In this paper, we propose to evaluate and compare the performance between models using two contour types: those from radiotherapy planning, and those specifically delineated for radiomics studies. For the latter, we modified the radiotherapy contours to fit the true tumoral volume. The two contour types were compared when predicting Progression-Free Survival (PFS) using Cox models based on radiomics features extracted from FluoroDeoxyGlucose-Positron Emission Tomography (FDG-PET) and CT images of 239 patients with oropharyngeal H&N cancer collected from five centers, the data from the 2020 HECKTOR challenge. Using Dedicated contours demonstrated better performance for predicting PFS, where Harell’s concordance indices of 0.61 and 0.69 were achieved for Radiotherapy and Dedicated contours, respectively. Using automatically Resegmented contours based on a fixed intensity range was associated with a C-index of 0.63. These results illustrate the importance of using clean dedicated contours that are close to the true tumoral volume in radiomics studies, even when tumor contours are already available from radiotherapy treatment planning
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- Pierre Fontaine
- Univ Rennes, CLCC Eugene Marquis, INSERM, LTSI - UMR 1099, F-35000 Rennes, France
- Institute of Information Systems, School of Management, HES-SO Valais-Wallis University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Sierre, Switzerland
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- Institute of Information Systems, School of Management, HES-SO Valais-Wallis University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Sierre, Switzerland
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- Institute of Information Systems, School of Management, HES-SO Valais-Wallis University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Sierre, Switzerland
- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Information Systems, School of Management, HES-SO Valais-Wallis University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Sierre, Switzerland
- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Univ Rennes, CLCC Eugene Marquis, INSERM, LTSI - UMR 1099, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CLCC Eugene Marquis, INSERM, LTSI - UMR 1099, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CLCC Eugene Marquis, INSERM, LTSI - UMR 1099, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Department of Computer Science, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Information Systems, School of Management, HES-SO Valais-Wallis University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Sierre, Switzerland
- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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Methodological quality of machine learning-based quantitative imaging analysis studies in esophageal cancer: a systematic review of clinical outcome prediction after concurrent chemoradiotherapy. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2021; 49:2462-2481. [PMID: 34939174 PMCID: PMC9206619 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-021-05658-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2021] [Accepted: 12/12/2021] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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PURPOSE Studies based on machine learning-based quantitative imaging techniques have gained much interest in cancer research. The aim of this review is to critically appraise the existing machine learning-based quantitative imaging analysis studies predicting outcomes of esophageal cancer after concurrent chemoradiotherapy in accordance with PRISMA guidelines. METHODS A systematic review was conducted in accordance with PRISMA guidelines. The citation search was performed via PubMed and Embase Ovid databases for literature published before April 2021. From each full-text article, study characteristics and model information were summarized. We proposed an appraisal matrix with 13 items to assess the methodological quality of each study based on recommended best-practices pertaining to quality. RESULTS Out of 244 identified records, 37 studies met the inclusion criteria. Study endpoints included prognosis, treatment response, and toxicity after concurrent chemoradiotherapy with reported discrimination metrics in validation datasets between 0.6 and 0.9, with wide variation in quality. A total of 30 studies published within the last 5 years were evaluated for methodological quality and we found 11 studies with at least 6 "good" item ratings. CONCLUSION A substantial number of studies lacked prospective registration, external validation, model calibration, and support for use in clinic. To further improve the predictive power of machine learning-based models and translate into real clinical applications in cancer research, appropriate methodologies, prospective registration, and multi-institution validation are recommended.
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Development and validation of a radiomics-based model to predict local progression-free survival after chemo-radiotherapy in patients with esophageal squamous cell cancer. Radiat Oncol 2021; 16:201. [PMID: 34641928 PMCID: PMC8513312 DOI: 10.1186/s13014-021-01925-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To develop a nomogram model for predicting local progress-free survival (LPFS) in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) patients treated with concurrent chemo-radiotherapy (CCRT). METHODS We collected the clinical data of ESCC patients treated with CCRT in our hospital. Eligible patients were randomly divided into training cohort and validation cohort. The least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) with COX regression was performed to select optimal radiomic features to calculate Rad-score for predicting LPFS in the training cohort. The univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify the predictive clinical factors for developing a nomogram model. The C-index was used to assess the performance of the predictive model and calibration curve was used to evaluate the accuracy. RESULTS A total of 221 ESCC patients were included in our study, with 155 patients in training cohort and 66 patients in validation cohort. Seventeen radiomic features were selected by LASSO COX regression analysis to calculate Rad-score for predicting LPFS. The patients with a Rad-score ≥ 0.1411 had high risk of local recurrence, and those with a Rad-score < 0.1411 had low risk of local recurrence. Multivariate analysis showed that N stage, CR status and Rad-score were independent predictive factors for LPFS. A nomogram model was built based on the result of multivariate analysis. The C-index of the nomogram was 0.745 (95% CI 0.7700-0.790) in training cohort and 0.723(95% CI 0.654-0.791) in validation cohort. The 3-year LPFS rate predicted by the nomogram model was highly consistent with the actual 3-year LPFS rate both in the training cohort and the validation cohort. CONCLUSION We developed and validated a prediction model based on radiomic features and clinical factors, which can be used to predict LPFS of patients after CCRT. This model is conducive to identifying the patients with ESCC benefited more from CCRT.
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Gu L, Liu Y, Guo X, Tian Y, Ye H, Zhou S, Gao F. Computed tomography-based radiomic analysis for prediction of treatment response to salvage chemoradiotherapy for locoregional lymph node recurrence after curative esophagectomy. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2021; 22:71-79. [PMID: 34614265 PMCID: PMC8598151 DOI: 10.1002/acm2.13434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Revised: 08/15/2021] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Objective To investigate the capability of computed tomography (CT) radiomic features to predict the therapeutic response and local control of the locoregional recurrence lymph node (LN) after curative esophagectomy by chemoradiotherapy. Methods This retrospective study included 129 LN from 77 patients (training cohort: 102 LN from 59 patients; validation cohort: 27 LN from 18 patients) with postoperative esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). The region of the tumor was contoured in pretreatment contrast‐enhanced CT images. The least absolute shrinkage and selection operator with logistic regression was used to identify radiomic predictors in the training cohort. Model performance was evaluated using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUC). The Kaplan–Meier method was used to determine the local recurrence time of cancer. Results The radiomic model suggested seven features that could be used to predict treatment response. The AUCs in training and validated cohorts were 0.777 (95% CI: 0.667–0.878) and 0.765 (95% CI: 0.556–0.975), respectively. A significant difference in the radiomic scores (Rad‐scores) between response and nonresponse was observed in the two cohorts (p < 0.001, 0.034, respectively). Two features were identified for classifying whether there will be relapse in 2 years. AUC was 0.857 (95% CI: 0.780–0.935) in the training cohort. The local control time of the high Rad‐score group was higher than the low group in both cohorts (p < 0.001 and 0.025, respectively). As inferred from the Cox regression analysis, the low Rad‐score was a high‐risk factor for local recurrence within 2 years. Conclusions The radiomic approach can be used as a potential imaging biomarker to predict treatment response and local control of recurrence LN in ESCC patients.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Taixing People's Hospital, Tai Xing, Jiangsu Province, China.,Department of Radiation Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Su Zhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Taixing People's Hospital, Tai Xing, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Taixing People's Hospital, Tai Xing, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Su Zhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Taixing People's Hospital, Tai Xing, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Taixing People's Hospital, Tai Xing, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Taixing People's Hospital, Tai Xing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Brancato V, Garbino N, Mannelli L, Aiello M, Salvatore M, Franzese M, Cavaliere C. Impact of radiogenomics in esophageal cancer on clinical outcomes: A pilot study. World J Gastroenterol 2021; 27:6110-6127. [PMID: 34629823 PMCID: PMC8476334 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i36.6110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Revised: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Esophageal cancer (ESCA) is the sixth most common malignancy in the world, and its incidence is rapidly increasing. Recently, several microRNAs (miRNAs) and messenger RNA (mRNA) targets were evaluated as potential biomarkers and regulators of epigenetic mechanisms involved in early diagnosis. In addition, computed tomography (CT) radiomic studies on ESCA improved the early stage identification and the prediction of response to treatment. Radiogenomics provides clinically useful prognostic predictions by linking molecular characteristics such as gene mutations and gene expression patterns of malignant tumors with medical images and could provide more opportunities in the management of patients with ESCA.
AIM To explore the combination of CT radiomic features and molecular targets associated with clinical outcomes for characterization of ESCA patients.
METHODS Of 15 patients with diagnosed ESCA were included in this study and their CT imaging and transcriptomic data were extracted from The Cancer Imaging Archive and gene expression data from The Cancer Genome Atlas, respectively. Cancer stage, history of significant alcohol consumption and body mass index (BMI) were considered as clinical outcomes. Radiomic analysis was performed on CT images acquired after injection of contrast medium. In total, 1302 radiomics features were extracted from three-dimensional regions of interest by using PyRadiomics. Feature selection was performed using a correlation filter based on Spearman’s correlation (ρ) and Wilcoxon-rank sum test respect to clinical outcomes. Radiogenomic analysis involved ρ analysis between radiomic features associated with clinical outcomes and transcriptomic signatures consisting of eight N6-methyladenosine RNA methylation regulators and five up-regulated miRNA. The significance level was set at P < 0.05.
RESULTS Of 25, five and 29 radiomic features survived after feature selection, considering stage, alcohol history and BMI as clinical outcomes, respectively. Radiogenomic analysis with stage as clinical outcome revealed that six of the eight mRNA regulators and two of the five up-regulated miRNA were significantly correlated with ten and three of the 25 selected radiomic features, respectively (-0.61 < ρ < -0.60 and 0.53 < ρ < 0.69, P < 0.05). Assuming alcohol history as clinical outcome, no correlation was found between the five selected radiomic features and mRNA regulators, while a significant correlation was found between one radiomic feature and three up-regulated miRNAs (ρ = -0.56, ρ = -0.64 and ρ = 0.61, P < 0.05). Radiogenomic analysis with BMI as clinical outcome revealed that four mRNA regulators and one up-regulated miRNA were significantly correlated with 10 and two radiomic features, respectively (-0.67 < ρ < -0.54 and 0.53 < ρ < 0.71, P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION Our study revealed interesting relationships between the expression of eight N6-methyladenosine RNA regulators, as well as five up-regulated miRNAs, and CT radiomic features associated with clinical outcomes of ESCA patients.
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Kong J, Zhu S, Shi G, Liu Z, Zhang J, Ren J. Prediction of Locoregional Recurrence-Free Survival of Oesophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma After Chemoradiotherapy Based on an Enhanced CT-Based Radiomics Model. Front Oncol 2021; 11:739933. [PMID: 34631575 PMCID: PMC8499696 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.739933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 09/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Chemoradiotherapy is the standard treatment for moderate and advanced oesophageal cancer. The aim of this study was to establish a predictive model based on enhanced computed tomography examination, and to evaluate its clinical value for detecting locoregional recurrence-free survival (LRFS) in cases of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma after radiotherapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS In total, 218 patients with pathologically diagnosed oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma who received radical chemoradiotherapy from July 2016 to December 2017 were collected in this study. Patients were randomly divided into either a training group (n=153) or a validation group (n=65) in a 7:3 ratio. Clinical patient information was then recorded. The enhanced computed tomography scan images of the patients were imported into 3D-slicer software (version 4.8.1), and the radiomic features were extracted by the Python programme package. In the training group, the dimensionality reduction of the radiomic features was implemented by Lasso regression, and then a radiological label, the model of predicting LRFS, was established and evaluated. To achieve a better prediction performance, the radiological label was combined with clinical risk factor information to construct a radiomics nomogram. A receiver operating characteristic curve was used to evaluate the efficacy of different models. Calibration curves were used to assess the consistency between the predicted and observed recurrence risk, and the Hosmer-Lemeshow method was used to test model fitness. The C-index evaluated the discriminating ability of the prediction model. Decision curve analysis was used to determine the clinical value of the constructed prediction model. RESULTS Of the 218 patients followed up in this study, 44 patients (28.8%) in the training group and 21 patients (32.3%) in the validation group experienced recurrence. There was no difference in LRFS between the two groups (χ2 = 0.525, P=0.405). Lasso regression was used in the training group to select six significant radiomic features. The radiological label established using these six features had a satisfactory prediction performance. The C-index was 0.716 (95% CI: 0.645-0.787) in the training group and 0.718 (95% CI: 0.612-0.825) in the validation group. The radiomics nomogram, which included the radiological label and clinical risk factors, achieved a better prediction than the radiological label alone. The C-index was 0.742 (95% CI: 0.674-0.810) in the training group and 0.715 (95% CI: 0.609-0.820) in the validation group. The results of the calibration curve and decision curve analyses indicated that the radiomics nomogram was superior in predicting LRFS of oesophageal carcinoma after radiotherapy. CONCLUSIONS A radiological label was successfully established to predict the LRFS of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma after radiotherapy. The radiomics nomogram was complementary to the clinical prognostic features and could improve the prediction of the LRFS after radiotherapy for oesophageal cancer.
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- Jie Kong
- Department of Radiation Oncology, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Department of Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Pharmaceutical Diagnosis, GE Healthcare, Beijing, China
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Li X, Gao H, Zhu J, Huang Y, Zhu Y, Huang W, Li Z, Sun K, Liu Z, Tian J, Li B. 3D Deep Learning Model for the Pretreatment Evaluation of Treatment Response in Esophageal Carcinoma: A Prospective Study (ChiCTR2000039279). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2021; 111:926-935. [PMID: 34229050 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.06.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Revised: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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PURPOSE To develop and validate a pretreatment computed tomography (CT)-based deep-learning (DL) model for predicting the treatment response to concurrent chemoradiation therapy (CCRT) among patients with locally advanced thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (TESCC). METHODS AND MATERIALS We conducted a prospective, multicenter study on the therapeutic efficacy of CCRT among TESCC patients across 9 hospitals in China (ChiCTR2000039279). A total of 306 patients with locally advanced TESCC diagnosed by histopathology from August 2015 to May 2020 were included in this study. A 3-dimensional DL radiomics model (3D-DLRM) was developed and validated based on pretreatment CT images to predict the response to CCRT. Furthermore, the prediction performance of the newly developed 3D-DLRM was analyzed according to 3 categories: radiation therapy plan, radiation field, and prescription dose used. RESULTS The 3D-DLRM achieved good prediction performance, with areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.897 (95% confidence interval, 0.840-0.959) for the training cohort and 0.833 (95% confidence interval, 0.654-1.000) for the validation cohort. Specifically, the 3D-DLRM accurately predicted patients who would not respond to CCRT, with a positive predictive value (PPV) of 100% for the validation cohort. Moreover, the 3D-DLRM performed well in all 3 categories, each with areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve of >0.8 and positive predictive values of approximately 100%. CONCLUSION The proposed pretreatment CT-based 3D-DLRM provides a potential tool for predicting the response to CCRT among patients with locally advanced TESCC. With the help of precise pretreatment prediction, we may guide the individualized treatment of patients and improve survival.
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- Xiaoqin Li
- Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China; Shandong Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy Engineering Center (SMIREC), Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-Based Precision Medicine, School of Medicine and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China; CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China; Shandong Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy Engineering Center (SMIREC), Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China
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- Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China; Shandong Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy Engineering Center (SMIREC), Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-Based Precision Medicine, School of Medicine and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China; CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China; Shandong Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy Engineering Center (SMIREC), Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China
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- Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China; Shandong Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy Engineering Center (SMIREC), Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-Based Precision Medicine, School of Medicine and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China; Engineering Research Center of Molecular and Neuro Imaging of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; School of Artificial Intelligence, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-Based Precision Medicine, School of Medicine and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China; CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Engineering Research Center of Molecular and Neuro Imaging of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China; Key Laboratory of Big Data-Based Precision Medicine (Beihang University), Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Beijing, China
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- Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China; Shandong Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy Engineering Center (SMIREC), Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China.
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Lu L, Sun SH, Yang H, E L, Guo P, Schwartz LH, Zhao B. Radiomics Prediction of EGFR Status in Lung Cancer-Our Experience in Using Multiple Feature Extractors and The Cancer Imaging Archive Data. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2021; 6:223-230. [PMID: 32548300 PMCID: PMC7289249 DOI: 10.18383/j.tom.2020.00017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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We investigated the performance of multiple radiomics feature extractors/software on predicting epidermal growth factor receptor mutation status in 228 patients with non–small cell lung cancer from publicly available data sets in The Cancer Imaging Archive. The imaging and clinical data were split into training (n = 105) and validation cohorts (n = 123). Two of the most cited open-source feature extractors, IBEX (1563 features) and Pyradiomics (1319 features), and our in-house software, Columbia Image Feature Extractor (CIFE) (1160 features), were used to extract radiomics features. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed sequentially to predict EGFR mutation status using each individual feature extractor. Our univariate analysis integrated an unsupervised clustering method to identify nonredundant and informative candidate features for the creation of prediction models by multivariate analyses. In training, unsupervised clustering-based univariate analysis identified 5, 6, and 4 features from IBEX, Pyradiomics, and CIFE as candidate features, respectively. Multivariate prediction models using these features from IBEX, Pyradiomics, and CIFE yielded similar areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.68, 0.67, and 0.69. However, in validation, areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve of multivariate prediction models from IBEX, Pyradiomics, and CIFE decreased to 0.54, 0.56 and 0.64, respectively. Different feature extractors select different radiomics features, which leads to prediction models with varying performance. However, correlation between those selected features from different extractors may indicate these features measure similar imaging phenotypes associated with similar biological characteristics. Overall, attention should be paid to the generalizability of individual radiomics features and radiomics prediction models.
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- Department of Radiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; and
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- Department of Radiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; and
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- Department of Radiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; and
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- Department of Radiology, Shanxi DAYI Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Radiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; and
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- Department of Radiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; and
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- Department of Radiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; and
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A predictive model for pain response following radiotherapy for treatment of spinal metastases. Sci Rep 2021; 11:12908. [PMID: 34145367 PMCID: PMC8213735 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-92363-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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To establish a predictive model for pain response following radiotherapy using a combination of radiomic and clinical features of spinal metastasis. This retrospective study enrolled patients with painful spine metastases who received palliative radiation therapy from 2018 to 2019. Pain response was defined using the International Consensus Criteria. The clinical and radiomic features were extracted from medical records and pre-treatment CT images. Feature selection was performed and a random forests ensemble learning method was used to build a predictive model. Area under the curve (AUC) was used as a predictive performance metric. 69 patients were enrolled with 48 patients showing a response. Random forest models built on the radiomic, clinical, and ‘combined’ features achieved an AUC of 0.824, 0.702, 0.848, respectively. The sensitivity and specificity of the combined features model were 85.4% and 76.2%, at the best diagnostic decision point. We built a pain response model in patients with spinal metastases using a combination of clinical and radiomic features. To the best of our knowledge, we are the first to examine pain response using pre-treatment CT radiomic features. Our model showed the potential to predict patients who respond to radiation therapy.
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Kao YS, Hsu Y. A Meta-Analysis for Using Radiomics to Predict Complete Pathological Response in Esophageal Cancer Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation. In Vivo 2021; 35:1857-1863. [PMID: 33910873 DOI: 10.21873/invivo.12448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Revised: 03/13/2021] [Accepted: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Preservation of organ function is important in cancer treatment. The 'watch-and-wait' strategy is an important approach in management of esophageal cancer. However, clinical imaging cannot accurately evaluate the presence or absence of residual tumor after neoadjuvant chemoradiation. As a result, using radiomics to predict complete pathological response in esophageal cancer has gained in popularity in recent years. Given that the characteristics of patients and sites vary considerably, a meta-analysis is needed to investigate the predictive power of radiomics in esophageal cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS PRISMA guidelines were used to conduct this study. PubMed, Cochrane, and Embase were searched for literature review. The quality of the selected studies was evaluated by the radiomics quality score. I2 score and Cochran's Q test were used to evaluate heterogeneity between studies. A funnel plot was used for evaluation of publication bias. RESULTS A total of seven articles were collected for this meta-analysis. The pooled area under the receiver operating characteristics curve of the seven selected articles for predicting pathological complete response in eosphageal cancer patient was quite high, achieving a pooled value of 0.813 (95% confidence intervaI=0.761-0.866). The radiomics quality score ranged from -2 to 16 (maximum score: 36 points). Three out of the seven studies used machine learning algorithms, while the others used traditional biostatistics methods. One of the seven studies used morphology class features, while four studies used first-order features, and five used second-order features. CONCLUSION Using radiomics to predict complete pathological response after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in esophageal cancer is feasible. In the future, prospective, multicenter studies should be carried out for predicting pathological complete response in patients with esophageal cancer.
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- Yung-Shuo Kao
- Department of Radiation Oncology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.;
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- Department of Family Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan, R.O.C
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Predicting the Local Response of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma to Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy by Radiomics with a Machine Learning Method Using 18F-FDG PET Images. Diagnostics (Basel) 2021; 11:diagnostics11061049. [PMID: 34200332 PMCID: PMC8227132 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11061049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2021] [Revised: 05/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background: This study aimed to propose a machine learning model to predict the local response of resectable locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (LA-ESCC) treated by neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NCRT) using pretreatment 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET) images. Methods: The local responses of 98 patients were categorized into two groups (complete response and noncomplete response). We performed a radiomics analysis using five segmentations created on FDG PET images, resulting in 4250 features per patient. To construct a machine learning model, we used the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression to extract radiomics features optimal for the prediction. Then, a prediction model was constructed by using a neural network classifier. The training model was evaluated with 5-fold cross-validation. Results: By the LASSO analysis of the training data, 22 radiomics features were extracted. In the testing data, the average accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and area under the receiver operating characteristic curve score of the five prediction models were 89.6%, 92.7%, 89.5%, and 0.95, respectively. Conclusions: The proposed machine learning model using radiomics showed promising predictive accuracy of the local response of LA-ESCC treated by NCRT.
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Xie CY, Pang CL, Chan B, Wong EYY, Dou Q, Vardhanabhuti V. Machine Learning and Radiomics Applications in Esophageal Cancers Using Non-Invasive Imaging Methods-A Critical Review of Literature. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:2469. [PMID: 34069367 PMCID: PMC8158761 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13102469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2021] [Revised: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Esophageal cancer (EC) is of public health significance as one of the leading causes of cancer death worldwide. Accurate staging, treatment planning and prognostication in EC patients are of vital importance. Recent advances in machine learning (ML) techniques demonstrate their potential to provide novel quantitative imaging markers in medical imaging. Radiomics approaches that could quantify medical images into high-dimensional data have been shown to improve the imaging-based classification system in characterizing the heterogeneity of primary tumors and lymph nodes in EC patients. In this review, we aim to provide a comprehensive summary of the evidence of the most recent developments in ML application in imaging pertinent to EC patient care. According to the published results, ML models evaluating treatment response and lymph node metastasis achieve reliable predictions, ranging from acceptable to outstanding in their validation groups. Patients stratified by ML models in different risk groups have a significant or borderline significant difference in survival outcomes. Prospective large multi-center studies are suggested to improve the generalizability of ML techniques with standardized imaging protocols and harmonization between different centers.
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- Chen-Yi Xie
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;
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- Department of Radiology, The Christies’ Hospital, Manchester M20 4BX, UK;
- Division of Dentistry, School of Medical Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M15 6FH, UK
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- Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; (B.C.); (E.Y.-Y.W.)
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- Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; (B.C.); (E.Y.-Y.W.)
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;
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Using Genomics Feature Selection Method in Radiomics Pipeline Improves Prognostication Performance in Locally Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma-A Pilot Study. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13092145. [PMID: 33946826 PMCID: PMC8124289 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13092145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Revised: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To evaluate the prognostic value of baseline and restaging CT-based radiomics with features associated with gene expression in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) patients receiving neoadjuvant chemoradiation (nCRT) plus surgery. METHODS We enrolled 106 ESCC patients receiving nCRT from two institutions. Gene expression profiles of 28 patients in the training set were used to detect differentially expressed (DE) genes between patients with and without relapse. Radiomic features that were correlated to DE genes were selected, followed by additional machine learning selection. A radiomic nomogram for disease-free survival (DFS) prediction incorporating the radiomic signature and prognostic clinical characteristics was established for DFS estimation and validated. RESULTS The radiomic signature with DE genes feature selection achieved better performance for DFS prediction than without. The nomogram incorporating the radiomic signature and lymph nodal status significantly stratified patients into high and low-risk groups for DFS (p < 0.001). The areas under the curve (AUCs) for predicting 5-year DFS were 0.912 in the training set, 0.852 in the internal test set, 0.769 in the external test set. CONCLUSIONS Genomics association was useful for radiomic feature selection. The established radiomic signature was prognostic for DFS. The radiomic nomogram could provide a valuable prediction for individualized long-term survival.
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