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Chakrabarty N, Mahajan A. Imaging Analytics using Artificial Intelligence in Oncology: A Comprehensive Review. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2024; 36:498-513. [PMID: 37806795 DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2023.09.013] [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: 05/03/2023] [Revised: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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The present era has seen a surge in artificial intelligence-related research in oncology, mainly using deep learning, because of powerful computer hardware, improved algorithms and the availability of large amounts of data from open-source domains and the use of transfer learning. Here we discuss the multifaceted role of deep learning in cancer care, ranging from risk stratification, the screening and diagnosis of cancer, to the prediction of genomic mutations, treatment response and survival outcome prediction, through the use of convolutional neural networks. Another role of artificial intelligence is in the generation of automated radiology reports, which is a boon in high-volume centres to minimise report turnaround time. Although a validated and deployable deep-learning model for clinical use is still in its infancy, there is ongoing research to overcome the barriers for its universal implementation and we also delve into this aspect. We also briefly describe the role of radiomics in oncoimaging. Artificial intelligence can provide answers pertaining to cancer management at baseline imaging, saving cost and time. Imaging biobanks, which are repositories of anonymised images, are also briefly described. We also discuss the commercialisation and ethical issues pertaining to artificial intelligence. The latest generation generalist artificial intelligence model is also briefly described at the end of the article. We believe this article will not only enrich knowledge, but also promote research acumen in the minds of readers to take oncoimaging to another level using artificial intelligence and also work towards clinical translation of such research.
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- N Chakrabarty
- Department of Radiodiagnosis, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
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- The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.
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Khongwirotphan S, Oonsiri S, Kitpanit S, Prayongrat A, Kannarunimit D, Chakkabat C, Lertbutsayanukul C, Sriswasdi S, Rakvongthai Y. Multimodality radiomics for tumor prognosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0298111. [PMID: 38346058 PMCID: PMC10861073 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/13/2024] [Indexed: 02/15/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND The prognosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is challenging due to late-stage identification and frequently undetectable Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA. Incorporating radiomic features, which quantify tumor characteristics from imaging, may enhance prognosis assessment. PURPOSE To investigate the predictive power of radiomic features on overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), and distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS) in NPC. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective analysis of 183 NPC patients treated with chemoradiotherapy from 2010 to 2019 was conducted. All patients were followed for at least three years. The pretreatment CT images with contrast medium, MR images (T1W and T2W), as well as gross tumor volume (GTV) contours, were used to extract radiomic features using PyRadiomics v.2.0. Robust and efficient radiomic features were chosen using the intraclass correlation test and univariate Cox proportional hazard regression analysis. They were then combined with clinical data including age, gender, tumor stage, and EBV DNA level for prognostic evaluation using Cox proportional hazard regression models with recursive feature elimination (RFE) and were optimized using 20 repetitions of a five-fold cross-validation scheme. RESULTS Integrating radiomics with clinical data significantly enhanced the predictive power, yielding a C-index of 0.788 ± 0.066 to 0.848 ± 0.079 for the combined model versus 0.745 ± 0.082 to 0.766 ± 0.083 for clinical data alone (p<0.05). Multimodality radiomics combined with clinical data offered the highest performance. Despite the absence of EBV DNA, radiomics integration significantly improved survival predictions (C-index ranging from 0.770 ± 0.070 to 0.831 ± 0.083 in combined model versus 0.727 ± 0.084 to 0.734 ± 0.088 in clinical model, p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS The combination of multimodality radiomic features from CT and MR images could offer superior predictive performance for OS, PFS, and DMFS compared to relying on conventional clinical data alone.
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- Sararas Khongwirotphan
- Department of Radiological Technology and Medical Physics, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Chulalongkorn University Biomedical Imaging Group, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Research Affairs, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Center of Excellence in Computational Molecular Biology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Chulalongkorn University Biomedical Imaging Group, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Lu HJ, Shen CY, Chiu YW, Lin WL, Peng CY, Tseng HC, Hsin CH, Chuang CY, Chen CC, Wu MF, Huang WS, Shen WC. Radiomic biomarkers for platinum-refractory head and neck cancer in the era of immunotherapy. Oral Dis 2024. [PMID: 38178608 DOI: 10.1111/odi.14854] [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: 06/16/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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OBJECTIVE Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) are recommended as the first-line therapy for platinum-refractory head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), a disease with a poor prognosis. However, biomarkers in this situation are rare. The objective was to identify radiomic features-associated biomarkers to guide the prognosis and treatment opinions in the era of ICI. METHODS A total of 31 platinum-refractory HNSCC patients were retrospectively enrolled. Of these, 65.5% (20/31) received ICI-based therapy and 35.5% (11/31) did not. Radiomic features of the primary site at the onset of recurrent metastatic (R/M) status were extracted. Prognostic and predictive radiomic biomarkers were analysed. RESULTS The median overall survival from R/M status (R/M OS) was 9.6 months. Grey-level co-occurrence matrix-associated texture features were the most important in identifying the patients with or without 9-month R/M death. A radiomic risk-stratification model was established and equally separated the patients into high-, intermittent- and lower-risk groups (1-year R/M death rate, 100.0% vs. 70.8% vs. 27.1%, p = 0.001). Short-run high grey-level emphasis (SRHGE) was more suitable than programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression in selecting whether patients received ICI-based therapy. CONCLUSIONS Radiomic features were effective prognostic and predictive biomarkers. Future studies are warranted.
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- Hsueh-Ju Lu
- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- College of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- College of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Imaging, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Stomatology, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- College of Oral Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- College of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Pathology, Chung Shan Medical University and Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Stomatology, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- College of Oral Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- College of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- College of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Otolaryngology, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- College of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Otolaryngology, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- College of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- College of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- College of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Artificial Intelligence Center, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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Nguyen TM, Bertolus C, Giraud P, Burgun A, Saintigny P, Bibault JE, Foy JP. A Radiomics Approach to Identify Immunologically Active Tumor in Patients with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:5369. [PMID: 38001629 PMCID: PMC10670096 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15225369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Revised: 11/05/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND We recently developed a gene-expression-based HOT score to identify the hot/cold phenotype of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs), which is associated with the response to immunotherapy. Our goal was to determine whether radiomic profiling from computed tomography (CT) scans can distinguish hot and cold HNSCC. METHOD We included 113 patients from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and 20 patients from the Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière (GHPS) with HNSCC, all with available pre-treatment CT scans. The hot/cold phenotype was computed for all patients using the HOT score. The IBEX software (version 4.11.9, accessed on 30 march 2020) was used to extract radiomic features from the delineated tumor region in both datasets, and the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was computed to select robust features. Machine learning classifier models were trained and tested in the TCGA dataset and validated using the area under the receiver operator characteristic curve (AUC) in the GHPS cohort. RESULTS A total of 144 radiomic features with an ICC >0.9 was selected. An XGBoost model including these selected features showed the best performance prediction of the hot/cold phenotype with AUC = 0.86 in the GHPS validation dataset. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE We identified a relevant radiomic model to capture the overall hot/cold phenotype of HNSCC. This non-invasive approach could help with the identification of patients with HNSCC who may benefit from immunotherapy.
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- Tan Mai Nguyen
- Sorbonne Université, Department of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, 75013 Paris, France; (T.M.N.); (C.B.)
- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, INSERM 1052, CNRS 5286, Centre Léon Bérard, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, 69008 Lyon, France;
- INSERM, UMR S1138, Cordeliers Research Center, Université Paris Cité, 75005 Paris, France; (P.G.); (A.B.); (J.-E.B.)
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- Sorbonne Université, Department of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, 75013 Paris, France; (T.M.N.); (C.B.)
- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, INSERM 1052, CNRS 5286, Centre Léon Bérard, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, 69008 Lyon, France;
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- INSERM, UMR S1138, Cordeliers Research Center, Université Paris Cité, 75005 Paris, France; (P.G.); (A.B.); (J.-E.B.)
- Sorbonne Université, Department of Radiation Oncology, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, 75013 Paris, France
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- INSERM, UMR S1138, Cordeliers Research Center, Université Paris Cité, 75005 Paris, France; (P.G.); (A.B.); (J.-E.B.)
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, INSERM 1052, CNRS 5286, Centre Léon Bérard, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, 69008 Lyon, France;
- Department of Medical Oncology, Centre Léon Bérard, 69008 Lyon, France
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- INSERM, UMR S1138, Cordeliers Research Center, Université Paris Cité, 75005 Paris, France; (P.G.); (A.B.); (J.-E.B.)
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, Université Paris Cité, 75015 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Department of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, 75013 Paris, France; (T.M.N.); (C.B.)
- Sorbonne Université, INSERM UMRS 938, Centre de Recherche de Saint Antoine, Team Cancer Biology and Therapeutics, 75011 Paris, France
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Zhong NN, Wang HQ, Huang XY, Li ZZ, Cao LM, Huo FY, Liu B, Bu LL. Enhancing head and neck tumor management with artificial intelligence: Integration and perspectives. Semin Cancer Biol 2023; 95:52-74. [PMID: 37473825 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2023.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2023] [Revised: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 07/15/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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Head and neck tumors (HNTs) constitute a multifaceted ensemble of pathologies that primarily involve regions such as the oral cavity, pharynx, and nasal cavity. The intricate anatomical structure of these regions poses considerable challenges to efficacious treatment strategies. Despite the availability of myriad treatment modalities, the overall therapeutic efficacy for HNTs continues to remain subdued. In recent years, the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare practices has garnered noteworthy attention. AI modalities, inclusive of machine learning (ML), neural networks (NNs), and deep learning (DL), when amalgamated into the holistic management of HNTs, promise to augment the precision, safety, and efficacy of treatment regimens. The integration of AI within HNT management is intricately intertwined with domains such as medical imaging, bioinformatics, and medical robotics. This article intends to scrutinize the cutting-edge advancements and prospective applications of AI in the realm of HNTs, elucidating AI's indispensable role in prevention, diagnosis, treatment, prognostication, research, and inter-sectoral integration. The overarching objective is to stimulate scholarly discourse and invigorate insights among medical practitioners and researchers to propel further exploration, thereby facilitating superior therapeutic alternatives for patients.
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- Nian-Nian Zhong
- State Key Laboratory of Oral & Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Stomatology, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral & Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Stomatology, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral & Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Stomatology, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral & Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Stomatology, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral & Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Stomatology, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral & Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Stomatology, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral & Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Stomatology, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China; Department of Oral & Maxillofacial - Head Neck Oncology, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral & Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Stomatology, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China; Department of Oral & Maxillofacial - Head Neck Oncology, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China.
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Kazmierski M, Welch M, Kim S, McIntosh C, Rey-McIntyre K, Huang SH, Patel T, Tadic T, Milosevic M, Liu FF, Ryczkowski A, Kazmierska J, Ye Z, Plana D, Aerts HJ, Kann BH, Bratman SV, Hope AJ, Haibe-Kains B. Multi-institutional Prognostic Modeling in Head and Neck Cancer: Evaluating Impact and Generalizability of Deep Learning and Radiomics. CANCER RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 2023; 3:1140-1151. [PMID: 37397861 PMCID: PMC10309070 DOI: 10.1158/2767-9764.crc-22-0152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023]
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Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are becoming critical in developing and deploying personalized medicine and targeted clinical trials. Recent advances in ML have enabled the integration of wider ranges of data including both medical records and imaging (radiomics). However, the development of prognostic models is complex as no modeling strategy is universally superior to others and validation of developed models requires large and diverse datasets to demonstrate that prognostic models developed (regardless of method) from one dataset are applicable to other datasets both internally and externally. Using a retrospective dataset of 2,552 patients from a single institution and a strict evaluation framework that included external validation on three external patient cohorts (873 patients), we crowdsourced the development of ML models to predict overall survival in head and neck cancer (HNC) using electronic medical records (EMR) and pretreatment radiological images. To assess the relative contributions of radiomics in predicting HNC prognosis, we compared 12 different models using imaging and/or EMR data. The model with the highest accuracy used multitask learning on clinical data and tumor volume, achieving high prognostic accuracy for 2-year and lifetime survival prediction, outperforming models relying on clinical data only, engineered radiomics, or complex deep neural network architecture. However, when we attempted to extend the best performing models from this large training dataset to other institutions, we observed significant reductions in the performance of the model in those datasets, highlighting the importance of detailed population-based reporting for AI/ML model utility and stronger validation frameworks. We have developed highly prognostic models for overall survival in HNC using EMRs and pretreatment radiological images based on a large, retrospective dataset of 2,552 patients from our institution.Diverse ML approaches were used by independent investigators. The model with the highest accuracy used multitask learning on clinical data and tumor volume.External validation of the top three performing models on three datasets (873 patients) with significant differences in the distributions of clinical and demographic variables demonstrated significant decreases in model performance. Significance ML combined with simple prognostic factors outperformed multiple advanced CT radiomics and deep learning methods. ML models provided diverse solutions for prognosis of patients with HNC but their prognostic value is affected by differences in patient populations and require extensive validation.
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- Michal Kazmierski
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- TECHNA Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- TECHNA Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- TECHNA Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- TECHNA Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medical Physics, Greater Poland Cancer Centre, Poznan, Poland
- Department of Electroradiology, University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Electroradiology, University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
- Department of Radiotherapy II, Greater Poland Cancer Centre, Poznan, Poland
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- Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIM) Program, Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Brigham and Women's Hosptial, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIM) Program, Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Brigham and Women's Hosptial, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIM) Program, Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Brigham and Women's Hosptial, Boston, Massachusetts
- Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, CARIM and GROW, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIM) Program, Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Brigham and Women's Hosptial, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Cui T, Liu R, Jing Y, Fu J, Chen J. Development of machine learning models aiming at knee osteoarthritis diagnosing: an MRI radiomics analysis. J Orthop Surg Res 2023; 18:375. [PMID: 37210510 DOI: 10.1186/s13018-023-03837-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2023] [Accepted: 05/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND To develop and assess the performance of machine learning (ML) models based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radiomics analysis for knee osteoarthritis (KOA) diagnosis. METHODS This retrospective study analysed 148 consecutive patients (72 with KOA and 76 without) with available MRI image data, where radiomics features in cartilage portions were extracted and then filtered. Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was calculated to quantify the reproducibility of features, and a threshold of 0.8 was set. The training and validation cohorts consisted of 117 and 31 cases, respectively. Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression method was employed for feature selection. The ML classifiers were logistic regression (LR), K-nearest neighbour (KNN) and support vector machine (SVM). In each algorithm, ten models derived from all available planes of three joint compartments and their various combinations were, respectively, constructed for comparative analysis. The performance of classifiers was mainly evaluated and compared by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. RESULTS All models achieved satisfying performances, especially the Final model, where accuracy and area under ROC curve (AUC) of LR classifier were 0.968, 0.983 (0.957-1.000, 95% CI) in the validation cohort, and 0.940, 0.984 (0.969-0.995, 95% CI) in the training cohort, respectively. CONCLUSION The MRI radiomics analysis represented promising performance in noninvasive and preoperative KOA diagnosis, especially when considering all available planes of all three compartments of knee joints.
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- Tingrun Cui
- Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China
- Department of Orthopaedics, The First Medical Centre of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bone and Joint Surgery, Jining No. 2 People's Hospital, Jining, Shandong, China
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- Huiying Medical Technology Co. Ltd, Beijing, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, The First Medical Centre of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Orthopaedics, The First Medical Centre of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
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Pan Z, Men K, Liang B, Song Z, Wu R, Dai J. A subregion-based prediction model for local-regional recurrence risk in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Radiother Oncol 2023; 184:109684. [PMID: 37120101 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2023.109684] [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: 12/04/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Given that the intratumoral heterogeneity of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma may be related to the local control rate of radiotherapy, the aim of this study was to construct a subregion-based model that can predict the risk of local-regional recurrence, and to quantitatively assess the relative contribution of subregions. MATERIALS AND METHODS The CT images, PET images, dose images and GTVs of 228 patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma from four different institutions of the The Cancer Imaging Archive(TCIA) were included in the study. Using a supervoxel segmentation algorithm called maskSLIC to generate individual-level subregions. After extracting 1781 radiomics and 1767 dosiomics features from subregions, an attention-based multiple instance risk prediction model (MIR) was established. The GTV model was developed based on the whole tumour area and was used to compare the prediction performance with the MIR model. Furthermore, the MIR-Clinical model was constructed by integrating the MIR model with clinical factors. Subregional analysis was carried out through the Wilcoxon test to find the differential radiomic features between the highest and lowest weighted subregions. RESULTS Compared with the GTV model, the C-index of MIR model was significantly increased from 0.624 to 0.721(Wilcoxon test, p value< 0.0001). When MIR model was combined with clinical factors, the C-index was further increased to 0.766. Subregional analysis showed that for LR patients, the top three differential radiomic features between the highest and lowest weighted subregions were GLRLM_ShortRunHighGrayLevelEmphasis, GRLM_HghGrayLevelRunEmphasis and GLRLM_LongRunHighGrayLevelEmphasis. CONCLUSION This study developed a subregion-based model that can predict the risk of local-regional recurrence and quantitatively assess relevant subregions, which may provide technical support for the precision radiotherapy in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
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- Ziqi Pan
- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China.
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Shoemaker K, Ger R, Court LE, Aerts H, Vannucci M, Peterson CB. Bayesian feature selection for radiomics using reliability metrics. Front Genet 2023; 14:1112914. [PMID: 36968604 PMCID: PMC10030957 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1112914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/10/2023] Open
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Introduction: Imaging of tumors is a standard step in diagnosing cancer and making subsequent treatment decisions. The field of radiomics aims to develop imaging based biomarkers using methods rooted in artificial intelligence applied to medical imaging. However, a challenging aspect of developing predictive models for clinical use is that many quantitative features derived from image data exhibit instability or lack of reproducibility across different imaging systems or image-processing pipelines.Methods: To address this challenge, we propose a Bayesian sparse modeling approach for image classification based on radiomic features, where the inclusion of more reliable features is favored via a probit prior formulation.Results: We verify through simulation studies that this approach can improve feature selection and prediction given correct prior information. Finally, we illustrate the method with an application to the classification of head and neck cancer patients by human papillomavirus status, using as our prior information a reliability metric quantifying feature stability across different imaging systems.
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- Katherine Shoemaker
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, TX, United States
- *Correspondence: Katherine Shoemaker,
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIM) Program, Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, United States
- Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, CARIM & GROW, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Department of Statistics, Rice University, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States
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Dovrou A, Bei E, Sfakianakis S, Marias K, Papanikolaou N, Zervakis M. Synergies of Radiomics and Transcriptomics in Lung Cancer Diagnosis: A Pilot Study. Diagnostics (Basel) 2023; 13:738. [PMID: 36832225 PMCID: PMC9955510 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics13040738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Revised: 02/10/2023] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2023] Open
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Radiotranscriptomics is an emerging field that aims to investigate the relationships between the radiomic features extracted from medical images and gene expression profiles that contribute in the diagnosis, treatment planning, and prognosis of cancer. This study proposes a methodological framework for the investigation of these associations with application on non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Six publicly available NSCLC datasets with transcriptomics data were used to derive and validate a transcriptomic signature for its ability to differentiate between cancer and non-malignant lung tissue. A publicly available dataset of 24 NSCLC-diagnosed patients, with both transcriptomic and imaging data, was used for the joint radiotranscriptomic analysis. For each patient, 749 Computed Tomography (CT) radiomic features were extracted and the corresponding transcriptomics data were provided through DNA microarrays. The radiomic features were clustered using the iterative K-means algorithm resulting in 77 homogeneous clusters, represented by meta-radiomic features. The most significant differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were selected by performing Significance Analysis of Microarrays (SAM) and 2-fold change. The interactions among the CT imaging features and the selected DEGs were investigated using SAM and a Spearman rank correlation test with a False Discovery Rate (FDR) of 5%, leading to the extraction of 73 DEGs significantly correlated with radiomic features. These genes were used to produce predictive models of the meta-radiomics features, defined as p-metaomics features, by performing Lasso regression. Of the 77 meta-radiomic features, 51 can be modeled in terms of the transcriptomic signature. These significant radiotranscriptomics relationships form a reliable basis to biologically justify the radiomics features extracted from anatomic imaging modalities. Thus, the biological value of these radiomic features was justified via enrichment analysis on their transcriptomics-based regression models, revealing closely associated biological processes and pathways. Overall, the proposed methodological framework provides joint radiotranscriptomics markers and models to support the connection and complementarities between the transcriptome and the phenotype in cancer, as demonstrated in the case of NSCLC.
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- Aikaterini Dovrou
- Digital Image and Signal Processing Laboratory, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Technical University of Crete, GR-73100 Chania, Greece
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- Digital Image and Signal Processing Laboratory, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Technical University of Crete, GR-73100 Chania, Greece
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- Computational BioMedicine Laboratory, Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, GR-70013 Heraklion, Greece
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- Computational BioMedicine Laboratory, Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, GR-70013 Heraklion, Greece
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hellenic Mediterranean University, GR-71410 Heraklion, Greece
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- Computational Clinical Imaging Group, Champalimaud Clinical Centre, Champalimaud Foundation, Avenida Brasilia, 1400-038 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Digital Image and Signal Processing Laboratory, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Technical University of Crete, GR-73100 Chania, Greece
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Radiomics Applications in Head and Neck Tumor Imaging: A Narrative Review. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:cancers15041174. [PMID: 36831517 PMCID: PMC9954362 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15041174] [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: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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Recent advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence technology have ensured automated evaluation of medical images. As a result, quantifiable diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers have been created. We discuss radiomics applications for the head and neck region in this paper. Molecular characterization, categorization, prognosis and therapy recommendation are given special consideration. In a narrative manner, we outline the fundamental technological principles, the overall idea and usual workflow of radiomic analysis and what seem to be the present and potential challenges in normal clinical practice. Clinical oncology intends for all of this to ensure informed decision support for personalized and useful cancer treatment. Head and neck cancers present a unique set of diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. These challenges are brought on by the complicated anatomy and heterogeneity of the area under investigation. Radiomics has the potential to address these barriers. Future research must be interdisciplinary and focus on the study of certain oncologic functions and outcomes, with external validation and multi-institutional cooperation in order to achieve this.
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Shah D, Gehani A, Mahajan A, Chakrabarty N. Advanced Techniques in Head and Neck Cancer Imaging: Guide to Precision Cancer Management. Crit Rev Oncog 2023; 28:45-62. [PMID: 37830215 DOI: 10.1615/critrevoncog.2023047799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2023]
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Precision treatment requires precision imaging. With the advent of various advanced techniques in head and neck cancer treatment, imaging has become an integral part of the multidisciplinary approach to head and neck cancer care from diagnosis to staging and also plays a vital role in response evaluation in various tumors. Conventional anatomic imaging (CT scan, MRI, ultrasound) remains basic and focuses on defining the anatomical extent of the disease and its spread. Accurate assessment of the biological behavior of tumors, including tumor cellularity, growth, and response evaluation, is evolving with recent advances in molecular, functional, and hybrid/multiplex imaging. Integration of these various advanced diagnostic imaging and nonimaging methods aids understanding of cancer pathophysiology and provides a more comprehensive evaluation in this era of precision treatment. Here we discuss the current status of various advanced imaging techniques and their applications in head and neck cancer imaging.
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- Diva Shah
- Senior Consultant Radiologist, Department of Radiodiagnosis, HCG Cancer Centre, Ahmedabad, 380060, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Tata Medical Centre, New Town, WB 700160, India
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- Department of Radiology, The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, L7 8YA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis, Tata Memorial Hospital, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), 400012, Mumbai, India
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Tian R, Li Y, Jia C, Mou Y, Zhang H, Wu X, Li J, Yu G, Mao N, Song X. Radiomics Model for Predicting TP53 Status Using CT and Machine Learning Approach in Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Front Oncol 2022; 12:823428. [PMID: 35574352 PMCID: PMC9095903 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.823428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2021] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Objective We aim to establish and validate computed tomography (CT)-based radiomics model for predicting TP53 status in patients with laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC). Methods We divided all patients into a training set 1 (n=66) and a testing set 1 (n=30) to establish and validate radiomics model to predict TP53. Radiomics features were selected by analysis of variance (ANOVA) and the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (Lasso) regression analysis. Five radiomics models were established by using K-Nearest Neighbor, logistics regressive, linear-support vector machine (SVM), gaussian-SVM, and polynomial-SVM in training set 1. We also divided all patients into a training set 2 and a testing set 2 according to different CT equipment to establish and evaluate the stability of the radiomics models. Results After ANOVA and subsequent Lasso regression analysis, 22 radiomics features were selected to build the radiomics model in training set 1. The radiomics model based on linear-SVM has the best predictive performance of the five models, and the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve in training set 1 and testing set 1 were 0.831(95% confidence interval [CI] 0.692–0.970) and 0.797(95% CI 0.632–0.957) respectively. The specificity, sensitivity, and accuracy were 0.971(95% CI 0.834–0.999), 0.714(95% CI 0.535–0.848), and 0.843(95% CI 0.657–0.928) in training set 1 and 0.750(95% CI 0.500–0.938), 0.786(95% CI 0.571–1.000), and 0.667(95% CI 0.467–0.720) in testing set 1, respectively. In addition, the radiomics model also achieved stable prediction results even in different CT equipment. Decision curve analysis showed that the radiomics model for predicting TP53 status could benefit LSCC patients. Conclusion We developed and validated a relatively optimal radiomics model for TP53 status prediction by trying five different machine learning methods in patients with LSCC. It shown great potential of radiomics features for predicting TP53 status preoperatively and guiding clinical treatment.
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- Ruxian Tian
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The Affiliated Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The Affiliated Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The Affiliated Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The Affiliated Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The Affiliated Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The Affiliated Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai, China
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- Department of Pathology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The Affiliated Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai, China.,Shandong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases, Yantai, China
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Ding H, Wu C, Liao N, Zhan Q, Sun W, Huang Y, Jiang Z, Li Y. Radiomics in Oncology: A 10-Year Bibliometric Analysis. Front Oncol 2021; 11:689802. [PMID: 34616671 PMCID: PMC8488302 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.689802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Objectives To date, radiomics has been applied in oncology for over a decade and has shown great progress. We used a bibliometric analysis to analyze the publications of radiomics in oncology to clearly illustrate the current situation and future trends and encourage more researchers to participate in radiomics research in oncology. Methods Publications for radiomics in oncology were downloaded from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC). WoSCC data were collected, and CiteSpace was used for a bibliometric analysis of countries, institutions, journals, authors, keywords, and references pertaining to this field. The state of research and areas of focus were analyzed through burst detection. Results A total of 7,199 pieces of literature concerning radiomics in oncology were analyzed on CiteSpace. The number of publications has undergone rapid growth and continues to increase. The USA and Chinese Academy of Sciences are found to be the most prolific country and institution, respectively. In terms of journals and co-cited journals, Scientific Reports is ranked highest with respect to the number of publications, and Radiology is ranked highest among co-cited journals. Moreover, Jie Tian has published the most publications, and Phillipe Lambin is the most cited author. A paper published by Gillies et al. presents the highest citation counts. Artificial intelligence (AI), segmentation methods, and the use of radiomics for classification and diagnosis in oncology are major areas of focus in this field. Test-retest statistics, including reproducibility and statistical methods of radiomics research, the relation between genomics and radiomics, and applications of radiomics to sarcoma and intensity-modulated radiotherapy, are frontier areas of this field. Conclusion To our knowledge, this is the first study to provide an overview of the literature related to radiomics in oncology and may inspire researchers from multiple disciplines to engage in radiomics-related research.
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- Haoran Ding
- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Department of Head and Neck Oncology Surgery, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Department of Head and Neck Oncology Surgery, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Department of Head and Neck Oncology Surgery, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Department of Head and Neck Oncology Surgery, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Department of Head and Neck Oncology Surgery, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Department of Head and Neck Oncology Surgery, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Department of Head and Neck Oncology Surgery, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Department of Head and Neck Oncology Surgery, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Keek SA, Wesseling FWR, Woodruff HC, van Timmeren JE, Nauta IH, Hoffmann TK, Cavalieri S, Calareso G, Primakov S, Leijenaar RTH, Licitra L, Ravanelli M, Scheckenbach K, Poli T, Lanfranco D, Vergeer MR, Leemans CR, Brakenhoff RH, Hoebers FJP, Lambin P. A Prospectively Validated Prognostic Model for Patients with Locally Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck Based on Radiomics of Computed Tomography Images. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:3271. [PMID: 34210048 PMCID: PMC8269129 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13133271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Revised: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Locoregionally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) patients have high relapse and mortality rates. Imaging-based decision support may improve outcomes by optimising personalised treatment, and support patient risk stratification. We propose a multifactorial prognostic model including radiomics features to improve risk stratification for advanced HNSCC, compared to TNM eighth edition, the gold standard. PATIENT AND METHODS Data of 666 retrospective- and 143 prospective-stage III-IVA/B HNSCC patients were collected. A multivariable Cox proportional-hazards model was trained to predict overall survival (OS) using diagnostic CT-based radiomics features extracted from the primary tumour. Separate analyses were performed using TNM8, tumour volume, clinical and biological variables, and combinations thereof with radiomics features. Patient risk stratification in three groups was assessed through Kaplan-Meier (KM) curves. A log-rank test was performed for significance (p-value < 0.05). The prognostic accuracy was reported through the concordance index (CI). RESULTS A model combining an 11-feature radiomics signature, clinical and biological variables, TNM8, and volume could significantly stratify the validation cohort into three risk groups (p < 0∙01, CI of 0.79 as validation). CONCLUSION A combination of radiomics features with other predictors can predict OS very accurately for advanced HNSCC patients and improves on the current gold standard of TNM8.
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- Simon A. Keek
- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Universiteitssingel 40, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands; (S.A.K.); (H.C.W.); (S.P.)
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- Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO), GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Postbus 3035, 6202 NA Maastricht, The Netherlands; (F.W.R.W.); (F.J.P.H.)
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Universiteitssingel 40, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands; (S.A.K.); (H.C.W.); (S.P.)
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, P.O. Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zürich, University of Zürich, Rämistrasse 100, 8091 Zürich, Switzerland;
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- Amsterdam UMC, Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Postbus 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (I.H.N.); (C.R.L.); (R.H.B.)
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head Neck Surgery, i2SOUL Consortium, University of Ulm, Frauensteige 14a (Haus 18), 89075 Ulm, Germany;
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- Head and Neck Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, via Giacomo Venezian, University of Milan, 1 20133 Milano, Italy; (S.C.); (L.L.)
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- Radiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori via Giacomo Venezian, 1 20133 Milano, Italy;
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Universiteitssingel 40, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands; (S.A.K.); (H.C.W.); (S.P.)
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- Head and Neck Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, via Giacomo Venezian, University of Milan, 1 20133 Milano, Italy; (S.C.); (L.L.)
- Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, via S. Sofia 9/1, 20122 Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Brescia, Viale Europa, 11-25123 Brescia, Italy;
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- Department. of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Moorenstr. 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany;
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- Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma-University Hospital of Parma, via Università, 12-I, 43121 Parma, Italy; (T.P.); (D.L.)
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- Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma-University Hospital of Parma, via Università, 12-I, 43121 Parma, Italy; (T.P.); (D.L.)
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- Amsterdam UMC, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Department of Radiation Oncology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Postbus 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
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- Amsterdam UMC, Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Postbus 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (I.H.N.); (C.R.L.); (R.H.B.)
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- Amsterdam UMC, Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Postbus 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (I.H.N.); (C.R.L.); (R.H.B.)
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- Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO), GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Postbus 3035, 6202 NA Maastricht, The Netherlands; (F.W.R.W.); (F.J.P.H.)
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Universiteitssingel 40, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands; (S.A.K.); (H.C.W.); (S.P.)
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, P.O. Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
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La Greca Saint-Esteven A, Vuong D, Tschanz F, van Timmeren JE, Dal Bello R, Waller V, Pruschy M, Guckenberger M, Tanadini-Lang S. Systematic Review on the Association of Radiomics with Tumor Biological Endpoints. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13123015. [PMID: 34208595 PMCID: PMC8234501 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13123015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2021] [Revised: 06/10/2021] [Accepted: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Radiomics supposes an alternative non-invasive tumor characterization tool, which has experienced increased interest with the advent of more powerful computers and more sophisticated machine learning algorithms. Nonetheless, the incorporation of radiomics in cancer clinical-decision support systems still necessitates a thorough analysis of its relationship with tumor biology. Herein, we present a systematic review focusing on the clinical evidence of radiomics as a surrogate method for tumor molecular profile characterization. An extensive literature review was conducted in PubMed, including papers on radiomics and a selected set of clinically relevant and commonly used tumor molecular markers. We summarized our findings based on different cancer entities, additionally evaluating the effect of different modalities for the prediction of biomarkers at each tumor site. Results suggest the existence of an association between the studied biomarkers and radiomics from different modalities and different tumor sites, even though a larger number of multi-center studies are required to further validate the reported outcomes.
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- Agustina La Greca Saint-Esteven
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland; (D.V.); (J.E.v.T.); (R.D.B.); (M.G.); (S.T.-L.)
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland; (D.V.); (J.E.v.T.); (R.D.B.); (M.G.); (S.T.-L.)
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- Laboratory of Applied Radiobiology, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland; (F.T.); (V.W.); (M.P.)
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland; (D.V.); (J.E.v.T.); (R.D.B.); (M.G.); (S.T.-L.)
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland; (D.V.); (J.E.v.T.); (R.D.B.); (M.G.); (S.T.-L.)
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- Laboratory of Applied Radiobiology, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland; (F.T.); (V.W.); (M.P.)
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- Laboratory of Applied Radiobiology, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland; (F.T.); (V.W.); (M.P.)
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland; (D.V.); (J.E.v.T.); (R.D.B.); (M.G.); (S.T.-L.)
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland; (D.V.); (J.E.v.T.); (R.D.B.); (M.G.); (S.T.-L.)
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Bogowicz M, Pavic M, Riesterer O, Finazzi T, Garcia Schüler H, Holz-Sapra E, Rudofsky L, Basler L, Spaniol M, Ambrusch A, Hüllner M, Guckenberger M, Tanadini-Lang S. Targeting Treatment Resistance in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma - Proof of Concept for CT Radiomics-Based Identification of Resistant Sub-Volumes. Front Oncol 2021; 11:664304. [PMID: 34123824 PMCID: PMC8191457 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.664304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Purpose Radiomics has already been proposed as a prognostic biomarker in head and neck cancer (HNSCC). However, its predictive power in radiotherapy has not yet been studied. Here, we investigated a local radiomics approach to distinguish between tumor sub-volumes with different levels of radiosensitivity as a possible target for radiation dose intensification. Materials and Methods Of 40 patients (n=28 training and n=12 validation) with biopsy confirmed locally recurrent HNSCC, pretreatment contrast-enhanced CT images were registered with follow-up PET/CT imaging allowing identification of controlled (GTVcontrol) vs non-controlled (GTVrec) tumor sub-volumes on pretreatment imaging. A bi-regional model was built using radiomic features extracted from pretreatment CT in the GTVrec and GTVcontrol to differentiate between those regions. Additionally, concept of local radiomics was implemented to perform detection task. The original tumor volume was divided into sub-volumes with no prior information on the location of recurrence. Radiomic features from those sub-volumes were then used to detect recurrent sub-volumes using multivariable logistic regression. Results Radiomic features extracted from non-controlled regions differed significantly from those in controlled regions (training AUC = 0.79 CI 95% 0.66 - 0.91 and validation AUC = 0.88 CI 95% 0.72 – 1.00). Local radiomics analysis allowed efficient detection of non-controlled sub-volumes both in the training AUC = 0.66 (CI 95% 0.56 – 0.75) and validation cohort 0.70 (CI 95% 0.53 – 0.86), however performance of this model was inferior to bi-regional model. Both models indicated that sub-volumes characterized by higher heterogeneity were linked to tumor recurrence. Conclusion Local radiomics is able to detect sub-volumes with decreased radiosensitivity, associated with location of tumor recurrence in HNSCC in the pre-treatment CT imaging. This proof of concept study, indicates that local CT radiomics can be used as predictive biomarker in radiotherapy and potential target for dose intensification.
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- Marta Bogowicz
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Centre for Radiation Oncology KSA-KSB, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Ren R, Luo H, Su C, Yao Y, Liao W. Machine learning in dental, oral and craniofacial imaging: a review of recent progress. PeerJ 2021; 9:e11451. [PMID: 34046262 PMCID: PMC8136280 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11451] [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] [Received: 10/02/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Artificial intelligence has been emerging as an increasingly important aspect of our daily lives and is widely applied in medical science. One major application of artificial intelligence in medical science is medical imaging. As a major component of artificial intelligence, many machine learning models are applied in medical diagnosis and treatment with the advancement of technology and medical imaging facilities. The popularity of convolutional neural network in dental, oral and craniofacial imaging is heightening, as it has been continually applied to a broader spectrum of scientific studies. Our manuscript reviews the fundamental principles and rationales behind machine learning, and summarizes its research progress and its recent applications specifically in dental, oral and craniofacial imaging. It also reviews the problems that remain to be resolved and evaluates the prospect of the future development of this field of scientific study.
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- Ruiyang Ren
- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- School of Computer Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Implantology, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Orthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Department of Orthodontics, Osaka Dental University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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Wang JH, Wahid KA, van Dijk LV, Farahani K, Thompson RF, Fuller CD. Radiomic biomarkers of tumor immune biology and immunotherapy response. Clin Transl Radiat Oncol 2021; 28:97-115. [PMID: 33937530 PMCID: PMC8076712 DOI: 10.1016/j.ctro.2021.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Revised: 03/20/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Immunotherapies are leading to improved outcomes for many cancers, including those with devastating prognoses. As therapies like immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) become a mainstay in treatment regimens, many concurrent challenges have arisen - for instance, delineating clinical responders from non-responders. Predicting response has proven to be difficult given a lack of consistent and accurate biomarkers, heterogeneity of the tumor microenvironment (TME), and a poor understanding of resistance mechanisms. For the most part, imaging data have remained an untapped, yet abundant, resource to address these challenges. In recent years, quantitative image analyses have highlighted the utility of medical imaging in predicting tumor phenotypes, prognosis, and therapeutic response. These studies have been fueled by an explosion of resources in high-throughput mining of image features (i.e. radiomics) and artificial intelligence. In this review, we highlight current progress in radiomics to understand tumor immune biology and predict clinical responses to immunotherapies. We also discuss limitations in these studies and future directions for the field, particularly if high-dimensional imaging data are to play a larger role in precision medicine.
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- Jarey H. Wang
- Medical Scientist Training Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Department of Radiation Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States
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Zhang MH, Hasse A, Carroll T, Pearson AT, Cipriani NA, Ginat DT. Differentiating low and high grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the salivary glands using CT radiomics. Gland Surg 2021; 10:1646-1654. [PMID: 34164309 DOI: 10.21037/gs-20-830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Background The purpose of this study is to determine if Haralick texture analysis on CT imaging of mucoepidermoid carcinomas (MEC) can differentiate low-grade and high-grade tumors. Methods A retrospective review of 18 patients with MEC of the salivary glands, corresponding CT imaging and pathology report was performed. Tumors were manually segmented and image analysis was performed to calculate radiomic features. Radiomic features were compared between low-grade and high-grade MEC. A multivariable logistic regression model and receiver operating characteristic analysis was performed. Results A total of 18 patients (mean age, 51, range 9-83 years, 8 men and 10 women) were included. Nine patients had low-grade pathology and nine patients had high-grade pathology. Of the 18 cases, 7 (39%) occurred in the parotid gland and 11 (61%) occurred in minor salivary glands. No individual feature was significantly different between low-grade and high-grade MEC. A logistic regression model including surface regularity, energy and information measure II of correlation was performed and was able to predict high-grade MEC accurately (sensitivity 89%, specificity 68%). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.802. Conclusions High-grade MEC tend to have a low energy, high correlation texture as well as surface irregularity. Together, these three features may comprise a tumor phenotype that is able to predict high-grade pathology in MECs.
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- Michael H Zhang
- Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago IL, USA
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- Graduate Program in Medical Physics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Graduate Program in Medical Physics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Radiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago IL, USA
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Elhalawani H, Mak R. Are Artificial Intelligence Challenges Becoming Radiology's New "Bee's Knees"? Radiol Artif Intell 2021; 3:e210056. [PMID: 34138989 PMCID: PMC8204138 DOI: 10.1148/ryai.2021210056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Revised: 02/20/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Hesham Elhalawani
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115
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Radiomic Model Predicts Lymph Node Response to Induction Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer. Diagnostics (Basel) 2021; 11:diagnostics11040588. [PMID: 33806029 PMCID: PMC8064478 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11040588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Revised: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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This study developed a pretreatment CT-based radiomic model of lymph node response to induction chemotherapy in locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) patients. This was a single-center retrospective study of patients with locally advanced HPV+ HNSCC. Forty-one enlarged lymph nodes were found from 27 patients on pretreatment CT and were split into 3:1 training and testing cohorts. Ninety-three radiomic features were extracted. A radiomic model and a combined radiomic-clinical model predicting lymph node response to induction chemotherapy were developed using multivariable logistic regression. Median age was 57 years old, and 93% of patients were male. Post-treatment evaluation was 32 days after treatment, with a median reduction in lymph node volume of 66%. A three-feature radiomic model (minimum, skewness, and low gray level run emphasis) and a combined radiomic-clinical model were developed. The combined model performed the best, with AUC = 0.85 on the training cohort and AUC = 0.75 on the testing cohort. A pretreatment CT-based lymph node radiomic signature combined with clinical parameters was able to predict nodal response to induction chemotherapy for patients with locally advanced HNSCC.
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Five candidate biomarkers associated with the diagnosis and prognosis of cervical cancer. Biosci Rep 2021; 41:227898. [PMID: 33616161 PMCID: PMC7955105 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20204394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2020] [Revised: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Purpose: Cervical cancer (CC) is one of the most general gynecological malignancies and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. We aimed to select candidate genes related to the diagnosis and prognosis of CC. Methods: The mRNA expression profile datasets were downloaded. We also downloaded RNA-sequencing gene expression data and related clinical materials from TCGA, which included 307 CC samples and 3 normal samples. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were obtained by R software. GO function analysis and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analysis of DEGs were performed in the DAVID dataset. Using machine learning, the optimal diagnostic mRNA biomarkers for CC were identified. We used qRT-PCR and Human Protein Atlas (HPA) database to exhibit the differences in gene and protein levels of candidate genes. Results: A total of 313 DEGs were screened from the microarray expression profile datasets. DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1), Chromatin Assembly Factor 1, subunit B (CHAF1B), Chromatin Assembly Factor 1, subunit A (CHAF1A), MCM2, CDKN2A were identified as optimal diagnostic mRNA biomarkers for CC. Additionally, the GEPIA database showed that the DNMT1, CHAF1B, CHAF1A, MCM2 and CDKN2A were associated with the poor survival of CC patients. HPA database and qRT-PCR confirmed that these genes were highly expressed in CC tissues. Conclusion: The present study identified five DEmRNAs, including DNMT1, CHAF1B, CHAF1A, MCM2 and Kinetochore-related protein 1 (KNTC1), as potential diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers of CC.
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Wang X, Li BB. Deep Learning in Head and Neck Tumor Multiomics Diagnosis and Analysis: Review of the Literature. Front Genet 2021; 12:624820. [PMID: 33643386 PMCID: PMC7902873 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.624820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Head and neck tumors are the sixth most common neoplasms. Multiomics integrates multiple dimensions of clinical, pathologic, radiological, and biological data and has the potential for tumor diagnosis and analysis. Deep learning (DL), a type of artificial intelligence (AI), is applied in medical image analysis. Among the DL techniques, the convolution neural network (CNN) is used for image segmentation, detection, and classification and in computer-aided diagnosis. Here, we reviewed multiomics image analysis of head and neck tumors using CNN and other DL neural networks. We also evaluated its application in early tumor detection, classification, prognosis/metastasis prediction, and the signing out of the reports. Finally, we highlighted the challenges and potential of these techniques.
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- Xi Wang
- Department of Oral Pathology, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing, China
- Research Unit of Precision Pathologic Diagnosis in Tumors of the Oral and Maxillofacial Regions, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oral Pathology, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing, China
- Research Unit of Precision Pathologic Diagnosis in Tumors of the Oral and Maxillofacial Regions, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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Wei L, Owen D, Rosen B, Guo X, Cuneo K, Lawrence TS, Ten Haken R, El Naqa I. A deep survival interpretable radiomics model of hepatocellular carcinoma patients. Phys Med 2021; 82:295-305. [PMID: 33714190 PMCID: PMC8035300 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2021.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2020] [Revised: 02/13/2021] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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This work aims to identify a new radiomics signature using imaging phenotypes and clinical variables for risk prediction of overall survival (OS) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT). 167 patients were retrospectively analyzed with repeated nested cross-validation to mitigate overfitting issues. 56 radiomic features were extracted from pre-treatment contrast-enhanced (CE) CT images. 37 clinical factors were obtained from patients' electronic records. Variational autoencoders (VAE) based survival models were designed for radiomics and clinical features and a convolutional neural network (CNN) survival model was used for the CECT. Finally, radiomics, clinical and raw image deep learning network (DNN) models were combined to predict the risk probability for OS. The final models yielded c-indices of 0.579 (95%CI: 0.544-0.621), 0.629 (95%CI: 0.601-0.643), 0.581 (95%CI: 0.553-0.613) and 0.650 (95%CI: 0.635-0.683) for radiomics, clinical, image input and combined models on nested cross validation scheme, respectively. Integrated gradients method was used to interpret the trained models. Our interpretability analysis of the DNN showed that the top ranked features were clinical liver function and liver exclusive of tumor radiomics features, which suggests a prominent role of side effects and toxicities in liver outside the tumor region in determining the survival rate of these patients. In summary, novel deep radiomic analysis provides improved performance for risk assessment of HCC prognosis compared with Cox survival models and may facilitate stratification of HCC patients and personalization of their treatment strategies. Liver function was found to contribute most to the OS for these HCC patients and radiomics can aid in their management.
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- Lise Wei
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Harvard Program in Therapeutic Science, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Machine Learning, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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Su Y, Xu X, Zuo P, Xia Y, Qu X, Chen Q, Guo J, Wei W, Xian J. Value of MR-based radiomics in differentiating uveal melanoma from other intraocular masses in adults. Eur J Radiol 2020; 131:109268. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2020.109268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 09/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Kim KH, Kim J, Park H, Kim H, Lee SH, Sohn I, Lee HY, Park WY. Parallel comparison and combining effect of radiomic and emerging genomic data for prognostic stratification of non-small cell lung carcinoma patients. Thorac Cancer 2020; 11:2542-2551. [PMID: 32700470 PMCID: PMC7471051 DOI: 10.1111/1759-7714.13568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2020] [Revised: 06/17/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND A single institution retrospective analysis of 124 non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) patients was performed to identify whether disease-free survival (DFS) achieves incremental values when radiomic and genomic data are combined with clinical information. METHODS Using the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) Cox regression method, radiomic and genetic features were reduced in number for selection of the most useful prognostic feature. We created four models using only baseline clinical data, clinical data with selected genetic features, clinical data with selected radiomic features, and clinical data with selected genetic and radiomic features together. Multivariate Cox proportional hazards analysis was performed to determine predictors of DFS. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) calculation was made to compare the discriminative performance for DFS prediction by four constructed models at the five-year time point. RESULTS On precontrast scan, improved discrimination performance was obtained in a merging of selected radiomics and genetics (AUC = 0.8638), compared with clinical data only (AUC = 0.7990), selected genetic features (AUC = 0.8497), and selected radiomic features (AUC = 0.8355). On post-contrast scan, discrimination performance was improved (AUC = 0.8672) compared with the clinical variables (AUC = 0.7913), and selected genetic features (AUC = 0.8376) and selected radiomic features (AUC = 0.8399) were considered. CONCLUSIONS The combination of selected radiomic and genomic features improved stratification of NSCLC patients upon survival. Thus, integrating clinicopathologic model with radiomic and genomic features may lead to improved prognostic accuracy compared to conventional clinicopathological data alone. KEY POINTS SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS OF THE STUDY: Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) calculation was made to compare the discriminative performance for disease-free survival (DFS). The discriminative performance for DFS was better when combining radiomic and genetic features compared to clinical data only, selected genetic features, and selected radiomic features. WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS The combination of selected radiomic and genomic features improved stratification of NSCLC patients upon survival. Thus, integrating a clinicopathological model with radiomic and genomic features may lead to improved prognostic accuracy compared to conventional clinicopathological data alone.
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- Ki Hwan Kim
- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.,Department of Radiology, Myongji Hospital, Goyang, South Korea
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- Samsung Genome Institute, Biomedical Research Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea.,Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Suwon, South Korea
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- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea
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- Statistics and Data Center, Research Institute for Future Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.,Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Science and Technology (SAIHST), Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Samsung Genome Institute, Biomedical Research Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.,Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Science and Technology (SAIHST), Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea.,Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea
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Katsoulakis E, Yu Y, Apte AP, Leeman JE, Katabi N, Morris L, Deasy JO, Chan TA, Lee NY, Riaz N, Hatzoglou V, Oh JH. Radiomic analysis identifies tumor subtypes associated with distinct molecular and microenvironmental factors in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Oral Oncol 2020; 110:104877. [PMID: 32619927 DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.104877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2019] [Revised: 06/17/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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PURPOSE To identify whether radiomic features from pre-treatment computed tomography (CT) scans can predict molecular differences between head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) using The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA) and The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). METHODS 77 patients from the TCIA with HNSCC had imaging suitable for analysis. Radiomic features were extracted and unsupervised consensus clustering was performed to identify subtypes. Genomic data was extracted from the matched patients in the TCGA database. We explored relationships between radiomic features and molecular profiles of tumors, including the tumor immune microenvironment. A machine learning method was used to build a model predictive of CD8 + T-cells. An independent cohort of 83 HNSCC patients was used to validate the radiomic clusters. RESULTS We initially extracted 104 two-dimensional radiomic features, and after feature stability tests and removal of volume dependent features, reduced this to 67 features for subsequent analysis. Consensus clustering based on these features resulted in two distinct clusters. The radiomic clusters differed by primary tumor subsite (p = 0.0096), HPV status (p = 0.0127), methylation-based clustering results (p = 0.0025), and tumor immune microenvironment. A random forest model using radiomic features predicted CD8 + T-cells independent of HPV status with R2 = 0.30 (p < 0.0001) on cross validation. Consensus clustering on the validation cohort resulted in two distinct clusters that differ in tumor subsite (p = 1.3 × 10-7) and HPV status (p = 4.0 × 10-7). CONCLUSION Radiomic analysis can identify biologic features of tumors such as HPV status and T-cell infiltration and may be able to provide other information in the near future to help with patient stratification.
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- Evangelia Katsoulakis
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Veterans Affairs, James A Haley, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02189, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Immunogenomics and Precision Oncology Platform, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; Immunogenomics and Precision Oncology Platform, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; Immunogenomics and Precision Oncology Platform, 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 Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
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Radiomic biomarkers for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Strahlenther Onkol 2020; 196:868-878. [PMID: 32495038 DOI: 10.1007/s00066-020-01638-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 05/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Tumor heterogeneity is a well-known prognostic factor in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). A major limitation of tissue- and blood-derived tumor markers is the lack of spatial resolution to image tumor heterogeneity. Tissue markers derived from tumor biopsies usually represent only a small tumor subregion at a single timepoint and are therefore often not representative of the tumors' biology or the biological alterations during and after treatment. Similarly, liquid biopsies give an overall picture of the tumors' secreted factors but completely lack any spatial resolution. Radiomics has the potential to give complete three-dimensional information about the tumor. We conducted a comprehensive literature search to assess the correlation of radiomics to tumor biology and treatment outcome in HNSCC and to assess current limitations of the radiomic biomarkers. In total, 25 studies that explored the ability of radiomics to predict tumor biology and phenotype in HNSCC and 28 studies that explored radiomics to predict post-treatment events were identified. Out of these 53 studies, only three failed to show a significant correlation. The major technical challenges are currently artifacts due to metal implants, non-standardized contrast injection, and delineation uncertainties. All studies to date were retrospective and none of the above-mentioned radiomics signatures have been validated in an independent cohort using an independent software implementation, which shows that transferability due to the numerous technical challenges is currently a major limitation. However, radiomics is a very young field and these studies hopefully pave the way for clinical implementation of radiomics for HNSCC in the future.
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PET/CT radiomics signature of human papilloma virus association in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2020; 47:2978-2991. [DOI: 10.1007/s00259-020-04839-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2020] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Haider SP, Burtness B, Yarbrough WG, Payabvash S. Applications of radiomics in precision diagnosis, prognostication and treatment planning of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. CANCERS OF THE HEAD & NECK 2020; 5:6. [PMID: 32391171 PMCID: PMC7197186 DOI: 10.1186/s41199-020-00053-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Recent advancements in computational power, machine learning, and artificial intelligence technology have enabled automated evaluation of medical images to generate quantitative diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers. Such objective biomarkers are readily available and have the potential to improve personalized treatment, precision medicine, and patient selection for clinical trials. In this article, we explore the merits of the most recent addition to the “-omics” concept for the broader field of head and neck cancer – “Radiomics”. This review discusses radiomics studies focused on (molecular) characterization, classification, prognostication and treatment guidance for head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC). We review the underlying hypothesis, general concept and typical workflow of radiomic analysis, and elaborate on current and future challenges to be addressed before routine clinical application.
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- Stefan P Haider
- 1Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Division of Neuroradiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT USA.,2Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital of Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- 3Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT USA
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- 4Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC USA
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- 1Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Division of Neuroradiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT USA
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Mei Y, Jiang P, Shen N, Fu S, Zhang J. Identification of miRNA-mRNA Regulatory Network and Construction of Prognostic Signature in Cervical Cancer. DNA Cell Biol 2020; 39:1023-1040. [PMID: 32349536 DOI: 10.1089/dna.2020.5452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Cervical cancer (CC) remains a most prevalent female cancer worldwide, but there are few biomarkers used in diagnosis and prognosis of CC. The aim of this study is to find reliable and effective biomarkers regarding CC development. Microarray datasets were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database to search potential miRNA-mRNA in CC. The gene ontology term enrichment and Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes (KEGG) pathway analyses were conducted to reveal the underlying functions and pathways of differently expressed genes (DEGs). Univariate Cox, multivariate Cox, and risk scoring methods were performed to identify a prognostic model. A total of 209 DEGs of CC were identified. In the protein-protein interaction network, hub module, and hub genes were recognized. Based on DEGs, three small molecules (thioguanosine, apigenin, and trichostatin A) were screened out as potential drugs. Two miRNAs (hsa-mir-101-3p and hsa-mir-6507-5p) and some transcription factors were found to be associated with prognosis of CC. A five-candidate gene signature (APOBEC3B, DSG2, CXCL8, ABCA8, and PLAGL1) was constructed to stratify risk subgroups for patients with CC. The risk score of the prognostic model was also found to be associated with immune cells infiltration, including mast cell activation, natural killer cells resting, dendritic cells resting, T cells regulatory (Tregs), and T cells follicular helper. The miRNA-mRNA regulatory network and the prognostic model are of great clinical significance in promoting prognosis prediction and treatment of CC.
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- Yong Mei
- Department of Emergency and The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Emergency and The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Huang C, Cintra M, Brennan K, Zhou M, Colevas AD, Fischbein N, Zhu S, Gevaert O. Development and validation of radiomic signatures of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma molecular features and subtypes. EBioMedicine 2019; 45:70-80. [PMID: 31255659 PMCID: PMC6642281 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.06.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2019] [Revised: 06/18/2019] [Accepted: 06/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Radiomics-based non-invasive biomarkers are promising to facilitate the translation of therapeutically related molecular subtypes for treatment allocation of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). METHODS We included 113 HNSCC patients from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA-HNSCC) project. Molecular phenotypes analyzed were RNA-defined HPV status, five DNA methylation subtypes, four gene expression subtypes and five somatic gene mutations. A total of 540 quantitative image features were extracted from pre-treatment CT scans. Features were selected and used in a regularized logistic regression model to build binary classifiers for each molecular subtype. Models were evaluated using the average area under the Receiver Operator Characteristic curve (AUC) of a stratified 10-fold cross-validation procedure repeated 10 times. Next, an HPV model was trained with the TCGA-HNSCC, and tested on a Stanford cohort (N = 53). FINDINGS Our results show that quantitative image features are capable of distinguishing several molecular phenotypes. We obtained significant predictive performance for RNA-defined HPV+ (AUC = 0.73), DNA methylation subtypes MethylMix HPV+ (AUC = 0.79), non-CIMP-atypical (AUC = 0.77) and Stem-like-Smoking (AUC = 0.71), and mutation of NSD1 (AUC = 0.73). We externally validated the HPV prediction model (AUC = 0.76) on the Stanford cohort. When compared to clinical models, radiomic models were superior to subtypes such as NOTCH1 mutation and DNA methylation subtype non-CIMP-atypical while were inferior for DNA methylation subtype CIMP-atypical and NSD1 mutation. INTERPRETATION Our study demonstrates that radiomics can potentially serve as a non-invasive tool to identify treatment-relevant subtypes of HNSCC, opening up the possibility for patient stratification, treatment allocation and inclusion in clinical trials. FUND: Dr. Gevaert reports grants from National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) U01 DE025188, grants from National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the National Institutes of Health (NIBIB), R01 EB020527, grants from National Cancer Institute (NCI), U01 CA217851, during the conduct of the study; Dr. Huang and Dr. Zhu report grants from China Scholarship Council (Grant NO:201606320087), grants from China Medical Board Collaborating Program (Grant NO:15-216), the Cyrus Tang Foundation, and the Zhejiang University Education Foundation during the conduct of the study; Dr. Cintra reports grants from São Paulo State Foundation for Teaching and Research (FAPESP), during the conduct of the study.
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- Chao Huang
- Chronic Disease Research Institute, School of Public Health, and Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, Hangzhou, China; Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, Hangzhou, China; Department of Medicine, Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research (BMIR), USA
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- Department of Medicine, Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research (BMIR), USA; Department of Radiology, Stanford University, USA; Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Medicine, Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research (BMIR), USA
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- Department of Medicine, Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research (BMIR), USA
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- Chronic Disease Research Institute, School of Public Health, and Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, Hangzhou, China; Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, Hangzhou, China.
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- Department of Medicine, Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research (BMIR), USA; Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, USA.
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Giraud P, Giraud P, Gasnier A, El Ayachy R, Kreps S, Foy JP, Durdux C, Huguet F, Burgun A, Bibault JE. Radiomics and Machine Learning for Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancers. Front Oncol 2019; 9:174. [PMID: 30972291 PMCID: PMC6445892 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2018] [Accepted: 02/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Introduction: An increasing number of parameters can be considered when making decisions in oncology. Tumor characteristics can also be extracted from imaging through the use of radiomics and add to this wealth of clinical data. Machine learning can encompass these parameters and thus enhance clinical decision as well as radiotherapy workflow. Methods: We performed a description of machine learning applications at each step of treatment by radiotherapy in head and neck cancers. We then performed a systematic review on radiomics and machine learning outcome prediction models in head and neck cancers. Results: Machine Learning has several promising applications in treatment planning with automatic organ at risk delineation improvements and adaptative radiotherapy workflow automation. It may also provide new approaches for Normal Tissue Complication Probability models. Radiomics may provide additional data on tumors for improved machine learning powered predictive models, not only on survival, but also on risk of distant metastasis, in field recurrence, HPV status and extra nodal spread. However, most studies provide preliminary data requiring further validation. Conclusion: Promising perspectives arise from machine learning applications and radiomics based models, yet further data are necessary for their implementation in daily care.
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- Paul Giraud
- Radiation Oncology Department, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris Descartes University, Paris Sorbonne Cité, Paris, France.,Cancer Research and Personalized Medicine-Integrated Cancer Research Center (SIRIC), Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôitaux de Paris, Paris Descartes University, Paris Sorbonne Cité, Paris, France
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- Radiation Oncology Department, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris Descartes University, Paris Sorbonne Cité, Paris, France.,Cancer Research and Personalized Medicine-Integrated Cancer Research Center (SIRIC), Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôitaux de Paris, Paris Descartes University, Paris Sorbonne Cité, Paris, France
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- Radiation Oncology Department, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris Descartes University, Paris Sorbonne Cité, Paris, France.,Cancer Research and Personalized Medicine-Integrated Cancer Research Center (SIRIC), Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôitaux de Paris, Paris Descartes University, Paris Sorbonne Cité, Paris, France
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- Radiation Oncology Department, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris Descartes University, Paris Sorbonne Cité, Paris, France.,Cancer Research and Personalized Medicine-Integrated Cancer Research Center (SIRIC), Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôitaux de Paris, Paris Descartes University, Paris Sorbonne Cité, Paris, France
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- Radiation Oncology Department, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris Descartes University, Paris Sorbonne Cité, Paris, France.,Cancer Research and Personalized Medicine-Integrated Cancer Research Center (SIRIC), Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôitaux de Paris, Paris Descartes University, Paris Sorbonne Cité, Paris, France
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- Department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Sorbonne University, Pitié-Salpêtriére Hospital, Paris, France.,Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, INSERM 1052, CNRS 5286, Centre Léon Bérard, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Radiation Oncology Department, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris Descartes University, Paris Sorbonne Cité, Paris, France.,Cancer Research and Personalized Medicine-Integrated Cancer Research Center (SIRIC), Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôitaux de Paris, Paris Descartes University, Paris Sorbonne Cité, Paris, France
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tenon University Hospital, Hôpitaux Universitaires Est Parisien, Sorbonne University Medical Faculty, Paris, France
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- Cancer Research and Personalized Medicine-Integrated Cancer Research Center (SIRIC), Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôitaux de Paris, Paris Descartes University, Paris Sorbonne Cité, Paris, France.,INSERM UMR 1138 Team 22: Information Sciences to support Personalized Medicine, Paris Descartes University, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Radiation Oncology Department, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris Descartes University, Paris Sorbonne Cité, Paris, France.,Cancer Research and Personalized Medicine-Integrated Cancer Research Center (SIRIC), Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôitaux de Paris, Paris Descartes University, Paris Sorbonne Cité, Paris, France.,INSERM UMR 1138 Team 22: Information Sciences to support Personalized Medicine, Paris Descartes University, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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