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Radiomic features of cervical cancer on T2-and diffusion-weighted MRI: Prognostic value in low-volume tumors suitable for trachelectomy.

Radiomic features of cervical cancer on T2-and diffusion-weighted MRI: Prognostic value in low-volume tumors suitable for trachelectomy.

Authors :
Wormald BW
Doran SJ
Ind TE
D'Arcy J
Petts J
deSouza NM
Source :
Gynecologic oncology [Gynecol Oncol] 2020 Jan; Vol. 156 (1), pp. 107-114. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Nov 02.
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Background: Textural features extracted from MRI potentially provide prognostic information additional to volume for influencing surgical management of cervical cancer.<br />Purpose: To identify textural features that differ between cervical tumors above and below the volume threshold of eligibility for trachelectomy and determine their value in predicting recurrence in patients with low-volume tumors.<br />Methods: Of 378 patients with Stage1-2 cervical cancer imaged prospectively (3T, endovaginal coil), 125 had well-defined, histologically-confirmed squamous or adenocarcinomas with >100 voxels (>0.07 cm <superscript>3</superscript> ) suitable for radiomic analysis. Regions-of-interest outlined the whole tumor on T2-W images and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps. Textural features based on grey-level co-occurrence matrices were compared (Mann-Whitney test with Bonferroni correction) between tumors greater (n = 46) or less (n = 79) than 4.19 cm <superscript>3</superscript> . Clustering eliminated correlated variables. Significantly different features were used to predict recurrence (regression modelling) in surgically-treated patients with low-volume tumors and compared with a model using clinico-pathological features.<br />Results: Textural features (Dissimilarity, Energy, ClusterProminence, ClusterShade, InverseVariance, Autocorrelation) in 6 of 10 clusters from T2-W and ADC data differed between high-volume (mean ± SD 15.3 ± 11.7 cm <superscript>3</superscript> ) and low-volume (mean ± SD 1.3 ± 1.2 cm <superscript>3</superscript> ) tumors. (p < 0.02). In low-volume tumors, predicting recurrence was indicated by: Dissimilarity, Energy (ADC-radiomics, AUC = 0.864); Dissimilarity, ClusterProminence, InverseVariance (T2-W-radiomics, AUC = 0.808); Volume, Depth of Invasion, LymphoVascular Space Invasion (clinico-pathological features, AUC = 0.794). Combining ADC-radiomic (but not T2-radiomic) and clinico-pathological features improved prediction of recurrence compared to the clinico-pathological model (AUC = 0.916, p = 0.006). Findings were supported by bootstrap re-sampling (n = 1000).<br />Conclusion: Textural features from ADC maps and T2-W images differ between high- and low-volume tumors and potentially predict recurrence in low-volume tumors.<br /> (Copyright © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1095-6859
Volume :
156
Issue :
1
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Gynecologic oncology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
31685232
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygyno.2019.10.010