A deep learning MR-based radiomic nomogram may predict survival for nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients with stage T3N1M0

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PURPOSE: To estimate the prognostic value of deep learning (DL) magnetic resonance (MR)-based radiomics for stage T3N1M0 nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients receiving induction chemotherapy (ICT) prior to concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT).

METHODS: A total of 638 stage T3N1M0 NPC patients (training cohort: n = 447; test cohort: n = 191) were enrolled and underwent MRI scans before receiving ICT + CCRT. From the pretreatment MR images, DL-based radiomic signatures were developed to predict disease-free survival (DFS) in an end-to-end way. Incorporating independent clinical prognostic parameters and radiomic signatures, a radiomic nomogram was built through multivariable Cox proportional hazards method. The discriminative performance of the radiomic nomogram was assessed using the concordance index (C-index) and the Kaplan-Meier estimator.

RESULTS: Three DL-based radiomic signatures were significantly correlated with DFS in the training (C-index: 0.695-0.731, all p < 0.001) and test (C-index: 0.706-0.755, all p < 0.001) cohorts. Integrating radiomic signatures with clinical factors significantly improved the predictive value compared to the clinical model in the training (C-index: 0.771 vs. 0.640, p < 0.001) and test (C-index: 0.788 vs. 0.625, p = 0.001) cohorts. Furthermore, risk stratification using the radiomic nomogram demonstrated that the high-risk group exhibited short-lived DFS compared to the low-risk group in the training cohort (hazard ratio [HR]: 6.12, p < 0.001), which was validated in the test cohort (HR: 6.90, p < 0.001).

CONCLUSIONS: Our DL-based radiomic nomogram may serve as a noninvasive and useful tool for pretreatment prognostic prediction and risk stratification in stage T3N1M0 NPC.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:151

Enthalten in:

Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - 151(2020) vom: 30. Okt., Seite 1-9

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhong, Lian-Zhen [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Xue-Liang [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Di [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Hao [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Meng-Jie [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Cheng-Long [VerfasserIn]
He, Bing-Xi [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Li [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Ling-Long [VerfasserIn]
Tian, Jie [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Deep learning
Induction chemotherapy
Journal Article
MRI-based treatment planning
Nasopharyngeal cancer
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Survival analysis

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Date Completed 14.04.2021

Date Revised 14.04.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.radonc.2020.06.050

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NLM312120680