A deep-learning-based prognostic nomogram integrating microscopic digital pathology and macroscopic magnetic resonance images in nasopharyngeal carcinoma : a multi-cohort study

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BACKGROUND: To explore the prognostic value of radiomics-based and digital pathology-based imaging biomarkers from macroscopic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and microscopic whole-slide images for patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).

METHODS: We recruited 220 NPC patients and divided them into training (n = 132), internal test (n = 44), and external test (n = 44) cohorts. The primary endpoint was failure-free survival (FFS). Radiomic features were extracted from pretreatment MRI and selected and integrated into a radiomic signature. The histopathological signature was extracted from whole-slide images of biopsy specimens using an end-to-end deep-learning method. Incorporating two signatures and independent clinical factors, a multi-scale nomogram was constructed. We also tested the correlation between the key imaging features and genetic alternations in an independent cohort of 16 patients (biological test cohort).

RESULTS: Both radiomic and histopathologic signatures presented significant associations with treatment failure in the three cohorts (C-index: 0.689-0.779, all p < 0.050). The multi-scale nomogram showed a consistent significant improvement for predicting treatment failure compared with the clinical model in the training (C-index: 0.817 versus 0.730, p < 0.050), internal test (C-index: 0.828 versus 0.602, p < 0.050) and external test (C-index: 0.834 versus 0.679, p < 0.050) cohorts. Furthermore, patients were stratified successfully into two groups with distinguishable prognosis (log-rank p < 0.0010) using our nomogram. We also found that two texture features were related to the genetic alternations of chromatin remodeling pathways in another independent cohort.

CONCLUSION: The multi-scale imaging features showed a complementary value in prognostic prediction and may improve individualized treatment in NPC.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Therapeutic advances in medical oncology - 12(2020) vom: 21., Seite 1758835920971416

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Fan [VerfasserIn]
Zhong, Lian-Zhen [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Xun [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Di [VerfasserIn]
Yao, Ji-Jin [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Si-Yang [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Ye [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Ding [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yin [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Guo-Jie [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yi-Ming [VerfasserIn]
Li, Dan [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Jiang [VerfasserIn]
Tian, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Shan, Hong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Digital pathology
Journal Article
Multi-scale features
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Radiomics
Survival analysis

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Date Revised 10.11.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/1758835920971416

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM319668223