PET/CT-based radiomics of mass-forming intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma improves prediction of pathology data and survival

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PURPOSE: Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (IHC) is an aggressive disease with few reliable preoperative biomarkers. This study aims to elucidate if radiomics extracted from preoperative [18F]FDG PET/CT may grant a non-invasive biological characterization of IHC and predict outcome after complete resection of the tumor.

METHODS: All patients preoperatively imaged by [18F]FDG PET/CT who underwent hepatectomy for mass-forming IHC in the period 2010-2019 were retrospectively evaluated. On PET images, manual slice-by-slice segmentation of IHC was performed (Tumor-VOI). A 5-mm margin region was semi-automatically generated around the tumor (Margin-VOI). Textural analysis was performed using the LifeX software. Analyzed outcomes included tumor grading (G3 vs. G1-2), microvascular invasion (MVI), overall survival (OS), and progression-free survival (PFS). The performances of the combined clinical-radiomic models were compared with those of standard clinical models.

RESULTS: Overall, 74 patients (40 females, median age 68 years) were included. Considering tumor grading and MVI, the models combining the clinical data and radiomics of the Tumor-VOI had better performances than the clinical ones (AUC = 0.78 vs. 0.72 for grading; 0.87 vs. 0.78 for MVI). The inclusion into the models of radiomics of the Margin-VOI further improved the prediction of grading (AUC = 0.83), but not of MVI. Considering OS and PFS, the models including the preoperative clinical data and radiomics of the Tumor-VOI and Margin-VOI had better performances than the pure clinical ones (C-index = 0.81 vs. 0.76 for OS; 0.81 vs. 0.72 for PFS) and similar to the models including the pathology and postoperative data (C-index = 0.81 for OS; 0.79 for PFS). No model retained the standard SUV measures.

CONCLUSION: The PET-based radiomics of IHC can predict pathology data and allow a reliable preoperative evaluation of prognosis. The radiomics of both the tumoral and peritumoral areas had clinical relevance. The combined clinical-radiomic models outperformed the pure preoperative clinical ones and achieved performances non-inferior to the postoperative models.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:49

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European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging - 49(2022), 10 vom: 28. Aug., Seite 3387-3400

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fiz, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Masci, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Costa, Guido [VerfasserIn]
Sollini, Martina [VerfasserIn]
Chiti, Arturo [VerfasserIn]
Ieva, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Torzilli, Guido [VerfasserIn]
Viganò, Luca [VerfasserIn]

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[18F]FDG PET/CT
0Z5B2CJX4D
Biomarkers
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
Journal Article
Prognosis
Radiomics
Texture analysis

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Date Completed 26.07.2022

Date Revised 06.09.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00259-022-05765-1

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NLM338775714