Diagnostic performance and prognostic value of CT-defined visceral pleural invasion in early-stage lung adenocarcinomas

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OBJECTIVES: To analyze the diagnostic performance and prognostic value of CT-defined visceral pleural invasion (CT-VPI) in early-stage lung adenocarcinomas.

METHODS: Among patients with clinical stage I lung adenocarcinomas, half of patients were randomly selected for a diagnostic study, in which five thoracic radiologists determined the presence of CT-VPI. Probabilities for CT-VPI were obtained using deep learning (DL). Areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUCs) and binary diagnostic measures were calculated and compared. Inter-rater agreement was assessed. For all patients, the prognostic value of CT-VPI by two radiologists and DL (using high-sensitivity and high-specificity cutoffs) was investigated using Cox regression.

RESULTS: In 681 patients (median age, 65 years [interquartile range, 58-71]; 382 women), pathologic VPI was positive in 130 patients. For the diagnostic study (n = 339), the pooled AUC of five radiologists was similar to that of DL (0.78 vs. 0.79; p = 0.76). The binary diagnostic performance of radiologists was variable (sensitivity, 45.3-71.9%; specificity, 71.6-88.7%). Inter-rater agreement was moderate (weighted Fleiss κ, 0.51; 95%CI: 0.43-0.55). For overall survival (n = 680), CT-VPI by radiologists (adjusted hazard ratio [HR], 1.27 and 0.99; 95%CI: 0.84-1.92 and 0.63-1.56; p = 0.26 and 0.97) or DL (HR, 1.44 and 1.06; 95%CI: 0.86-2.42 and 0.67-1.68; p = 0.17 and 0.80) was not prognostic. CT-VPI by an attending radiologist was prognostic only in radiologically solid tumors (HR, 1.82; 95%CI: 1.07-3.07; p = 0.03).

CONCLUSION: The diagnostic performance and prognostic value of CT-VPI are limited in clinical stage I lung adenocarcinomas. This feature may be applied for radiologically solid tumors, but substantial reader variability should be overcome.

CLINICAL RELEVANCE STATEMENT: Although the diagnostic performance and prognostic value of CT-VPI are limited in clinical stage I lung adenocarcinomas, this parameter may be applied for radiologically solid tumors with appropriate caution regarding inter-reader variability.

KEY POINTS: • Use of CT-defined visceral pleural invasion in clinical staging should be cautious, because prognostic value of CT-defined visceral pleural invasion remains unexplored. • Diagnostic performance and prognostic value of CT-defined visceral pleural invasion varied among radiologists and deep learning. • Role of CT-defined visceral pleural invasion in clinical staging may be limited to radiologically solid tumors.

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CommentIn: Eur Radiol. 2023 Sep 22;:. - PMID 37740084

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

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European radiology - 34(2024), 3 vom: 23. Feb., Seite 1934-1945

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lim, Woo Hyeon [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Kyung Hee [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Jong Hyuk [VerfasserIn]
Park, Hyungin [VerfasserIn]
Nam, Ju Gang [VerfasserIn]
Hwang, Eui Jin [VerfasserIn]
Chung, Jin-Haeng [VerfasserIn]
Goo, Jin Mo [VerfasserIn]
Park, Samina [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Young Tae [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Hyungjin [VerfasserIn]

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Adenocarcinoma of lung
Journal Article
Neoplasm staging
Pleura
Tomography, X-ray computed

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Date Completed 19.02.2024

Date Revised 28.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Eur Radiol. 2023 Sep 22;:. - PMID 37740084

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1007/s00330-023-10204-2

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NLM361566379