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ArticleCardiovascular and interventional radiology2023

Prediction of Local Tumor Progression After Microwave Ablation in Colorectal Carcinoma Liver Metastases Patients by MRI Radiomics and Clinical Characteristics-Based Combined Model: Preliminary Results.

Arzu Shahveranova, Huseyin Tugsan Balli, Kairgeldy Aikimbaev, Ferhat Can Piskin, Sinan Sozutok, Sevinc Puren Yucel

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Article in Cardiovascular and interventional radiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Arzu ShahveranovaRadiology Department, Cukurova University Medical School, Cukurova University Medical Faculty, Balcali Campus, 01330, Saricam, Adana, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1742-8831
Huseyin Tugsan BalliRadiology Department, Cukurova University Medical School, Cukurova University Medical Faculty, Balcali Campus, 01330, Saricam, Adana, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5324-0097
Kairgeldy AikimbaevRadiology Department, Cukurova University Medical School, Cukurova University Medical Faculty, Balcali Campus, 01330, Saricam, Adana, Turkey. aikimbaev@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5436-6492
Ferhat Can PiskinRadiology Department, Cukurova University Medical School, Cukurova University Medical Faculty, Balcali Campus, 01330, Saricam, Adana, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-1077
Sinan SozutokRadiology Department, Cukurova University Medical School, Cukurova University Medical Faculty, Balcali Campus, 01330, Saricam, Adana, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3626-2312
Sevinc Puren YucelBiostatistics Department, Cukurova University Medical School, Adana, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5768-3549
Cukurova University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo investigate the predictability of local tumor progression (LTP) after microwave ablation (MWA) in colorectal carcinoma liver metastases (CRLM) patients by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radiomics and clinical characteristics-based combined model. MATERIALS AND

methodsForty-two consecutive CRLM patients (67 tumors) with post-MWA complete response at 1st month MRI were included in this retrospective study. One hundred and eleven radiomics features were extracted for each tumor and for each phase by manual segmentation from pre-treatment MRI T2 fat-suppressed (Phase 2) and early arterial phase T1 fat-suppressed sequences (Phase 1). A clinical model was constructed using clinical data, two combined models were created with feature reduction and machine learning by combining clinical data and Phase 2 and Phase 1 radiomics features. The predicting performance for LTP development was investigated.

resultsLTP developed in 7 patients (16.6%) and 11 tumors (16.4%). In the clinical model, the presence of extrahepatic metastases before MWA was associated with a high probability of LTP (p < 0.001). The pre-treatment levels of carbohydrate antigen 19-9 and carcinoembryonic antigen were higher in the LTP group (p = 0.010, p = 0.020, respectively). Patients with LTP had statistically significantly higher radiomics scores in both phases (p < 0.001 for Phase 2 and p = 0.001 for Phase 1). The classification performance of the combined model 2, created by using clinical data and Phase 2-based radiomics features, achieved the highest discriminative performance in predicting LTP (p = 0,014; the area under curve (AUC) value 0.981 (95% CI 0.948-0.990). The combined model 1, created using clinical data and Phase 1-based radiomics features (AUC value 0,927 (95% CI 0.860-0.993, p < 0.001)) and the clinical model alone [AUC value of 0.887 (95% CI 0.807-0.967, p < 0.001)] had similar performance.

conclusionCombined models based on clinical data and radiomics features obtained from T2 fat-suppressed and early arterial-phase T1 fat-suppressed MRI are valuable markers in predicting LTP after MWA in CRLM patients. Large-scale studies with internal and external validations are needed to come to a firm conclusion on the predictability of radiomics models in CRLM patients.

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Colorectal NeoplasmsLiver NeoplasmsHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMicrowavesRetrospective StudiesColorectal cancerLiver metastasisLocal tumor progressionMagnetic resonance imagingMicrowave ablationRadiomics

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PMID37156944
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