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- Title
Simple measurements on diffusion-weighted MR imaging for assessment of complete response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer.
- Authors
Cai, Pei-Qiang; Wu, Yao-Pan; An, Xin; Qiu, Xue; Kong, Ling-Heng; Liu, Guo-Chen; Xie, Chuan-Miao; Pan, Zhi-Zhong; Wu, Pei-Hong; Ding, Pei-Rong
- Abstract
Purpose: To determine diagnostic performance of simple measurements on diffusion-weighted MR imaging (DWI) for assessment of complete tumour response (CR) after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) by signal intensity (SI) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurements. Materials and methods: Sixty-five patients with LARC who underwent neoadjuvant CRT and subsequent surgery were included. Patients underwent pre-CRT and post-CRT 3.0 T MRI. Regions of interest of the highest brightness SI were included in the tumour volume on post-CRT DWI to calculate the SI, rSI, ADC and rADC; diagnostic performance was compared by using the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. In order to validate the accuracy and reproducibility of the current strategy, the same procedure was reproduced in 80 patients with LARC at 1.5 T MRI. Results: Areas under the ROC curve for identification of a CR, based on SI, rSI, ADC, and rADC, respectively, were 0.86, 0.94, 0.66, and 0.71 at 3.0 T MRI, and 0.92, 0.91, 0.64, and 0.61 at 1.5 T MRI. Conclusion: Post-CRT DWI SI and rSI provided high diagnostic performance in assessing CR and were significantly more accurate than ADC, and rADC at 3.0 T MRI and 1.5 T MRI. Key Points: • Signal intensity ( SI) and rSI are accurate for assessment of complete response. • rSI seems to be superior to SI at 3.0 T MRI. • ADC or rADC measurements are not accurate for assessment of complete response.
- Subjects
DIFFUSION magnetic resonance imaging; CANCER radiotherapy research; CANCER chemotherapy; RECTAL cancer treatment; TUMOR treatment
- Publication
European Radiology, 2014, Vol 24, Issue 11, p2962
- ISSN
0938-7994
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00330-014-3251-5