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Trial reportMagnetic resonance in medicine2011

Integration of diffusion-weighted MRI data and a simple mathematical model to predict breast tumor cellularity during neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Nkiruka C Atuegwu, Lori R Arlinghaus, Xia Li, E Brian Welch, Bapsi A Chakravarthy, John C Gore, Thomas E Yankeelov

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Trial report in Magnetic resonance in medicine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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31 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Nkiruka C AtuegwuInstitute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2310, USA.
Lori R Arlinghaus
Xia Li
E Brian Welch
Bapsi A Chakravarthy
John C Gore
Thomas E Yankeelov

Funding

Tumor Immunology and Microenvironment Research ProgramP30CA068485 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Jin Chen · 1995 to 2026
$172.8M
Vanderbilt In Vivo Cellular and Molecular Imaging CenterP50CA128323 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI GORE, JOHN C · 2008 to 2012
$6.8M
Quantitative MRI for Predicting Response of Breast Cancer to Neoadjuvant TherapyU01CA142565 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI KARCZMAR, GREGORY S., NANDA, RITA · 2010 to 2019
$4.5M
Evaluation of MRI Biomarkers of Breast Cancer ResponseR01CA129961 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI YANKEELOV, THOMAS E · 2008 to 2011
$1.2M
NCI NIH HHS NCI1 R01CA129961NCI NIH HHS NCI P30 CA68485NCI NIH HHS NCI P50 CA128323NCI NIH HHS NCI U01 CA142565NCI NIH HHS P30 CA068485NCI NIH HHS P50 CA128323NCI NIH HHS R01 CA129961NCI NIH HHS U01 CA142565
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging data obtained early in the course of therapy can be used to estimate tumor proliferation rates, and the estimated rates can be used to predict tumor cellularity at the conclusion of therapy. Six patients underwent diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging immediately before, after one cycle, and after all cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Apparent diffusion coefficient values were calculated for each voxel and for a whole tumor region of interest. Proliferation rates were estimated using the apparent diffusion coefficient data from the first two time points and then used with the logistic model of tumor growth to predict cellularity after therapy. The predicted number of tumor cells was then correlated to the corresponding experimental data. Pearson's correlation coefficient for the region of interest analysis yielded 0.95 (P = 0.004), and, after applying a 3 × 3 mean filter to the apparent diffusion coefficient data, the voxel-by-voxel analysis yielded a Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.70 ± 0.10 (P < 0.05).

Indexed as

Models, BiologicalAdultAgedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBreast NeoplasmsCell SurvivalChemotherapy, AdjuvantCisplatinComputer SimulationDiffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingDrug Therapy, Computer-AssistedEverolimusFemaleHumansImage EnhancementImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedCisplatinEverolimusPaclitaxelSirolimus

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PMID21956404
PMCPMC3218213

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