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ArticleEuropean radiology2016

Accuracy and feasibility of estimated tumour volumetry in primary gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumours: validation using semiautomated technique in 127 patients.

Sree Harsha Tirumani, Atul B Shinagare, Ailbhe C O'Neill, Mizuki Nishino, Michael H Rosenthal, Nikhil H Ramaiya

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sree Harsha TirumaniDepartment of Imaging, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA, 02215, USA. Sreeharsha_Tirumani@DFCI.HARVARD.EDU.
Atul B ShinagareDepartment of Imaging, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Ailbhe C O'NeillDepartment of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Mizuki NishinoDepartment of Imaging, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Michael H RosenthalDepartment of Imaging, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Nikhil H RamaiyaDepartment of Imaging, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USHarvard University · USDana-Farber Cancer Institute · US

Funding

CT Volume Measurement of Lung Cancer treated with Erlotinib: Genomic CorrelationK23CA157631 · NCI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI NISHINO, MIZUKI · 2011 to 2015
$902k
NCI NIH HHS 1K23CA157631NCI NIH HHS K23 CA157631
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo validate estimated tumour volumetry in primary gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) using semiautomated volumetry.

methodsIn this IRB-approved retrospective study, we measured the three longest diameters in x, y, z axes on CTs of primary gastric GISTs in 127 consecutive patients (52 women, 75 men, mean age 61 years) at our institute between 2000 and 2013. Segmented volumes (Vsegmented) were obtained using commercial software by two radiologists. Estimate volumes (V1-V6) were obtained using formulae for spheres and ellipsoids. Intra- and interobserver agreement of Vsegmented and agreement of V1-6 with Vsegmented were analysed with concordance correlation coefficients (CCC) and Bland-Altman plots.

resultsMedian Vsegmented and V1-V6 were 75.9, 124.9, 111.6, 94.0, 94.4, 61.7 and 80.3 cm(3), respectively. There was strong intra- and interobserver agreement for Vsegmented. Agreement with Vsegmented was highest for V6 (scalene ellipsoid, x ≠ y ≠ z), with CCC of 0.96 [95 % CI 0.95-0.97]. Mean relative difference was smallest for V6 (0.6 %), while it was -19.1 % for V5, +14.5 % for V4, +17.9 % for V3, +32.6 % for V2 and +47 % for V1.

conclusionEllipsoidal approximations of volume using three measured axes may be used to closely estimate Vsegmented when semiautomated techniques are unavailable. KEY POINTS: Estimation of tumour volume in primary GIST using mathematical formulae is feasible. Gastric GISTs are rarely spherical. Segmented volumes are highly concordant with three axis-based scalene ellipsoid volumes. Ellipsoid volume can be used as an alternative for automated tumour volumetry.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overFeasibility StudiesFemaleGastrointestinal Stromal TumorsHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMaleMiddle AgedReproducibility of ResultsRetrospective StudiesStomach NeoplasmsTomography, X-Ray ComputedTumor BurdenYoung AdultEllipsoidEstimated volumteryGastrointestinal stromal tumourRECISTSphere

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PMID25991487
PMCPMC4654722
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