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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2020

Radiomics Nomogram of DCE-MRI for the Prediction of Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis in Breast Cancer.

Ning Mao, Yi Dai, Fan Lin, Heng Ma, Shaofeng Duan, Haizhu Xie, Wenlei Zhao, Nan Hong

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Ning MaoDepartment of Radiology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, China.
Yi DaiDepartment of Radiology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Fan LinDepartment of Radiology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, China.
Heng MaDepartment of Radiology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, China.
Shaofeng DuanPrecision Health Institution, GE Healthcare, China, Shanghai, China.
Haizhu XieDepartment of Radiology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, China.
Wenlei ZhaoDepartment of Radiology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, China.
Nan HongDepartment of Radiology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yuhuangding Hospital · CNQingdao University · CNPeking University People's Hospital · CNPeking University Shenzhen Hospital · CNUnited Imaging Healthcare (China) · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study aimed to establish and validate a radiomics nomogram based on dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE)-MRI for predicting axillary lymph node (ALN) metastasis in breast cancer.

methodThis retrospective study included 296 patients with breast cancer who underwent DCE-MRI examinations between July 2017 and June 2018. A total of 396 radiomics features were extracted from primary tumor. In addition, the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) algorithm was used to select the features. Radiomics signature and independent risk factors were incorporated to build a radiomics nomogram model. Calibration and receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curves were used to confirm the performance of the nomogram in the training and validation sets. The clinical usefulness of the nomogram was evaluated by decision curve analysis (DCA).

resultsThe radiomics signature consisted of three ALN-status-related features, and the nomogram model included the radiomics signature and the MR-reported lymph node (LN) status. The model showed good calibration and discrimination with areas under the ROC curve (AUC) of 0.92 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.87-0.97] in the training set and 0.90 (95% CI, 0.85-0.95) in the validation set. In the MR-reported LN-negative (cN0) subgroup, the nomogram model also exhibited favorable discriminatory ability (AUC, 0.79; 95% CI, 0.70-0.87). DCA findings indicated that the nomogram model was clinically useful.

conclusionsThe MRI-based radiomics nomogram model could be used to preoperatively predict the ALN metastasis of breast cancer.

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breast cancerlymphatic metastasismagnetic resonance imagingnomogramradiomics

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