Mammography-based radiomics for predicting the risk of breast cancer recurrence: a multicenter study.

objectiveThis study aimed to establish a mammography-based radiomics model for predicting the risk of estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, lymph node (LN)-negative invasive breast cancer recurrence based on Oncotype DX and validated it by using multicenter data.

methodsA total of 304 potentially eligible patients with pre-operative mammography images and available Oncotype DX score were retrospectively enrolled from two hospitals. The patients were grouped as training set (168 patients), internal test set (72 patients), and external test set (64 patients). Radiomics features were extracted from the mammography images of each patient. Spearman correlation analysis, analysis of variance, and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression were performed to reduce the redundant features in the training set, and the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator algorithm was used to construct the radiomics signature based on selected features. Multivariate logistic regression was utilized to construct classification models that included radiomics signature and clinical risk factors to predict low

resultsThe radiomics signature consisting of three radiomics features achieved favorable prediction performance. The multivariate logistic regression model including radiomics signature and clinical risk factors (tumor grade and HER 2) showed good performance with areas under the curve of 0.92 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.86 to 0.97), 0.88 (95% CI 0.75 to 1.00), and 0.84 (95% CI 0.69 to 0.99) in the training, internal and external test sets, respectively. The DCA indicated that when the threshold probability is ranges from 0.1 to 1.0, the radiomics model adds more net benefit than the "treat all" or "treat none" scheme in internal and external test sets.

conclusionAs a non-invasive pre-operative prediction tool, the mammography-based radiomics model incorporating radiomics and clinical factors show favorable predictive performance for predicting the risk of ER-positive, LN-negative invasive breast cancer recurrence based on Oncotype DX. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE: The mammography-based radiomics model incorporating radiomics and clinical factors shows favorable predictive performance for predicting the risk of ER-positive, LN-negative invasive breast cancer recurrence.