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ArticleCancers2022

Quantitative Spatial Characterization of Lymph Node Tumor for N Stage Improvement of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients.

Jiang Zhang, Xinzhi Teng, Saikit Lam, Jiachen Sun, Andy Lai-Yin Cheung, Sherry Chor-Yi Ng, Francis Kar-Ho Lee, Kwok-Hung Au, Celia Wai-Yi Yip, Victor Ho-Fun Lee and 7 more

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Article in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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17 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Jiang ZhangDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5807-1686
Xinzhi TengDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Saikit LamDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Jiachen SunDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Andy Lai-Yin CheungDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Sherry Chor-Yi NgDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Francis Kar-Ho LeeDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Kwok-Hung AuDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Celia Wai-Yi YipDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Victor Ho-Fun LeeDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6283-978X
Zhongshi LinShenzhen Institute for Drug Control (Shenzhen Testing Center of Medical Devices), Shenzhen 518057, China.
Yongyi LiangShenzhen Institute for Drug Control (Shenzhen Testing Center of Medical Devices), Shenzhen 518057, China.
Ruijie YangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China.
Ying HanDepartment of Clinical Oncology, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518009, China.
Yuanpeng ZhangDepartment of Medical Informatics, Nantong University, Nantong 226007, China.
Feng-Ming Spring KongDepartment of Clinical Oncology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2652-098X
Jing CaiDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6934-0108
Hong Kong Polytechnic University · HKQueen Elizabeth Hospital · CNQueen Mary Hospital · CNShenzhen Institute for Drug Control · CNUniversity of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital · CNNantong University · CNPeking University · CN

Funding

Innovation and Technology Fund - Mainland-Hong Kong Joint Funding Scheme (ITF-MHKJFS) MHP/005/20Project of Strategic Importance Fund of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University P0035421Projects of RISA of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University P0043001Shenzhen Basic Research Program JCYJ20210324130209023Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macau S&T Program (Category C) SGDX20201103095002019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the feasibility of improving the prognosis stratification of the N staging system of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC) from quantitative spatial characterizations of metastatic lymph node (LN) for NPC in a multi-institutional setting. A total of 194 and 284 NPC patients were included from two local hospitals as the discovery and validation cohort. Spatial relationships between LN and the surrounding organs were quantified by both distance and angle histograms, followed by principal component analysis. Independent prognostic factors were identified and combined with the N stage into a new prognostic index by univariate and multivariate Cox regressions on disease-free survival (DFS). The new three-class risk stratification based on the constructed prognostic index demonstrated superior cross-institutional performance in DFS. The hazard ratios of the high-risk to low-risk group were 9.07 (p < 0.001) and 4.02 (p < 0.001) on training and validation, respectively, compared with 5.19 (p < 0.001) and 1.82 (p = 0.171) of N3 to N1. Our spatial characterizations of lymph node tumor anatomy improved the existing N-stage in NPC prognosis. Our quantitative approach may facilitate the discovery of new anatomical characteristics to improve patient staging in other diseases.

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lymph node tumornasopharyngeal carcinomaN stagetumor geometry

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PMID36612236
PMCPMC9818273
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