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ArticleEJNMMI research2023

Predicting PD-L1 expression status in patients with non-small cell lung cancer using [

Xiaoqian Zhao, Yan Zhao, Jingmian Zhang, Zhaoqi Zhang, Lihua Liu, Xinming Zhao

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Xiaoqian Zhao *Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, 12 Jiankang Road, Shijiazhuang, 050011, Hebei, China.
Yan Zhao *Department of Oncology, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University and Hebei Provincial Tumor Hospital, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Jingmian ZhangDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, 12 Jiankang Road, Shijiazhuang, 050011, Hebei, China.
Zhaoqi ZhangDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, 12 Jiankang Road, Shijiazhuang, 050011, Hebei, China.
Lihua LiuDepartment of Tumor Immunotherapy, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050011, Hebei, China. cdlihualiu@aliyun.com.
Xinming ZhaoDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, 12 Jiankang Road, Shijiazhuang, 050011, Hebei, China. xinm_zhao@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7060-2643

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The Practical Technology Tracking Project of Hebei Province, China No. GL2011-52
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Abstract

backgroundIn recent years, immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy has greatly changed the treatment prospects of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Among the available ICI therapy strategies, programmed death-1 (PD-1)/programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) inhibitors are the most widely used worldwide. At present, immunohistochemistry (IHC) is the main method to detect PD-L1 expression levels in clinical practice. However, given that IHC is invasive and cannot reflect the expression of PD-L1 dynamically and in real time, it is of great clinical significance to develop a new noninvasive, accurate radiomics method to evaluate PD-L1 expression levels and predict and filter patients who will benefit from immunotherapy. Therefore, the aim of our study was to assess the predictive power of pretherapy [

methodsA total of 334 patients with NSCLC who underwent [

resultsPatients were randomly assigned to a training group (n = 233) and a validation group (n = 101). Two radiomics features were selected to construct the radiomics signature model. Multivariate analysis showed that the clinical stage (odds ratio [OR] 1.579, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.220-0.703, P < 0.001) was a significant predictor of different PD-L1 expression statuses. The AUC of the radiomics model was higher than that of the clinical model in the training group (0.706 vs. 0.638) and the validation group (0.761 vs. 0.640). The AUCs in the training group and validation group of the combined model were 0.718 and 0.769, respectively.

conclusionPET/CT-based radiomics features demonstrated strong potential in predicting PD-L1 expression status and thus could be used to preselect patients who may benefit from PD-1/PD-L1-based immunotherapy.

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[18F]FDG PET/CTNon-small cell lung cancerPD-L1Radiomics

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