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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2023

Ultrasound-based radiomics model for predicting molecular biomarkers in breast cancer.

Rong Xu, Tao You, Chen Liu, Qing Lin, Quehui Guo, Guodong Zhong, Leilei Liu, Qiufang Ouyang

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Rong XuDepartment of Ultrasound, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Tao YouDepartment of Ultrasound, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Chen LiuDepartment of Breast, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Qing LinDepartment of Ultrasound, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Quehui GuoDepartment of Ultrasound, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Guodong ZhongDepartment of Pathology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Leilei LiuDepartment of Ultrasound, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Qiufang OuyangDepartment of Ultrasound, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.

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Abstract

Background: Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer in women and is highly heterogeneous. BC can be classified into four molecular subtypes based on the status of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) and proliferation marker protein Ki-67. However, they can only be obtained by biopsy or surgery, which is invasive. Radiomics can noninvasively predict molecular expression Objectives: To investigate the prediction performance of US radiomics for the assessment of molecular profiling in BC. Methods: A total of 342 patients with BC who underwent preoperative US examination between January 2013 and December 2021 were retrospectively included. They were confirmed by pathology and molecular subtype analysis of ER, PR, HER2 and Ki-67. The radiomics features were extracted and four molecular models were constructed through support vector machine (SVM). Pearson correlation coefficient heatmaps are employed to analyze the relationship between selected features and their predictive power on molecular expression. The receiver operating characteristic curve was used for the prediction performance of US radiomics in the assessment of molecular profiling. Results: 359 lesions with 129 ER- and 230 ER+, 163 PR- and 196 PR+, 265 HER2- and 94 HER2+, 114 Ki-67- and 245 Ki-67+ expression were included. 1314 features were extracted from each ultrasound image. And there was a significant difference of some specific radiomics features between the molecule positive and negative groups. Multiple features demonstrated significant association with molecular biomarkers. The area under curves (AUCs) were 0.917, 0.835, 0.771, and 0.896 in the training set, while 0.868, 0.811, 0.722, and 0.706 in the validation set to predict ER, PR, HER2, and Ki-67 expression respectively. Conclusion: Ultrasound-based radiomics provides a promising method for predicting molecular biomarker expression of ER, PR, HER2, and Ki-67 in BC.

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biomarkerbreast cancerradiomicssupport vector machineultrasonography

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