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ArticleScientific reports2023

Improved prediction of radiation-induced hypothyroidism in nasopharyngeal carcinoma using pre-treatment CT radiomics.

Napat Ritlumlert, Siriporn Wongwattananard, Anussara Prayongrat, Sornjarod Oonsiri, Sarin Kitpanit, Danita Kannarunimit, Chakkapong Chakkabat, Chawalit Lertbutsayanukul, Sira Sriswasdi, Yothin Rakvongthai

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Napat RitlumlertBiomedical Engineering Program, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand.
Siriporn WongwattananardDivision of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand.
Anussara PrayongratDivision of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand.
Sornjarod OonsiriDivision of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand.
Sarin KitpanitDivision of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand.
Danita KannarunimitDivision of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand.
Chakkapong ChakkabatDivision of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand.
Chawalit LertbutsayanukulDivision of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand.
Sira SriswasdiCenter for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Research Affairs, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand.
Yothin RakvongthaiChulalongkorn University Biomedical Imaging Group, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand. yothin.r@chula.ac.th.
Chulalongkorn University · THKing Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital · TH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

When planning radiation therapy, late effects due to the treatment should be considered. One of the most common complications of head and neck radiation therapy is hypothyroidism. Although clinical and dosimetric data are routinely used to assess the risk of hypothyroidism after radiation, the outcome is still unsatisfactory. Medical imaging can provide additional information that improves the prediction of hypothyroidism. In this study, pre-treatment computed tomography (CT) radiomics features of the thyroid gland were combined with clinical and dosimetric data from 220 participants to predict the occurrence of hypothyroidism within 2 years after radiation therapy. The findings demonstrated that the addition of CT radiomics consistently and significantly improves upon conventional model, achieving the highest area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUCs) of 0.81 ± 0.06 with a random forest model. Hence, pre-treatment thyroid CT imaging provides useful information that have the potential to improve the ability to predict hypothyroidism after nasopharyngeal radiation therapy.

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HypothyroidismNasopharyngeal NeoplasmsHumansNasopharyngeal CarcinomaRetrospective StudiesTomography, X-Ray Computed

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PMID37838730
PMCPMC10576799
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