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ArticleQuantitative imaging in medicine and surgery2024

Hypoxia predicts favorable response to carbon ion radiotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) defined by

Mingyu Liu, Ningyi Ma, Caiyue Ren, Shaoli Song, Kailiang Wu, Yun Sun, Jingfang Mao, Jingyi Cheng

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Article in Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery, 2024. 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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Mingyu Liu *Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai Proton and Heavy Ion Center, Fudan University Cancer Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Ningyi Ma *Shanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology (20dz2261000), Shanghai, China.
Caiyue RenShanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology (20dz2261000), Shanghai, China.
Shaoli SongDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai Proton and Heavy Ion Center, Fudan University Cancer Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Kailiang WuShanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology (20dz2261000), Shanghai, China.
Yun SunShanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology (20dz2261000), Shanghai, China.
Jingfang MaoShanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology (20dz2261000), Shanghai, China.
Jingyi ChengDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai Proton and Heavy Ion Center, Fudan University Cancer Hospital, Shanghai, China.

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Background: Hypoxia is the bottleneck that affects the response of conventional photon radiotherapy, but it does not seem to have much effect on carbon ion radiotherapy (CIRT). This study aimed to evaluate the changes of hypoxia before and after CIRT in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and whether Methods: A total of 29 patients with NSCLC who received CIRT were retrospectively included. Results: (I) Baseline TMR could predict the IR to CIRT with a baseline TMR cut-off value of 2.35, an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.85 [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.62-1.00], a sensitivity of 80.0%, a specificity of 87.5%, and an accuracy of 85.7%. Taking the baseline TMR =2.35 as the cut-off value of high-hypoxia and low-hypoxia group, the IR rate of the high-hypoxia group [66.7% (4/6)] and the low-hypoxia group [6.7% (1/15)] was statistically different (P=0.01). (II) ΔTMR could predict early treatment response after CIRT at initial follow-up, with a cut-off value of ΔTMR =36.6%, AUC of 0.80 (95% CI: 0.61-1.00), sensitivity of 72.7%, specificity of 90.0% and accuracy of 71.4%. Conclusions: A higher degree of tumor hypoxia may be associated with a better IR to CIRT. ΔTMR could predict early treatment response after CIRT.

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carbon ion radiotherapy (CIRT)hypoxiaNon-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT)response

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