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ArticleAbdominal radiology (New York)2025

Prediction of hepatocellular carcinoma response to radiation segmentectomy using an MRI-based machine learning approach.

Daniel Stocker, Stefanie Hectors, Brett Marinelli, Guillermo Carbonell, Octavia Bane, Miriam Hulkower, Paul Kennedy, Weiping Ma, Sara Lewis, Edward Kim and 2 more

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Article in Abdominal radiology (New York), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Daniel StockerBioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA. daniel.stocker@usz.ch.ORCID 0000-0002-1230-092X
Stefanie HectorsBioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Brett MarinelliDepartment of Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Guillermo CarbonellBioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Octavia BaneBioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Miriam HulkowerDepartment of Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Paul KennedyBioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Weiping MaDepartment of Genetics and Genomics Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Sara LewisBioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Edward KimDepartment of Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Pei WangDepartment of Genetics and Genomics Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Bachir TaouliBioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
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Abstract

purposeTo evaluate the value of pre-treatment MRI-based radiomics in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) for the prediction of response to Yttrium 90 radiation segmentectomy.

methodsThis retrospective study included 154 patients (38 female; mean age 66.8 years) who underwent contrast-enhanced MRI prior to radiation segmentectomy. Radiomics features were manually extracted on volumes of interest on post-contrast T1-weighted images at the portal venous phase (PVP). Tumor-based response assessment was evaluated 6 months post-treatment using mRECIST. A logistic regression model was used to predict binary response outcome [complete response at 6 months with no-re-treatment (response group) against the rest (non-response group, including partial response, progressive disease, stable disease and complete response after re-treatment within 6 months after radiation segmentectomy) using baseline clinical parameters and radiomics features. We accessed the value of different sets of predictors using cross-validation technique. AUCs were compared using DeLong tests.

resultsA total 168 HCCs (mean size 2.9 ± 1.7 cm) were analyzed in 154 patients. The response group consisted of 113 HCCs and the non-response group of 55 HCCs. Baseline clinical parameters (AUC 0.531; sensitivity, 0.781; specificity, 0.279; positive predictive value (PPV), 0.345; negative predictive value (NPV), 0.724) and AFP (AUC 0.632; sensitivity, 0.833; specificity, 0.466; PPV, 0.432; NPV, 0.851) showed poor performance for response prediction. The model using a combination of radiomics features and clinical parameters/AFP showed the best performance (AUC 0.736; sensitivity, 0.706; specificity, 0.662; PPV 0.504; NPV, 0.822), significantly better than the clinical model (p < 0.001) or AFP alone (p < 0.001).

conclusionThe combination of radiomics features from pre-treatment MRI with clinical parameters and AFP showed fair performance for predicting HCC response to radiation segmentectomy, better than that of AFP. These results need further validation.

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsMachine LearningMagnetic Resonance ImagingAgedContrast MediaFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPredictive Value of TestsRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeYttrium RadioisotopesContrast MediaYttrium-90Yttrium RadioisotopesCarcinomaHepatocellularMagnetic resonance imagingYttrium radioisotopes

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PMID39460801
PMCPMC11991973

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