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ArticleLa Radiologia medica2025

A multi-center, multi-organ, multi-omic prediction model for treatment-induced severe oral mucositis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Alexander James Nicol, Sai-Kit Lam, Jerry Chi Fung Ching, Victor Chi Wing Tam, Xinzhi Teng, Jiang Zhang, Francis Kar Ho Lee, Kenneth C W Wong, Jing Cai, Shara Wee Yee Lee

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Article in La Radiologia medica, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Radiomic and dosiomic machine learning models for predicting radiation-induced oral mucositis in head and neck cancer: a systematic review.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  3. Evaluation of mid-treatmentQuantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Alexander James NicolDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Room Y910, 9/F, Block Y, Lee Shau Kee Building, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1633-1133
Sai-Kit LamDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0293-2381
Jerry Chi Fung ChingDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Room Y910, 9/F, Block Y, Lee Shau Kee Building, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1704-4061
Victor Chi Wing TamDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Room Y910, 9/F, Block Y, Lee Shau Kee Building, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8233-6645
Xinzhi TengDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Room Y910, 9/F, Block Y, Lee Shau Kee Building, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7515-8302
Jiang ZhangDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Room Y910, 9/F, Block Y, Lee Shau Kee Building, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5807-1686
Francis Kar Ho LeeDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong, China.
Kenneth C W WongDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4995-0819
Jing CaiDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Room Y910, 9/F, Block Y, Lee Shau Kee Building, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6934-0108
Shara Wee Yee LeeDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Room Y910, 9/F, Block Y, Lee Shau Kee Building, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. shara.lee@polyu.edu.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5257-2076

Funding

Hong Kong Polytechnic University P0035421Hong Kong Polytechnic University P0043001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeOral mucositis (OM) is one of the most prevalent and crippling treatment-related toxicities experienced by nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients receiving radiotherapy (RT), posing a tremendous adverse impact on quality of life. This multi-center study aimed to develop and externally validate a multi-omic prediction model for severe OM.

methodsFour hundred and sixty-four histologically confirmed NPC patients were retrospectively recruited from two public hospitals in Hong Kong. Model development was conducted on one institution (n = 363), and the other was reserved for external validation (n = 101). Severe OM was defined as the occurrence of CTCAE grade 3 or higher OM during RT. Two predictive models were constructed: 1) conventional clinical and DVH features and 2) a multi-omic approach including clinical, radiomic and dosiomic features.

resultsThe multi-omic model, consisting of chemotherapy status and radiomic and dosiomic features, outperformed the conventional model in internal and external validation, achieving AUC scores of 0.67 [95% CI: (0.61, 0.73)] and 0.65 [95% CI: (0.53, 0.77)], respectively, compared to the conventional model with 0.63 [95% CI: (0.56, 0.69)] and 0.56 [95% CI: (0.44, 0.67)], respectively. In multivariate analysis, only the multi-omic model signature was significantly correlated with severe OM in external validation (p = 0.017), demonstrating the independent predictive value of the multi-omic approach.

conclusionA multi-omic model with combined clinical, radiomic and dosiomic features achieved superior pre-treatment prediction of severe OM. Further exploration is warranted to facilitate improved clinical decision-making and enable more effective and personalized care for the prevention and management of OM in NPC patients.

Indexed as

Nasopharyngeal CarcinomaNasopharyngeal NeoplasmsStomatitisAdultAgedFemaleHong KongHumansMaleMiddle AgedMultiomicsRetrospective StudiesSeverity of Illness IndexDosiomicsNasopharyngeal carcinomaOral mucositisRadiomicsToxicity

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