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ArticleCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2025

MRI in Oral Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Radiomic Approach in the Local Recurrence Evaluation.

Antonello Vidiri, Vincenzo Dolcetti, Francesco Mazzola, Sonia Lucchese, Francesca Laganaro, Francesca Piludu, Raul Pellini, Renato Covello, Simona Marzi

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Article in Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Antonello VidiriRadiology Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Via Elio Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6203-4642
Vincenzo DolcettiDepartment of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Francesco MazzolaOtolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Via Elio Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1533-8832
Sonia LuccheseRadiology Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Via Elio Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy.
Francesca LaganaroRadiology Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Via Elio Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy.
Francesca PiluduRadiology Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Via Elio Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy.
Raul PelliniOtolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Via Elio Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6051-3041
Renato CovelloPathology Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Via Elio Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8505-4427
Simona MarziMedical Physics Laboratory, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Via Elio Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9845-4400

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: Oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma (OTSCC) is a prevalent malignancy with high loco-regional recurrence. Advanced imaging biomarkers are critical for stratifying patients at a high risk of recurrence. This study aimed to develop MRI-based radiomic models to predict loco-regional recurrence in OTSCC patients undergoing surgery. (2) Methods: We retrospectively selected 92 patients with OTSCC who underwent MRI, followed by surgery and cervical lymphadenectomy. A total of 31 patients suffered from a loco-regional recurrence. Radiomic features were extracted from preoperative post-contrast high-resolution MRI and integrated with clinical and pathological data to develop predictive models, including radiomic-only and combined radiomic-clinical approaches, trained and validated with stratified data splitting. (3) Results: Textural features, such as those derived from the Gray-Level Size-Zone Matrix, Gray-Level Dependence Matrix, and Gray-Level Run-Length Matrix, showed significant associations with recurrence. The radiomic-only model achieved an accuracy of 0.79 (95% confidence interval: 0.69, 0.87) and 0.74 (95% CI: 0.54, 0.89) in the training and validation set, respectively. Combined radiomic and clinical models, incorporating features like the pathological depth of invasion and lymph node status, provided comparable diagnostic performances. (4) Conclusions: MRI-based radiomic models demonstrated the potential for predicting loco-regional recurrence, highlighting their increasingly important role in advancing precision oncology for OTSCC.

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Carcinoma, Squamous CellMagnetic Resonance ImagingNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckTongue NeoplasmsAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRadiomicsRetrospective Studiesimaging biomarkersloco-regional recurrencemachine learning (ML)MRI-based modelsoral tongue squamous cell carcinoma (OTSCC)precision oncologyradiomics

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