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ArticleJournal of translational medicine2026

MRI-based clinical-radiologic model to predict the efficacy and prognosis of interventional with systemic therapy in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: a multicenter study.

Xingrong Zheng, Yuqing Ren, Xionghao Pang, Li Lin, Yeqiong Zhang, Xin Song, Shengjiang Deng, Na Gao, Xiyao Chen, Hualang Cai and 5 more

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Xingrong Zheng *Department of Infectious Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600# TianHe Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, 510630, China.
Yuqing Ren *Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Taipa, Macao SAR, 999078, China.
Xionghao Pang *Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Health Science Center, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Li LinDepartment of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, 510630, China.
Yeqiong ZhangDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600# TianHe Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, 510630, China.
Xin SongDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600# TianHe Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, 510630, China.
Shengjiang DengDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600# TianHe Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, 510630, China.
Na GaoDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600# TianHe Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, 510630, China.
Xiyao ChenDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600# TianHe Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, 510630, China.
Hualang CaiDepartment of Liver Diseases, The Third People's Hospital of Shenzhen, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Chao LiDepartment of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, 510630, China.
Liang PengDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600# TianHe Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, 510630, China.
Qingxian CaiDepartment of Liver Diseases, The Third People's Hospital of Shenzhen, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. cqx200000@163.com.
Xiaofan DingDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Taipa, Macao SAR, 999078, China. dingxiaofan@um.edu.mo.
Chan XieDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600# TianHe Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, 510630, China. xchan@mail.sysu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-6344-9380

Funding

Five-Year Plan of Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University K00006, P02421, 2023W106Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation 2021A1515220029Guangzhou Science and Technology Program 202102010204Guangzhou Science and Technology Program Key Projects 2023B03J1287 and 2023B01J100National Key R&D Program of China 2022YFC2304402National Science and Technology Major Project for the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer, Cardiovascular, Respiratory, and Metabolic Diseases 2024ZD0526202Natural Science Foundation of China 82070611Sun Yat-Sen University Clinical Research 5010 Program 2018009Sun Yat-Sen University Clinical Research 5010 Program 2020007
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Abstract

aimUsing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features combined with clinical information to predict treatment response in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (aHCC) patients receiving tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) inhibitors with interventional therapy (TPI therapy).

methodsThis retrospective, multicenter study included patients with baseline contrast-enhanced MRI images between December 2018 and December 2023. Clinical data of patients were collected and features in MRI images were used for radiomic analysis. A clinical-radiomic model was constructed by integrating clinical variables with radiomic scores.

resultsA total of 239 patients were enrolled of which 15 patients achieved complete response, 161 achieved partial response, 26 displayed stable disease, and 37 displayed progressive disease. To further investigate the efficacy of TPI therapy by clinical-radiomic model, patients were randomly assigned to training (N = 191) and validation group (N = 48) according to the ratio of 3:1. The area under the curve (AUC) of the clinical-radiologic model (training cohort 0.947, validation cohort 0.803) was better than that of the clinical model (training cohort 0.674, validation cohort 0.706) and radiologic model (training cohort 0.930, validation cohort 0.790). Meanwhile, participants were divided into high-risk and low-risk groups for analysis of overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in the clinical-radiologic model. The prognosis of OS and PFS in high risk patients in both training (OS, HR 2.074, 95%CI 1.294–3.324, p = 0.002; PFS, HR 2.097, 95%CI 1.433–3.068, p = 0.001) and validation cohort (OS, HR 4.534, 95%CI 1.054–19.494, p = 0.026; PFS, HR 2.969, 95%CI 1.383–6.377, p = 0.003) was worse.

conclusionRadiographic features based on MRI images with clinical data can predict the efficacy and risk stratification of TPI therapy in aHCC.

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsMagnetic Resonance ImagingAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisRadiomicsRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeClinical-radiomic modelHepatocellular carcinomaInterventional therapyMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI)Systemic therapy

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