Ji Hye Min1,2, Tae Wook Kang3, Young Kon Kim1, Seong Hyun Kim1, Kyung Sook Shin2, Jeong Eun Lee2, Sang Yun Ha4, Insuk Sohn5. 1. Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Irwon-Dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 135-710, Korea. 2. Department of Radiology, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea. 3. Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Irwon-Dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 135-710, Korea. kaienes.kang@samsung.com. 4. Department of Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. 5. Biostatics and Clinical Epidemiology Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the correlation between grade of hepatic neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) according to the 2010 World Health Organization (WHO) classification and the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and to assess whether ADC value can predict overall survival (OS) after diagnosis of hepatic NETs. METHODS: The study included 63 patients who underwent magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with diffusion-weighted images for the evaluation of hepatic NETs. The correlation between qualitative and quantitative MR imaging findings, including ADC values, and WHO classifications was assessed. The association between ADC value and OS was analyzed. RESULTS: The ADC values and WHO classification of hepatic NETs were moderately negatively correlated in a statistically significant manner (ρ = -0.57, p < 0.001). The OS rates were significantly different according to the ADC value (low ADC vs. high ADC, p = 0.006) as well as WHO classifications (G1+ G2 vs. G3, p = 0.038). However, multivariate analysis revealed that the only independent predictor for OS was a low ADC value (hazard ratio: 3.37, p = 0.010). CONCLUSION: There was a significant correlation between the ADC value of hepatic NETs and the WHO tumour grade. Additionally, the ADC value of a hepatic NET might be more accurate than the current WHO tumour grade for predicting OS. KEY POINTS: • ADC values of hepatic NET and WHO tumour grade were negatively correlated. • Lower ADC values of hepatic NET were significantly correlated with worse OS. • ADC value might be more accurate than WHO grade for predicting OS.
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the correlation between grade of hepatic neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) according to the 2010 World Health Organization (WHO) classification and the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and to assess whether ADC value can predict overall survival (OS) after diagnosis of hepatic NETs. METHODS: The study included 63 patients who underwent magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with diffusion-weighted images for the evaluation of hepatic NETs. The correlation between qualitative and quantitative MR imaging findings, including ADC values, and WHO classifications was assessed. The association between ADC value and OS was analyzed. RESULTS: The ADC values and WHO classification of hepatic NETs were moderately negatively correlated in a statistically significant manner (ρ = -0.57, p < 0.001). The OS rates were significantly different according to the ADC value (low ADC vs. high ADC, p = 0.006) as well as WHO classifications (G1+ G2 vs. G3, p = 0.038). However, multivariate analysis revealed that the only independent predictor for OS was a low ADC value (hazard ratio: 3.37, p = 0.010). CONCLUSION: There was a significant correlation between the ADC value of hepatic NETs and the WHO tumour grade. Additionally, the ADC value of a hepatic NET might be more accurate than the current WHO tumour grade for predicting OS. KEY POINTS: • ADC values of hepatic NET and WHO tumour grade were negatively correlated. • Lower ADC values of hepatic NET were significantly correlated with worse OS. • ADC value might be more accurate than WHO grade for predicting OS.
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