Xianzheng Tan1,2,3, Zelan Ma4, Lifen Yan1,2, Weitao Ye2, Zaiyi Liu5,6, Changhong Liang7,8. 1. The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, People's Republic of China. 2. Department of Radiology, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, 106 Zhongshan Er Road, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, People's Republic of China. 3. Department of Radiology, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, Changsha, 410005, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China. 4. Guangdong Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, 510120, People's Republic of China. 5. The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, People's Republic of China. zyliu@163.com. 6. Department of Radiology, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, 106 Zhongshan Er Road, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, People's Republic of China. zyliu@163.com. 7. The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, People's Republic of China. cjr.lchh@vip.163.com. 8. Department of Radiology, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, 106 Zhongshan Er Road, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, People's Republic of China. cjr.lchh@vip.163.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To determine the value of radiomics in predicting lymph node (LN) metastasis in resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) patients. METHODS: Data of 230 consecutive patients were retrospectively analyzed (154 in the training set and 76 in the test set). A total of 1576 radiomics features were extracted from arterial-phase CT images of the whole primary tumor. LASSO logistic regression was performed to choose the key features and construct a radiomics signature. A radiomics nomogram incorporating this signature was developed on the basis of multivariable analysis in the training set. Nomogram performance was determined and validated with respect to its discrimination, calibration and reclassification. Clinical usefulness was estimated by decision curve analysis. RESULTS: The radiomics signature including five features was significantly associated with LN metastasis. The radiomics nomogram, which incorporated the signature and CT-reported LN status (i.e. size criteria), distinguished LN metastasis with an area under curve (AUC) of 0.758 in the training set, and performance was similar in the test set (AUC 0.773). Discrimination of the radiomics nomogram exceeded that of size criteria alone in both the training set (p <0.001) and the test set (p=0.005). Integrated discrimination improvement (IDI) and categorical net reclassification improvement (NRI) showed significant improvement in prognostic value when the radiomics signature was added to size criteria in the test set (IDI 17.3%; p<0.001; categorical NRI 52.3%; p<0.001). Decision curve analysis supported that the radiomics nomogram is superior to size criteria. CONCLUSIONS: The radiomics nomogram provides individualized risk estimation of LN metastasis in ESCC patients and outperforms size criteria. KEY POINTS: • A radiomics nomogram was built and validated to predict LN metastasis in resectable ESCC. • The radiomics nomogram outperformed size criteria. • Radiomics helps to unravel intratumor heterogeneity and can serve as a novel biomarker for determination of LN status in resectable ESCC.
OBJECTIVES: To determine the value of radiomics in predicting lymph node (LN) metastasis in resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) patients. METHODS: Data of 230 consecutive patients were retrospectively analyzed (154 in the training set and 76 in the test set). A total of 1576 radiomics features were extracted from arterial-phase CT images of the whole primary tumor. LASSO logistic regression was performed to choose the key features and construct a radiomics signature. A radiomics nomogram incorporating this signature was developed on the basis of multivariable analysis in the training set. Nomogram performance was determined and validated with respect to its discrimination, calibration and reclassification. Clinical usefulness was estimated by decision curve analysis. RESULTS: The radiomics signature including five features was significantly associated with LN metastasis. The radiomics nomogram, which incorporated the signature and CT-reported LN status (i.e. size criteria), distinguished LN metastasis with an area under curve (AUC) of 0.758 in the training set, and performance was similar in the test set (AUC 0.773). Discrimination of the radiomics nomogram exceeded that of size criteria alone in both the training set (p <0.001) and the test set (p=0.005). Integrated discrimination improvement (IDI) and categorical net reclassification improvement (NRI) showed significant improvement in prognostic value when the radiomics signature was added to size criteria in the test set (IDI 17.3%; p<0.001; categorical NRI 52.3%; p<0.001). Decision curve analysis supported that the radiomics nomogram is superior to size criteria. CONCLUSIONS: The radiomics nomogram provides individualized risk estimation of LN metastasis in ESCC patients and outperforms size criteria. KEY POINTS: • A radiomics nomogram was built and validated to predict LN metastasis in resectable ESCC. • The radiomics nomogram outperformed size criteria. • Radiomics helps to unravel intratumor heterogeneity and can serve as a novel biomarker for determination of LN status in resectable ESCC.
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