Lanqing Yang1, Dan Liu1, Xin Fang1, Ziqiang Wang2, Yue Xing3, Ling Ma4, Bing Wu5. 1. Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Guoxue Xiang No. 37, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, People's Republic of China. 2. Department of Colorectal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Guoxue Xiang No. 37, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, People's Republic of China. 3. Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Center, School of Medicine, Nottingham, UK. 4. GE Healthcare, Shanghai, People's Republic of China. 5. Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Guoxue Xiang No. 37, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, People's Republic of China. bingwu69@163.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To explore if there is a correlation between T2WI histogram features of the primary tumor and the existence of regional lymph node (LN) metastasis in rectal cancer. METHODS: Eighty-eight patients with pathologically proven rectal adenocarcinoma, who received direct surgical resection and underwent preoperative rectal MRIs, were enrolled retrospectively. Based on pathological analysis of surgical specimen, patients were classified into negative LN (LN-) and positive LN (LN+) groups. The degree of differentiation and pathological T stage were recorded. Clinical T stage, tumor location, and maximum diameter of tumor were evaluated of each patient. Whole-tumor texture analysis was independently performed by two radiologists on axial T2WI, including skewness, kurtosis, energy, and entropy. RESULTS: The interobserver agreement was overall good for texture analysis between two radiologists, with intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) ranging from 0.626 to 0.826. The LN- group had a significantly higher skewness (p < 0.001), kurtosis (p < 0.001), and energy (p = 0.004) than the LN+ group, and a lower entropy (p = 0.028). These four parameters showed moderate to good diagnostic power in predicting LN metastasis with respective AUC of 0.750, 0.733, 0.669, and 0.648. In addition, they were both correlated with LN metastasis (rs = - 0.413, - 0.385, - 0.28, and 0.245, respectively). The multivariate analysis showed that lower skewness was an independent risk factor of LN metastasis (odds ratio, OR = 9.832; 95%CI, 1.171-56.295; p = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Signal intensity histogram parameters of primary tumor on T2WI were associated with regional LN status in rectal cancer, which may help improve the prediction of nodal stage. KEY POINTS: • Histogram parameters of tumor on T2WI may help to reduce uncertainty when assessing LN status in rectal cancer. • Histogram parameters of tumor on T2WI showed a significant difference between different regional LN status groups in rectal cancer. • Skewness was an independent risk factor of regional LN metastasis in rectal cancer.
OBJECTIVES: To explore if there is a correlation between T2WI histogram features of the primary tumor and the existence of regional lymph node (LN) metastasis in rectal cancer. METHODS: Eighty-eight patients with pathologically proven rectal adenocarcinoma, who received direct surgical resection and underwent preoperative rectal MRIs, were enrolled retrospectively. Based on pathological analysis of surgical specimen, patients were classified into negative LN (LN-) and positive LN (LN+) groups. The degree of differentiation and pathological T stage were recorded. Clinical T stage, tumor location, and maximum diameter of tumor were evaluated of each patient. Whole-tumor texture analysis was independently performed by two radiologists on axial T2WI, including skewness, kurtosis, energy, and entropy. RESULTS: The interobserver agreement was overall good for texture analysis between two radiologists, with intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) ranging from 0.626 to 0.826. The LN- group had a significantly higher skewness (p < 0.001), kurtosis (p < 0.001), and energy (p = 0.004) than the LN+ group, and a lower entropy (p = 0.028). These four parameters showed moderate to good diagnostic power in predicting LN metastasis with respective AUC of 0.750, 0.733, 0.669, and 0.648. In addition, they were both correlated with LN metastasis (rs = - 0.413, - 0.385, - 0.28, and 0.245, respectively). The multivariate analysis showed that lower skewness was an independent risk factor of LN metastasis (odds ratio, OR = 9.832; 95%CI, 1.171-56.295; p = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Signal intensity histogram parameters of primary tumor on T2WI were associated with regional LN status in rectal cancer, which may help improve the prediction of nodal stage. KEY POINTS: • Histogram parameters of tumor on T2WI may help to reduce uncertainty when assessing LN status in rectal cancer. • Histogram parameters of tumor on T2WI showed a significant difference between different regional LN status groups in rectal cancer. • Skewness was an independent risk factor of regional LN metastasis in rectal cancer.
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