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Gupta M, Anjari M, Brandner S, Fersht N, Wilson E, Thust S, Kosmin M. Isocitrate Dehydrogenase 1/2 Wildtype Adult Astrocytoma with WHO Grade 2/3 Histological Features: Molecular Re-Classification, Prognostic Factors, Clinical Outcomes. Biomedicines 2024; 12:901. [PMID: 38672254 PMCID: PMC11048525 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines12040901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2024] [Revised: 03/27/2024] [Accepted: 03/31/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Isocitrate Dehydrogenase 1/2 (IDH 1/2)-wildtype (WT) astrocytomas constitute a heterogeneous group of tumors and have undergone a series of diagnostic reclassifications over time. This study aimed to investigate molecular markers, clinical, imaging, and treatment factors predictive of outcomes in WHO grade 2/3 IDH-WT astrocytomas ('early glioblastoma'). METHODOLOGY Patients with WHO grade 2/3 IDH-WT astrocytomas were identified from the hospital archives. They were cross-referenced with the electronic medical records systems, including neuroimaging. The expert neuro-pathology team retrieved data on molecular markers-MGMT, TERT, IDH, and EGFR. Tumors with a TERT mutation and/or EGFR amplification were reclassified as glioblastoma. RESULTS Fifty-four patients were identified. Sixty-three percent of the patients could be conclusively reclassified as glioblastoma based on either TERT mutation, EGFR amplification, or both. On imaging, 65% showed gadolinium enhancement on MRI. Thirty-nine patients (72%) received long-course radiotherapy, of whom 64% received concurrent chemotherapy. The median follow-up of the group was 16 months (range: 2-90), and the median overall survival (OS) was 17.3 months. The 2-year OS of the whole cohort was 31%. On univariate analysis, older age, worse performance status (PS), and presence versus absence of contrast enhancement on diagnostic MRI were statistically significant for poorer OS. CONCLUSION IDH-WT WHO grade 2/3 astrocytomas are a heterogeneous group of tumors with poor clinical outcomes. The majority can be reclassified as glioblastoma, based on current WHO classification criteria, but further understanding of the underlying biology of these tumors and the discovery of novel targeted agents are needed for better outcomes.
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- Meetakshi Gupta
- Department of Radiotherapy, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Great Maze Pond, London SE1 9RT, UK;
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- Department of Radiology, Royal Free Hospital, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG, UK;
- Lysholm Department of Neuroradiology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
- Department of Brain Rehabilitation and Repair, Institute of Neurology, University College London, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK;
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- Division of Neuropathology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
- Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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- Department of Radiotherapy, University College London NHS Foundation Trust, 250 Euston Rd, London NW1 2PG, UK
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- Department of Radiotherapy, University College London NHS Foundation Trust, 250 Euston Rd, London NW1 2PG, UK
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- Department of Brain Rehabilitation and Repair, Institute of Neurology, University College London, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK;
- Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
- Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham University NHS Trust, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
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- Department of Radiotherapy, University College London NHS Foundation Trust, 250 Euston Rd, London NW1 2PG, UK
- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London W1T 7DN, UK
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Ratneswaren T, Chan N, Aeron-Thomas J, Sait S, Adesalu O, Alhawamdeh M, Benger M, Garnham J, Dixon L, Tona F, McNamara C, Taylor E, Lobotesis K, Lim E, Goldberg O, Asmar N, Evbuomwan O, Banerjee S, Holm-Mercer L, Senor J, Tsitsiou Y, Tantrige P, Taha A, Ballal K, Mattar A, Daadipour A, Elfergani K, Barker R, Chakravartty R, Murchison AG, Kemp BJ, Simister R, Davagnanam I, Wong OY, Werring D, Banaras A, Anjari M, Rodrigues JCL, Thompson CAS, Haines IR, Burnett TA, Zaher REY, Reay VL, Banerjee M, Sew Hee CSL, Oo AP, Lo A, Rogers P, Hughes T, Marin A, Mukherjee S, Jaber H, Sanders E, Owen S, Bhandari M, Sundayi S, Bhagat A, Elsakka M, Hashmi OH, Lymbouris M, Gurung-Koney Y, Arshad M, Hasan I, Singh N, Patel V, Rahiminejad M, Booth TC. COVID-19 Stroke Apical Lung Examination Study 2: a national prospective CTA biomarker study of the lung apices, in patients presenting with suspected acute stroke (COVID SALES 2). Neuroimage Clin 2024; 42:103590. [PMID: 38513535 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2024.103590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2024] [Revised: 03/10/2024] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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BACKGROUND Apical ground-glass opacification (GGO) identified on CT angiography (CTA) performed for suspected acute stroke was developed in 2020 as a coronavirus-disease-2019 (COVID-19) diagnostic and prognostic biomarker in a retrospective study during the first wave of COVID-19. OBJECTIVE To prospectively validate whether GGO on CTA performed for suspected acute stroke is a reliable COVID-19 diagnostic and prognostic biomarker and whether it is reliable for COVID-19 vaccinated patients. METHODS In this prospective, pragmatic, national, multi-center validation study performed at 13 sites, we captured study data consecutively in patients undergoing CTA for suspected acute stroke from January-March 2021. Demographic and clinical features associated with stroke and COVID-19 were incorporated. The primary outcome was the likelihood of reverse-transcriptase-polymerase-chain-reaction swab-test-confirmed COVID-19 using the GGO biomarker. Secondary outcomes investigated were functional status at discharge and survival analyses at 30 and 90 days. Univariate and multivariable statistical analyses were employed. RESULTS CTAs from 1,111 patients were analyzed, with apical GGO identified in 8.5 % during a period of high COVID-19 prevalence. GGO showed good inter-rater reliability (Fleiss κ = 0.77); and high COVID-19 specificity (93.7 %, 91.8-95.2) and negative predictive value (NPV; 97.8 %, 96.5-98.6). In subgroup analysis of vaccinated patients, GGO remained a good diagnostic biomarker (specificity 93.1 %, 89.8-95.5; NPV 99.7 %, 98.3-100.0). Patients with COVID-19 were more likely to have higher stroke score (NIHSS (mean +/- SD) 6.9 +/- 6.9, COVID-19 negative, 9.7 +/- 9.0, COVID-19 positive; p = 0.01), carotid occlusions (6.2 % negative, 14.9 % positive; p = 0.02), and larger infarcts on presentation CT (ASPECTS 9.4 +/- 1.5, COVID-19 negative, 8.6 +/- 2.4, COVID-19 positive; p = 0.00). After multivariable logistic regression, GGO (odds ratio 15.7, 6.2-40.1), myalgia (8.9, 2.1-38.2) and higher core body temperature (1.9, 1.1-3.2) were independent COVID-19 predictors. GGO was associated with worse functional outcome on discharge and worse survival after univariate analysis. However, after adjustment for factors including stroke severity, GGO was not independently predictive of functional outcome or mortality. CONCLUSION Apical GGO on CTA performed for patients with suspected acute stroke is a reliable diagnostic biomarker for COVID-19, which in combination with clinical features may be useful in COVID-19 triage.
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- T Ratneswaren
- Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK; Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Royal London Hospital, London, UK
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- King's College Hospital, London, UK
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- King's College Hospital, London, UK
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- Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK
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- Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK
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- Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK
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- Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK
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- Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK
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- Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK
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- Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington, UK
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- Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington, UK
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- Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington, UK
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- Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington, UK
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- Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington, UK
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- Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington, UK
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- Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey, UK
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- John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- University College Hospital, London, UK
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- Comprehensive Stroke Service, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; Stroke Research Centre, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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- University College Hospital, London, UK
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- Lysholm Department of Neuroradiology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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- Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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- Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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- Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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- Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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- Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, UK
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- Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, UK
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- Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, UK
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- Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, UK
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- Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, UK
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- Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, UK
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- Watford General Hospital, Watford, UK
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- Watford General Hospital, Watford, UK
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- Watford General Hospital, Watford, UK
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- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK
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- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK
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- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK
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- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK
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- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK
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- St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK
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- King's College Hospital, London, UK; School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
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Cornell I, Al Busaidi A, Wastling S, Anjari M, Cwynarski K, Fox CP, Martinez-Calle N, Poynton E, Maynard J, Thust SC. Early MRI Predictors of Relapse in Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma Treated with MATRix Immunochemotherapy. J Pers Med 2023; 13:1182. [PMID: 37511795 PMCID: PMC10381964 DOI: 10.3390/jpm13071182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2023] [Revised: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma (PCNSL) is a highly malignant brain tumour. We investigated dynamic changes in tumour volume and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurements for predicting outcome following treatment with MATRix chemotherapy in PCNSL. Patients treated with MATRix (n = 38) underwent T1 contrast-enhanced (T1CE) and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) before treatment, after two cycles and after four cycles of chemotherapy. Response was assessed using the International PCNSL Collaborative Group (IPCG) imaging criteria. ADC histogram parameters and T1CE tumour volumes were compared among response groups, using one-way ANOVA testing. Logistic regression was performed to examine those imaging parameters predictive of response. Response after two cycles of chemotherapy differed from response after four cycles; of the six patients with progressive disease (PD) after four cycles of treatment, two (33%) had demonstrated a partial response (PR) or complete response (CR) after two cycles. ADCmean at baseline, T1CE at baseline and T1CE percentage volume change differed between response groups (0.005 < p < 0.038) and were predictive of MATRix treatment response (area under the curve: 0.672-0.854). Baseline ADC and T1CE metrics are potential biomarkers for risk stratification of PCNSL patients early during remission induction therapy with MATRix. Standard interim response assessment (after two cycles) according to IPCG imaging criteria does not reliably predict early disease progression in the context of a conventional treatment approach.
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- Isabel Cornell
- UCL Institute of Neurology, Department of Brain Rehabilitation and Repair, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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- Lysholm Department of Neuroradiology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London WC1N 3BG, UK
- Neuroradiology Department, Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London SE5 9RS, UK
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- UCL Institute of Neurology, Department of Brain Rehabilitation and Repair, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
- Lysholm Department of Neuroradiology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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- UCL Institute of Neurology, Department of Brain Rehabilitation and Repair, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
- Lysholm Department of Neuroradiology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London WC1N 3BG, UK
- Radiology Department, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London NW3 2QG, UK
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- Haematology Department, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London NW1 2BU, UK
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- School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
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- Haematology Department, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London NW1 2BU, UK
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- UCL Institute of Neurology, Department of Brain Rehabilitation and Repair, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
- Lysholm Department of Neuroradiology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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- UCL Institute of Neurology, Department of Brain Rehabilitation and Repair, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
- Precision Imaging Beacon, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
- Neuroradiology Department, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
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Guha A, Anjari M, Cook G, Goh V, Connor S. Radiomic Analysis of Tumour Heterogeneity Using MRI in Head and Neck Cancer Following Chemoradiotherapy: A Feasibility Study. Front Oncol 2022; 12:784693. [PMID: 35242703 PMCID: PMC8886142 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.784693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Objectives To evaluate interval changes in heterogeneity on diffusion-weighted apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps and T1-weighted post-gadolinium (T1w post gad) MRI in head and neck carcinoma (HNSCC), with and without chemo-radiotherapy (CRT) response. Methods This prospective observational cohort study included 24 participants (20 men, age 62.9 ± 8.8 years) with stage III and IV HNSCC. The primary tumour (n = 23) and largest lymph node (n = 22) dimensions, histogram parameters and grey-level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM) parameters were measured on ADC maps and T1w post gad sequences, performed pretreatment and 6 and 12 weeks post CRT. The 2-year treatment response at primary and nodal sites was recorded. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to compare interval changes in parameters after stratifying for treatment response and failure (p < 0.001 statistical significance). Results 23/23 primary tumours and 18/22 nodes responded to CRT at 2 years. Responding HNSCC demonstrated a significant interval change in ADC histogram parameters (kurtosis, coefficient of variation, entropy, energy for primary tumour; kurtosis for nodes) and T1w post gad GLCM (entropy and contrast in the primary tumour and nodes) by 6 weeks post CRT (p < 0.001). Lymph nodes with treatment failure did not demonstrate an interval alteration in heterogeneity parameters. Conclusions ADC maps and T1w post gad MRI demonstrate the evolution of heterogeneity parameters in successfully treated HNSCC by 6 weeks post CRT; however, this is not observed in lymph nodes failing treatment. Advances in Knowledge Early reduction in heterogeneity is demonstrated on MRI when HNSCC responds to CRT.
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- Amrita Guha
- Department of Radio-Diagnosis, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India.,Training School Complex, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.,School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Radiology, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.,King's College London & Guy's and St Thomas' Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Centre, London, United Kingdom
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- School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.,Department of Radiology, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.,Department of Radiology, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom.,Department of Neuroradiology, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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Connor S, Sit C, Anjari M, Lei M, Guerrero-Urbano T, Szyszko T, Cook G, Bassett P, Goh V. The ability of post-chemoradiotherapy DWI ADC mean and 18F-FDG SUV max to predict treatment outcomes in head and neck cancer: impact of human papilloma virus oropharyngeal cancer status. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 2021; 147:2323-2336. [PMID: 34159420 PMCID: PMC8236463 DOI: 10.1007/s00432-021-03662-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the ability of post-chemo-radiotherapy (CRT) diffusion-weighted-MRI apparent diffusion coefficient (ADCmean) and 18F-FDG PET maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) to predict disease-free survival (DFS) in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), and to determine whether this ability is influenced by human papillomavirus oropharyngeal cancer (HPV-OPC) status. METHODS This prospective cohort observational study included 65 participants (53 male, mean ± SD age 59.9 ± 7.9 years, 46 HPV-OPC) with stage III or IV HNSCC. Primary tumour and nodal ADCmean (pre-treatment, 6- and 12-weeks post-CRT) and SUVmax (12-weeks post-CRT) were measured. Variables were compared with 2-year DFS (independent t-test/Mann-Whitney test) and overall DFS (Cox regression), before and after accounting for HPV-OPC status. Variables were also compared between HPV-OPC and other HNSCC subgroups after stratifying for DFS. RESULTS Absolute post-CRT ADCmean values predicted 2-year DFS and overall DFS for all participants (p = 0.03/0.03, 6-week node; p = 0.02/0.03 12-week primary tumour) but not in the HPV-OPC subgroup. In participants with DFS, percentage interval changes in primary tumour ADCmean at 6- and 12-weeks were higher in HPV-OPC than other HNSCC (p = 0.01, 6 weeks; p = 0.005, 12 weeks). The 12-week post-CRT SUVmax did not predict DFS. CONCLUSION Absolute post-CRT ADCmean values predicted DFS in HNSCC but not in the HPV-OPC subgroup. Amongst participants with DFS, post-CRT percentage interval changes in primary tumour ADCmean were significantly higher in HPV-OPC than in other HNSCC. Knowledge of HPV-OPC status is crucial to the clinical utilisation of post-CRT DWI-MRI for the prediction of outcomes.
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- S Connor
- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, St Thomas' Hospital, King's College, London, SE1 7EH, UK.
- Department of Neuroradiology, Ruskin Wing, Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS, UK.
- Department of Radiology, Guy's Hospital, 2nd Floor, Tower Wing, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RT, UK.
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- Department of Radiology, Guy's Hospital, 2nd Floor, Tower Wing, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RT, UK
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- Department of Radiology, Guy's Hospital, 2nd Floor, Tower Wing, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RT, UK
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- Department of Oncology, Guy's Hospital, 2nd Floor, Tower Wing, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RT, UK
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- Department of Oncology, Guy's Hospital, 2nd Floor, Tower Wing, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RT, UK
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- King's College London & Guy's and St. Thomas' PET Centre, London, SE1 7EH, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, St Thomas' Hospital, King's College, London, SE1 7EH, UK
- King's College London & Guy's and St. Thomas' PET Centre, London, SE1 7EH, UK
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- Department of Oncology, Guy's Hospital, 2nd Floor, Tower Wing, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RT, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, St Thomas' Hospital, King's College, London, SE1 7EH, UK
- Department of Radiology, Guy's Hospital, 2nd Floor, Tower Wing, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RT, UK
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Connor S, Sit C, Anjari M, Szyszko T, Dunn J, Pai I, Cook G, Goh V. Correlations between DW-MRI and 18 F-FDG PET/CT parameters in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma following definitive chemo-radiotherapy. Cancer Rep (Hoboken) 2021; 4:e1360. [PMID: 33960739 PMCID: PMC8388179 DOI: 10.1002/cnr2.1360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2020] [Revised: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Posttreatment diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) and 18F-fluorodeoxygluocose (18 F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) with computed tomography (PET/CT) have potential prognostic value following chemo-radiotherapy (CRT) for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Correlations between these PET/CT (standardized uptake value or SUV) and DW-MRI (apparent diffusion coefficient or ADC) parameters have only been previously explored in the pretreatment setting. AIM To evaluate stage III and IV HNSCC at 12-weeks post-CRT for the correlation between SUVmax and ADC values and their interval changes from pretreatment imaging. METHODS Fifty-six patients (45 male, 11 female, mean age 59.9 + - 7.38) with stage 3 and 4 HNSCC patients underwent 12-week posttreatment DW-MRI and 18 F-FDG PET/CT studies in this prospective study. There were 41/56 patients in the cohort with human papilloma virus-related oropharyngeal cancer (HPV OPC). DW-MRI (ADCmax and ADCmin) and 18 F-FDG PET/CT (SUVmax and SUVmax ratio to liver) parameters were measured at the site of primary tumors (n = 48) and the largest lymph nodes (n = 52). Kendall's tau evaluated the correlation between DW-MRI and 18 F-FDG PET/CT parameters. Mann-Whitney test compared the post-CRT PET/CT and DW-MRI parameters between those participants with and without 2-year disease-free survival (DFS). RESULTS There was no correlation between DW-MRI and 18 F-FDG PET/CT parameters on 12-week posttreatment imaging (P = .455-.794; tau = -0.075-0.25) or their interval changes from pretreatment to 12-week posttreatment imaging (P = .1-.946; tau = -0.194-0.044). The primary tumor ADCmean (P = .03) and the interval change in nodal ADCmin (P = .05) predicted 2-year DFS but none of the 18 F-FDG PET/CT parameters were associated with 2-year DFS. CONCLUSIONS There is no correlation between the quantitative DWI-MRI and 18 F-FDG PET/CT parameters derived from 12-week post-CRT studies. These parameters may be independent biomarkers however in this HPV OPC dominant cohort, only selected ADC parameters demonstrated prognostic significance. Study was prospectively registered at http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN58327080.
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- Steve Connor
- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging SciencesSt Thomas' Hospital, King's CollegeLondonUK
- Department of NeuroradiologyKing's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondonUK
- Department of RadiologyGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondonUK
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- Department of RadiologyGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondonUK
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- Department of RadiologyGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondonUK
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- King's College London & Guy's and St. Thomas' PET CentreLondonUK
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- King's College London & Guy's and St. Thomas' PET CentreLondonUK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging SciencesSt Thomas' Hospital, King's CollegeLondonUK
- Department of OtolaryngologyGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondonUK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging SciencesSt Thomas' Hospital, King's CollegeLondonUK
- King's College London & Guy's and St. Thomas' PET CentreLondonUK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging SciencesSt Thomas' Hospital, King's CollegeLondonUK
- Department of RadiologyGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondonUK
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Connor S, Anjari M, Burd C, Guha A, Lei M, Guerrero-Urbano T, Pai I, Bassett P, Goh V. The impact of human papilloma virus status on the prediction of head and neck cancer chemoradiotherapy outcomes using the pre-treatment apparent diffusion coefficient. Br J Radiol 2021; 95:20210333. [PMID: 34111977 PMCID: PMC8822554 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20210333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Objective: To determine the impact of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) status on the prediction of head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC) chemoradiotherapy (CRT) outcomes with pre-treatment quantitative diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI). Methods: Following ethical approval, 65 participants (53 male, age 59.9 ± 7.86) underwent pre-treatment DW-MRI in this prospective cohort observational study. There were 46 HPV OPC and 19 other HNSCC cases with Stage III/IV HNSCC. Regions of interest (ROIs) (volume, largest area, core) at the primary tumour (n = 57) and largest pathological node (n = 59) were placed to analyse ADCmean and ADCmin. Unpaired t-test or Mann–Whitney test evaluated the impact of HPV OPC status and clinical parameters on their prediction of post-CRT 2 year locoregional and disease-free survival (LRFS and DFS). Multivariate logistic regression compared significant variables with 2 year outcomes. Results: On univariate analysis of all participants, the primary tumour area ADCmean was predictive of 2 year LRFS (p = 0.04). However, only the HPV OPC diagnosis (LFRS p = 0.03; DFS p = 0.02) predicted outcomes on multivariate analysis. None of the pre-treatment ADC values were predictive of 2 year DFS in the HPV OPC subgroup (p = 0.21–0.68). Amongst participants without 2 year disease-free survival, HPV-OPC was found to have much lower primary tumour ADCmean values than other HNSCC. Conclusion: Knowledge of HPV OPC status is required in order to determine the impact of the pre-treatment ADC values on post-CRT outcomes in HNSCC. Advances in knowledge: Pre-treatment ADCmean and ADCmin values acquired using different ROI methods are not predictive of 2 year survival outcomes in HPV OPC.
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- Steve Connor
- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, St Thomas' Hospital, King's College, London, SE1 7EH, United Kingdom.,Department of Neuroradiology, King's College Hospital, London, SE5 9RS, United Kingdom.,Department of Radiology, Guy's Hospital, 2nd Floor, Tower Wing, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Radiology, Guy's Hospital, 2nd Floor, Tower Wing, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Radiology, Guy's Hospital, 2nd Floor, Tower Wing, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Radio-diagnosis, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Oncology, Guy's Hospital, 2nd Floor, Tower Wing, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RT UK5, United Kingdom
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- Department of Oncology, Guy's Hospital, 2nd Floor, Tower Wing, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RT UK5, United Kingdom
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, St Thomas' Hospital, King's College, London, SE1 7EH, United Kingdom.,Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Freelance medical statistician, London, United Kingdom
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, St Thomas' Hospital, King's College, London, SE1 7EH, United Kingdom.,Department of Radiology, Guy's Hospital, 2nd Floor, Tower Wing, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RT, United Kingdom
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Anjari M, Guha A, Burd C, Varela M, Goh V, Connor S. Apparent diffusion coefficient agreement and reliability using different region of interest methods for the evaluation of head and neck cancer post chemo-radiotherapy. Dentomaxillofac Radiol 2021; 50:20200579. [PMID: 33956510 PMCID: PMC8474130 DOI: 10.1259/dmfr.20200579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Objectives: Post chemoradiotherapy (CRT) interval changes in apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) have prognostic value in head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC). The impact of using different region of interest (ROI) methods on interobserver agreement and their ability to reliably detect the changes in the ADC values was assessed. Methods: Following ethical approval, 25 patients (mean age 59.5 years, 21 male) with stage 3–4 HNSCC undergoing CRT were recruited for this prospective cohort study. Diffusion weighted MRI (DW-MRI) was performed pre-treatment and at 6 and 12 weeks following CRT. Two radiologists independently delineated ROIs using whole volume (ROIv), largest area (ROIa) or representative area (ROIr) methods at primary tumour (n = 22) and largest nodal (n = 24) locations and recorded the ADCmean. When no clear focus of increased DWI signal was evident at follow-up, a standardised ROI was placed (non-measurable or NM). Bland-Altman plots and interclass correlation coefficient (ICC) were assessed. Paired t-tests evaluated interval changes in pre- and post-treatment ADCmean at each location, which were compared to the smallest detectable difference (SDD). Results: Excellent agreement was obtained for all ROI methods at pre-treatment (ICC 0.94–0.98) and 6-week post-treatment (ICC 0.94–0.98). At 12-week post-treatment, agreement was excellent (ICC 0.91–0.94) apart from ROIr (ICC 0.86) and the NM nodal disease (ICC 0.87). There were significant interval increases in ADCmean between pre-treatment and post-treatment studies, which were greater than the SDD for all ROIs. Conclusions: ADCmean values can be reproducibly obtained in HNSCC using the different ROI techniques on pre- and post-CRT MRI, and this reliably detects the interval changes.
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- Mustafa Anjari
- Department of Radiology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.,Department of Radio Diagnosis, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India.,Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Radiology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.,School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Radiology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.,School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.,Neuroradiology Department, King's College Hospital, London, UK
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Varela M, Anjari M, Correia T, Zakeri R, Alskaf E, Chiribiri A, Lee J. High-resolution CINE MRI allows estimation of 3D regional atrial strains. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.0244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Abstract
Introduction
It is increasingly evident that atrial function is an important marker of cardiovascular health. Impaired global left atrial strain has been associated with risk of thromboembolic events, atrial fibrillation and heart failure. When performed at high spatial resolution, CINE MRI allows the estimation of regional atrial strains, which may facilitate earlier identification of atrial disease and improved (non-contrast) characterisation of atrial fibrosis. Nevertheless, to date, high resolution regional atrial strains has not been assessed using CINE MRI.
Purpose
We introduce a novel rapid 2.2-mm isotropic atrial CINE MRI protocol used to image healthy subjects and patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD). We additionally present a dedicated image analysis pipeline to estimate regional 3D atrial strains from these images.
Methods
We imaged 10 healthy subjects (5 female, 24–36 years old) and 6 patients referred for cardiac MRI due to known or suspected CVD (2 female, 25–80 years old). All subjects were scanned in a 1.5T Philips Ingenia MRI scanner in a single breath-hold (<25 s), using a short-axis 3D bSSFP protocol (flip angle: 60°, TE/TR: 1.6/3.3 ms) with retrospective cardiac gating, SENSE = 2.3 (along both phase encode directions), typical FOV: 400 x 270 x 70 mm3, isotropic acquisition resolution of 2.2 mm3. Images were reconstructed to 20 cardiac phases with 55% view sharing.
The left atrium (LA) was manually segmented in atrial diastole. We tracked the position of evenly spaced points along the LA contour across all phases of the cardiac cycle using the Medical Image Tracking Toolbox. This was used to create a series of deforming smooth triangular meshes, from which Lagrange strain tensors were estimated.
Results
Figs a-c show 3 orthogonal views of the proposed high-resolution atrial CINE MRI scans for a representative CVD patient, with the LA segmentation overlaid in red. Representative LA principal strain directions (as arrows) with the colour indicating the amount of strain observed along this direction are shown in Fig d for active atrial contraction (posterior view). The calculated strain directions varied smoothly in space and time, as expected, and were largest in amplitude in the regions closest to the mitral valve.
Overall, principal strains were larger in healthy subjects (AC strains: 0.12±0.06) than in the CVD cohort (AC strains: 0.04±0.01). This difference was statistically significant during AC (p-value: 0.02), but not during atrial diastole (p-value: 0.06).
Conclusions
We present a novel high-resolution CINE-MRI protocol for estimating regional atrial strains in 3D, with pilot data from 10 healthy subjects and 6 cardiovascular patients. Future studies will compare regions of abnormal atrial strain with fibrosis identified in late gadolinium enhanced MRI to assess whether regional strains can provide a better characterisation of atrial tissue and improved stratification of patients at risk.
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Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: Foundation. Main funding source(s): British Heart Foundation, EPSRC/Wellcome Trust Centre for Medical Engineering
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- M Varela
- Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- King's College London, Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, London, United Kingdom
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- King's College London, Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, London, United Kingdom
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- King's College London, Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, London, United Kingdom
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- King's College London, Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, London, United Kingdom
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- King's College London, Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, London, United Kingdom
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Varela M, Queiros S, Anjari M, Correia T, King AP, Bharath AA, Lee J. Strain maps of the left atrium imaged with a novel high-resolution CINE MRI protocol. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2020; 2020:1178-1181. [PMID: 33018197 DOI: 10.1109/embc44109.2020.9175383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
To date, regional atrial strains have not been imaged in vivo, despite their potential to provide useful clinical information. To address this gap, we present a novel CINE MRI protocol capable of imaging the entire left atrium at an isotropic 2-mm resolution in one single breath-hold. As proof of principle, we acquired data in 10 healthy volunteers and 2 cardiovascular patients using this technique. We also demonstrated how regional atrial strains can be estimated from this data following a manual segmentation of the left atrium using automatic image tracking techniques. The estimated principal strains vary smoothly across the left atrium and have a similar magnitude to estimates reported in the literature.
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Abdalla G, Hammam A, Anjari M, D'Arco DF, Bisdas DS. Glioma surveillance imaging: current strategies, shortcomings, challenges and outlook. BJR Open 2020; 2:20200009. [PMID: 33178973 PMCID: PMC7594888 DOI: 10.1259/bjro.20200009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 05/29/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Inaccurate assessment of surveillance imaging to assess response to glioma therapy may have life-changing consequences. Varied management plans including chemotherapy, radiotherapy or immunotherapy may all contribute to heterogeneous post-treatment appearances and the overlap between the morphological features of pseudoprogression, pseudoresponse and radiation necrosis can make their discrimination very challenging. Therefore, there has been a drive to develop objective strategies for post-treatment assessment of brain gliomas. This review discusses the most important of these approaches such as the RANO "Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology", iRANO "Immunotherapy Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology" and RAPNO "Response Assessment in Paediatric Neuro-Oncology" models. In addition to these systematic approaches for glioma surveillance, the relatively limited information provided by conventional imaging modalities alone has motivated the development of novel advanced magnetic resonance (MR) and metabolic imaging methods for further discrimination between viable tumour and treatment induced changes. Multiple clinical trials and meta-analyses have investigated the diagnostic performance of these novel techniques in the follow up of brain gliomas, including both single modality descriptive studies and comparative imaging assessment. In this manuscript, we review the literature and discuss the promises and pitfalls of frequently studied modalities in glioma surveillance imaging, including MR perfusion, MR diffusion and MR spectroscopy. In addition, we evaluate other promising MR techniques such as chemical exchange saturation transfer as well as fludeoxyglucose and non-FDG positron emission tomography techniques.
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- Gehad Abdalla
- Department of Neuroradiology, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Neuroradiology, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Neuroradiology, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
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Guha A, Connor S, Anjari M, Naik H, Siddiqui M, Cook G, Goh V. Radiomic analysis for response assessment in advanced head and neck cancers, a distant dream or an inevitable reality? A systematic review of the current level of evidence. Br J Radiol 2020; 93:20190496. [PMID: 31682155 PMCID: PMC7055439 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20190496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Revised: 10/19/2019] [Accepted: 10/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE The recent increase in publications on radiomic analysis as means to produce diagnostic and predictive biomarkers in head and neck cancers (HNCC) reveal complicated and often conflicting results. The objective of this paper is to systematically review the published data, and evaluate the current level of evidence accumulated that would determine clinical application. METHODS Data sources: Articles in the English language available on the Ovid-MEDLINE and Embase databases were used for the literature search. Study selection:Studies which evaluated the role of radiomics as a predictive or prognostic tool for response assessment in HNCC were included in this review.Study appraisal and synthesis methods: The authors set-out to perform a meta-analysis, however given the small number of studies retrieved that presented adequate data, combined with excessive methodological heterogeneity, we could only perform a structured descriptive systematic review summarizing the key findings. Independent extraction of articles was performed by two authors using predefined data fields and any disagreement was resolved by consensus. RESULTS Though most papers concluded that radiomics is an effective predictive and prognostic biomarker in the management of HNCC, significant heterogeneity exists in the study methodology and statistical modelling; thus precluding accurate mathematical comparison or the ability to make clear recommendations going forwards. Moreover, most studies have not been validated and the reproducibility of their results will be a challenge. CONCLUSION Until robust external validation studies on the reproducibility and accuracy of radiomic analysis methods on HNCC are carried out, the current level of evidence remains low, with the authors advising caution against hasty implementation of these tools in the multidisciplinary clinic. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE This review is the first attempt to critically analyze the merits and demerits of currently published literature on tumour heterogeneity studies in HNCC, and identifies specific loop holes that need to be addressed by research groups, for a meaningful clinical translation of this potential biomarker.
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- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Grant Medical college and JJ Group of hospitals, Mumbai, India
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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Vitish-Sharma P, Shah R, Anjari M, Knowles J, Qurashi K. Failure of fresh frozen plasma infusion and vitamin K to correct elevated international normalised ratio. BMJ Case Rep 2012; 2012:bcr.08.2011.4635. [PMID: 22802564 DOI: 10.1136/bcr.08.2011.4635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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An 83-year-old, otherwise well, Caucasian gentleman was admitted with an incarcerated inguinal hernia. Routine preoperative tests revealed a raised international normalised ratio of 7.4, prothrombin time of 72.1 s and activated partial thromboplastin time of 73.1 s with normal liver and renal function tests. Despite fresh frozen plasma 15 ml/kg, and vitamin K, his repeat clotting remained deranged. The patient went on to have his hernia repair, and intraoperative bleeding remained normal despite the deranged clotting. The presence of endogenous clotting inhibitors can cause deranged coagulation studies but not impair bleeding. As in this case, the patient underwent surgery with no abnormal bleeding.
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- P Vitish-Sharma
- Colorectal Surgery Department, Barnet & Chase Farm NHS Trust, Middlesex, UK.
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Jiang S, Xue H, Counsell S, Anjari M, Allsop J, Rutherford M, Rueckert D, Hajnal JV. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) of the brain in moving subjects: application to in-utero fetal and ex-utero studies. Magn Reson Med 2009; 62:645-55. [PMID: 19526505 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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We present a methodology to achieve 3D high-resolution diffusion tensor image reconstruction of the brain in moving subjects. The source data is diffusion-sensitized single-shot echo-planar images. After continuous scanning to acquire a repeated series of parallel slices with 15 diffusion directions, image registration is used to realign the images to correct for subject motion. Once aligned, the diffusion images are treated as irregularly-sampled data where each voxel is associated with an appropriately rotated diffusion direction. This data is used to estimate the diffusion tensor on a regular grid. The method has been tested on data acquired at 1.5T from adults who deliberately moved and from eight fetuses imaged in utero. Maps of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) were reliably produced in all cases and promising performance was achieved for fractional anisotropy maps. Results from normal fetal brains were found to be consistent with published data from premature infants of similar gestational age.
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- Shuzhou Jiang
- Imaging Science Department, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College Hammersmith Hospital Campus, London, UK
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Anjari M, Counsell SJ, Srinivasan L, Allsop JM, Hajnal JV, Rutherford MA, Edwards AD. The association of lung disease with cerebral white matter abnormalities in preterm infants. Pediatrics 2009; 124:268-76. [PMID: 19564309 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Preterm infants have a high incidence of neurodevelopmental impairment associated with diffuse cerebral white matter abnormalities and also a high incidence of serious respiratory disease. However, it is unclear if lung disease and brain injury are related, and previous research has been impeded by confounding effects, including prematurity and infection. Using a new approach that permits multivariate statistical analysis, we tested the hypothesis that lung disease is associated with specific white matter abnormalities, detected as reduced fractional anisotropy (FA) in diffusion tensor imaging data. METHODS Fifty-three preterm infants with no evidence of focal abnormality on conventional MRI were studied at term-equivalent age by using tract-based spatial statistics, an automated observer-independent method for voxelwise analysis of major white matter pathways. RESULTS In several white matter tracts, FA decreased with a linear relation to the gestational age at birth. Independent of the confounding effects of prematurity and age at scan, respiratory disease was associated with specific white matter abnormalities in preterm infants; those infants receiving mechanical ventilation for >2 days in the perinatal period (n = 10) showed reduced FA in the genu of the corpus callosum, whereas subjects with chronic lung disease (n = 15) displayed a reduction in FA in the left inferior longitudinal fasciculus. CONCLUSION Independent of the degree of prematurity, respiratory disease is associated with cerebral white matter abnormalities.
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- Mustafa Anjari
- Division of Clinical Sciences, Imperial College London and MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, London, United Kingdom
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Counsell SJ, Edwards AD, Chew ATM, Anjari M, Dyet LE, Srinivasan L, Boardman JP, Allsop JM, Hajnal JV, Rutherford MA, Cowan FM. Specific relations between neurodevelopmental abilities and white matter microstructure in children born preterm. Brain 2008; 131:3201-8. [PMID: 18952670 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awn268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Survivors of preterm birth have a high incidence of neurodevelopmental impairment which is not explained by currently understood brain abnormalities. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that the neurodevelopmental abilities of 2-year-old children who were born preterm and who had no evidence of focal abnormality on conventional MR imaging were consistently linearly related to specific local changes in white matter microstructure. We studied 33 children, born at a median (range) gestational age of 28(+5) (24(+4)-32(+1)) weeks. The children were recruited as infants from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Queen Charlotte's and Hammersmith Hospital in the early neonatal period and imaged at a median corrected age of 25.5 (24-27) months. The children underwent diffusion tensor imaging to measure fractional anisotropy (FA) as a measure of tissue microstructure, and neurodevelopmental assessment using the Griffiths Mental Development Scales [giving an overall developmental quotient (DQ) and sub-quotients scores for motor, personal-social, hearing-language, eye-hand coordination and performance scales] at 2 years corrected age. Tract-based spatial statistics with linear regression analysis of voxel-wise cross-subject statistics were used to assess the relationship between FA and DQ/sub-quotient scores and results confirmed by reduced major axis regression of regions with significant correlations. We found that DQ was linearly related to FA values in parts of the corpus callosum; performance sub-scores to FA values in the corpus callosum and right cingulum; and eye-hand coordination sub-scores to FA values in the cingulum, fornix, anterior commissure, corpus callosum and right uncinate fasciculus. This study shows that specific neurodevelopmental impairments in infants born preterm are precisely related to microstructural abnormalities in particular regions of cerebral white matter which are consistent between individuals. FA may aid prognostication and provide a biomarker for therapeutic or mechanistic studies of preterm brain injury.
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- Serena J Counsell
- Imaging Sciences Department, Robert Steiner MR Unit, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
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Anjari M, Srinivasan L, Allsop JM, Hajnal JV, Rutherford MA, Edwards AD, Counsell SJ. Diffusion tensor imaging with tract-based spatial statistics reveals local white matter abnormalities in preterm infants. Neuroimage 2007; 35:1021-7. [PMID: 17344066 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.01.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 261] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2006] [Revised: 01/19/2007] [Accepted: 01/23/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Infants born preterm have a high incidence of neurodevelopmental impairment in later childhood, often associated with poorly defined cerebral white matter abnormalities. Diffusion tensor imaging quantifies the diffusion of water within tissues and can assess microstructural abnormalities in the developing preterm brain. Tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) is an automated observer-independent method of aligning fractional anisotropy (FA) images from multiple subjects to allow groupwise comparisons of diffusion tensor imaging data. We applied TBSS to test the hypothesis that preterm infants have reduced fractional anisotropy in specific regions of white matter compared to term-born controls. We studied 26 preterm infants with no evidence of focal lesions on conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at term equivalent age and 6 healthy term-born control infants. We found that the centrum semiovale, frontal white matter and the genu of the corpus callosum showed significantly lower FA in the preterm group. Infants born at less than or equal to 28 weeks gestational age (n=11) displayed additional reductions in FA in the external capsule, the posterior aspect of the posterior limb of the internal capsule and the isthmus and middle portion of the body of the corpus callosum. This study demonstrates that TBSS provides an observer-independent method of identifying white matter abnormalities in the preterm brain at term equivalent age in the absence of focal lesions.
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- Mustafa Anjari
- Imaging Sciences Department, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0HS, UK
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