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Zhang Y, Bailey TS, Hittmeyer P, Dubois LJ, Theys J, Lambin P. Multiplex genetic manipulations in Clostridium butyricum and Clostridium sporogenes to secrete recombinant antigen proteins for oral-spore vaccination. Microb Cell Fact 2024; 23:119. [PMID: 38659027 PMCID: PMC11040787 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-024-02389-y] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2024] [Accepted: 04/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Clostridium spp. has demonstrated therapeutic potential in cancer treatment through intravenous or intratumoral administration. This approach has expanded to include non-pathogenic clostridia for the treatment of various diseases, underscoring the innovative concept of oral-spore vaccination using clostridia. Recent advancements in the field of synthetic biology have significantly enhanced the development of Clostridium-based bio-therapeutics. These advancements are particularly notable in the areas of efficient protein overexpression and secretion, which are crucial for the feasibility of oral vaccination strategies. Here, we present two examples of genetically engineered Clostridium candidates: one as an oral cancer vaccine and the other as an antiviral oral vaccine against SARS-CoV-2. RESULTS Using five validated promoters and a signal peptide derived from Clostridium sporogenes, a series of full-length NY-ESO-1/CTAG1, a promising cancer vaccine candidate, expression vectors were constructed and transformed into C. sporogenes and Clostridium butyricum. Western blotting analysis confirmed efficient expression and secretion of NY-ESO-1 in clostridia, with specific promoters leading to enhanced detection signals. Additionally, the fusion of a reported bacterial adjuvant to NY-ESO-1 for improved immune recognition led to the cloning difficulties in E. coli. The use of an AUU start codon successfully mitigated potential toxicity issues in E. coli, enabling the secretion of recombinant proteins in C. sporogenes and C. butyricum. We further demonstrate the successful replacement of PyrE loci with high-expression cassettes carrying NY-ESO-1 and adjuvant-fused NY-ESO-1, achieving plasmid-free clostridia capable of secreting the antigens. Lastly, the study successfully extends its multiplex genetic manipulations to engineer clostridia for the secretion of SARS-CoV-2-related Spike_S1 antigens. CONCLUSIONS This study successfully demonstrated that C. butyricum and C. sporogenes can produce the two recombinant antigen proteins (NY-ESO-1 and SARS-CoV-2-related Spike_S1 antigens) through genetic manipulations, utilizing the AUU start codon. This approach overcomes challenges in cloning difficult proteins in E. coli. These findings underscore the feasibility of harnessing commensal clostridia for antigen protein secretion, emphasizing the applicability of non-canonical translation initiation across diverse species with broad implications for medical or industrial biotechnology.
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- Yanchao Zhang
- The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - Research Institute for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, 6229 ER, the Netherlands.
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- The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - Research Institute for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, 6229 ER, the Netherlands
- Department of Cell Biology-Inspired Tissue Engineering, MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, 6229 ER, the Netherlands
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- The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - Research Institute for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, 6229 ER, the Netherlands
- LivingMed Biotech BV, Clos Chanmurly 13, Liège, 4000, Belgium
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- The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - Research Institute for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, 6229 ER, the Netherlands
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- The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - Research Institute for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, 6229 ER, the Netherlands
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- The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - Research Institute for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, 6229 ER, the Netherlands.
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Nakajima EC, Simpson A, Bogaerts J, de Vries EGE, Do R, Garalda E, Goldmacher G, Kinahan PE, Lambin P, LeStage B, Li Q, Lin F, Litière S, Perez-Lopez R, Petrick N, Schwartz L, Seymour L, Shankar L, Laurie SA. Tumor Size Is Not Everything: Advancing Radiomics as a Precision Medicine Biomarker in Oncology Drug Development and Clinical Care. A Report of a Multidisciplinary Workshop Coordinated by the RECIST Working Group. JCO Precis Oncol 2024; 8:e2300687. [PMID: 38635935 DOI: 10.1200/po.23.00687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2023] [Revised: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024] Open
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Radiomics, the science of extracting quantifiable data from routine medical images, is a powerful tool that has many potential applications in oncology. The Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Working Group (RWG) held a workshop in May 2022, which brought together various stakeholders to discuss the potential role of radiomics in oncology drug development and clinical trials, particularly with respect to response assessment. This article summarizes the results of that workshop, reviewing radiomics for the practicing oncologist and highlighting the work that needs to be done to move forward the incorporation of radiomics into clinical trials.
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- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY, NY
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- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
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- University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Canadian Cancer Trials Group, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Mokhtari A, Casale R, Salahuddin Z, Paquier Z, Guiot T, Woodruff HC, Lambin P, Van Laethem JL, Hendlisz A, Bali MA. Development of Clinical Radiomics-Based Models to Predict Survival Outcome in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: A Multicenter Retrospective Study. Diagnostics (Basel) 2024; 14:712. [PMID: 38611625 PMCID: PMC11011556 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics14070712] [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: 02/17/2024] [Revised: 03/11/2024] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
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PURPOSE This multicenter retrospective study aims to identify reliable clinical and radiomic features to build machine learning models that predict progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) patients. METHODS Between 2010 and 2020 pre-treatment contrast-enhanced CT scans of 287 pathology-confirmed PDAC patients from two sites of the Hopital Universitaire de Bruxelles (HUB) and from 47 hospitals within the HUB network were retrospectively analysed. Demographic, clinical, and survival data were also collected. Gross tumour volume (GTV) and non-tumoral pancreas (RPV) were semi-manually segmented and radiomics features were extracted. Patients from two HUB sites comprised the training dataset, while those from the remaining 47 hospitals of the HUB network constituted the testing dataset. A three-step method was used for feature selection. Based on the GradientBoostingSurvivalAnalysis classifier, different machine learning models were trained and tested to predict OS and PFS. Model performances were assessed using the C-index and Kaplan-Meier curves. SHAP analysis was applied to allow for post hoc interpretability. RESULTS A total of 107 radiomics features were extracted from each of the GTV and RPV. Fourteen subgroups of features were selected: clinical, GTV, RPV, clinical & GTV, clinical & GTV & RPV, GTV-volume and RPV-volume both for OS and PFS. Subsequently, 14 Gradient Boosting Survival Analysis models were trained and tested. In the testing dataset, the clinical & GTV model demonstrated the highest performance for OS (C-index: 0.72) among all other models, while for PFS, the clinical model exhibited a superior performance (C-index: 0.70). CONCLUSIONS An integrated approach, combining clinical and radiomics features, excels in predicting OS, whereas clinical features demonstrate strong performance in PFS prediction.
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- Ayoub Mokhtari
- Radiology Department, Institut Jules Bordet Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- Radiology Department, Institut Jules Bordet Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Precision Medicine, GROW—Research Institute for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6220MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Medical Physics Department, Institut Jules Bordet Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- Medical Physics Department, Institut Jules Bordet Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Precision Medicine, GROW—Research Institute for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6220MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW—School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6229HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Precision Medicine, GROW—Research Institute for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6220MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW—School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6229HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Digestive Oncology, Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Digestive Oncology, Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- Radiology Department, Institut Jules Bordet Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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Halilaj I, Ankolekar A, Lenaers A, Chatterjee A, Oberije CJG, Eppings L, Smit HJM, Hendriks LEL, Jochems A, Lieverse RIY, van Timmeren JE, Wind A, Lambin P. Improving shared decision making for lung cancer treatment by developing and validating an open-source web based patient decision aid for stage I-II non-small cell lung cancer. Front Digit Health 2024; 5:1303261. [PMID: 38586126 PMCID: PMC10995236 DOI: 10.3389/fdgth.2023.1303261] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 04/09/2024] Open
Abstract
The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate a proof-of-concept open-source individualized Patient Decision Aid (iPDA) with a group of patients, physicians, and computer scientists. The iPDA was developed based on the International Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS). A previously published questionnaire was adapted and used to test the user-friendliness and content of the iPDA. The questionnaire contained 40 multiple-choice questions, and answers were given on a 5-point Likert Scale (1-5) ranging from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree." In addition to the questionnaire, semi-structured interviews were conducted with patients. We performed a descriptive analysis of the responses. The iPDA was evaluated by 28 computer scientists, 21 physicians, and 13 patients. The results demonstrate that the iPDA was found valuable by 92% (patients), 96% (computer scientists), and 86% (physicians), while the treatment information was judged useful by 92%, 96%, and 95%, respectively. Additionally, the tool was thought to be motivating for patients to actively engage in their treatment by 92%, 93%, and 91% of the above respondents groups. More multimedia components and less text were suggested by the respondents as ways to improve the tool and user interface. In conclusion, we successfully developed and tested an iPDA for patients with stage I-II Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC).
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- Iva Halilaj
- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
- Health Innovation Ventures, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
- Department of Internal Medicine, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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Mowday AM, van de Laak JM, Fu Z, Henare KL, Dubois L, Lambin P, Theys J, Patterson AV. Tumor-targeting bacteria as immune stimulants - the future of cancer immunotherapy? Crit Rev Microbiol 2024:1-16. [PMID: 38346140 DOI: 10.1080/1040841x.2024.2311653] [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: 08/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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Cancer immunotherapies have been widely hailed as a breakthrough for cancer treatment in the last decade, epitomized by the unprecedented results observed with checkpoint blockade. Even so, only a minority of patients currently achieve durable remissions. In general, responsive patients appear to have either a high number of tumor neoantigens, a preexisting immune cell infiltrate in the tumor microenvironment, or an 'immune-active' transcriptional profile, determined in part by the presence of a type I interferon gene signature. These observations suggest that the therapeutic efficacy of immunotherapy can be enhanced through strategies that release tumor neoantigens and/or produce a pro-inflammatory tumor microenvironment. In principle, exogenous tumor-targeting bacteria offer a unique solution for improving responsiveness to immunotherapy. This review discusses how tumor-selective bacterial infection can modulate the immunological microenvironment of the tumor and the potential for combination with cancer immunotherapy strategies to further increase therapeutic efficacy. In addition, we provide a perspective on the clinical translation of replicating bacterial therapies, with a focus on the challenges that must be resolved to ensure a successful outcome.
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- Alexandra M Mowday
- Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-Research School of Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-Research School of Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-Research School of Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-Research School of Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Cuau L, Akl P, Gautheron A, Houmeau A, Chaput F, Yaromina A, Dubois L, Lambin P, Karpati S, Parola S, Rezaeifar B, Langlois JB, Si-Mohamed SA, Montcel B, Douek P, Lerouge F. Surface modification effect on contrast agent efficiency for X-ray based spectral photon-counting scanner/luminescence imaging: from fundamental study to in vivo proof of concept. Nanoscale 2024; 16:2931-2944. [PMID: 38230699 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr03710j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2024]
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X-Ray imaging techniques are among the most widely used modalities in medical imaging and their constant evolution has led to the emergence of new technologies. The new generation of computed tomography (CT) systems - spectral photonic counting CT (SPCCT) and X-ray luminescence optical imaging - are examples of such powerful techniques. With these new technologies the rising demand for new contrast agents has led to extensive research in the field of nanoparticles and the possibility to merge the modalities appears to be highly attractive. In this work, we propose the design of lanthanide-based nanocrystals as a multimodal contrast agent with the two aforementioned technologies, allowing SPCCT and optical imaging at the same time. We present a systematic study on the effect of the Tb3+ doping level and surface modification on the generation of contrast with SPCCT and the luminescence properties of GdF3:Tb3+ nanocrystals (NCs), comparing different surface grafting with organic ligands and coatings with silica to make these NCs bio-compatible. A comparison of the luminescence properties of these NCs with UV revealed that the best results were obtained for the Gd0.9Tb0.1F3 composition. This property was confirmed under X-ray excitation in microCT and with SPCCT. Moreover, we could demonstrate that the intensity of the luminescence and the excited state lifetime are strongly affected by the surface modification. Furthermore, whatever the chemical nature of the ligand, the contrast with SPCCT did not change. Finally, the successful proof of concept of multimodal imaging was performed in vivo with nude mice in the SPCCT taking advantage of the so-called color K-edge imaging method.
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- Loic Cuau
- Université de Lyon, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS UMR 5182, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie, 46 allée d'Italie, F69364 Lyon, France.
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- Université de Lyon, INSA-Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, UJM-Saint Etienne, CNRS, Inserm, CREATIS UMR 5220, U1294, F-69621, Lyon, France
- Department of Radiology, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69500 Bron, France
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- Université de Lyon, INSA-Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, UJM-Saint Etienne, CNRS, Inserm, CREATIS UMR 5220, U1294, F-69621, Lyon, France
- Université Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne, CNRS, Institut d'Optique Graduate School, Laboratoire Hubert Curien UMR 5516, F-42023, Saint-Etienne, France
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- Université de Lyon, INSA-Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, UJM-Saint Etienne, CNRS, Inserm, CREATIS UMR 5220, U1294, F-69621, Lyon, France
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- Université de Lyon, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS UMR 5182, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie, 46 allée d'Italie, F69364 Lyon, France.
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- Department of Precision Medicine, The M-Lab, GROW - School of Oncology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, 6200, MD, The Netherlands
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- Department of Precision Medicine, The M-Lab, GROW - School of Oncology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, 6200, MD, The Netherlands
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- Department of Precision Medicine, The M-Lab, GROW - School of Oncology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, 6200, MD, The Netherlands
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- Université de Lyon, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS UMR 5182, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie, 46 allée d'Italie, F69364 Lyon, France.
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- Université de Lyon, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS UMR 5182, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie, 46 allée d'Italie, F69364 Lyon, France.
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- Department of Precision Medicine, The M-Lab, GROW - School of Oncology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, 6200, MD, The Netherlands
- Research group NuTeC, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Université de Lyon, INSA-Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, UJM-Saint Etienne, CNRS, Inserm, CREATIS UMR 5220, U1294, F-69621, Lyon, France
- Department of Radiology, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69500 Bron, France
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- Université de Lyon, INSA-Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, UJM-Saint Etienne, CNRS, Inserm, CREATIS UMR 5220, U1294, F-69621, Lyon, France
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- Université de Lyon, INSA-Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, UJM-Saint Etienne, CNRS, Inserm, CREATIS UMR 5220, U1294, F-69621, Lyon, France
- Department of Radiology, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69500 Bron, France
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- Université de Lyon, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS UMR 5182, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie, 46 allée d'Italie, F69364 Lyon, France.
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Gu J, Zhong X, Fang C, Lou W, Fu P, Woodruff HC, Wang B, Jiang T, Lambin P. Deep Learning of Multimodal Ultrasound: Stratifying the Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Before Treatment. Oncologist 2024; 29:e187-e197. [PMID: 37669223 PMCID: PMC10836325 DOI: 10.1093/oncolo/oyad227] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Not only should resistance to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) be considered in patients with breast cancer but also the possibility of achieving a pathologic complete response (PCR) after NAC. Our study aims to develop 2 multimodal ultrasound deep learning (DL) models to noninvasively predict resistance and PCR to NAC before treatment. METHODS From January 2017 to July 2022, a total of 170 patients with breast cancer were prospectively enrolled. All patients underwent multimodal ultrasound examination (grayscale 2D ultrasound and ultrasound elastography) before NAC. We combined clinicopathological information to develop 2 DL models, DL_Clinical_resistance and DL_Clinical_PCR, for predicting resistance and PCR to NAC, respectively. In addition, these 2 models were combined to stratify the prediction of response to NAC. RESULTS In the test cohort, DL_Clinical_resistance had an AUC of 0.911 (95%CI, 0.814-0.979) with a sensitivity of 0.905 (95%CI, 0.765-1.000) and an NPV of 0.882 (95%CI, 0.708-1.000). Meanwhile, DL_Clinical_PCR achieved an AUC of 0.880 (95%CI, 0.751-0.973) and sensitivity and NPV of 0.875 (95%CI, 0.688-1.000) and 0.895 (95%CI, 0.739-1.000), respectively. By combining DL_Clinical_resistance and DL_Clinical_PCR, 37.1% of patients with resistance and 25.7% of patients with PCR were successfully identified by the combined model, suggesting that these patients could benefit by an early change of treatment strategy or by implementing an organ preservation strategy after NAC. CONCLUSIONS The proposed DL_Clinical_resistance and DL_Clinical_PCR models and combined strategy have the potential to predict resistance and PCR to NAC before treatment and allow stratified prediction of NAC response.
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- Jionghui Gu
- Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Connor K, Conroy E, White K, Shiels LP, Keek S, Ibrahim A, Gallagher WM, Sweeney KJ, Clerkin J, O'Brien D, Cryan JB, O'Halloran PJ, Heffernan J, Brett F, Lambin P, Woodruff HC, Byrne AT. A clinically relevant computed tomography (CT) radiomics strategy for intracranial rodent brain tumour monitoring. Sci Rep 2024; 14:2720. [PMID: 38302657 PMCID: PMC10834979 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-52960-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024] Open
Abstract
Here, we establish a CT-radiomics based method for application in invasive, orthotopic rodent brain tumour models. Twenty four NOD/SCID mice were implanted with U87R-Luc2 GBM cells and longitudinally imaged via contrast enhanced (CE-CT) imaging. Pyradiomics was employed to extract CT-radiomic features from the tumour-implanted hemisphere and non-tumour-implanted hemisphere of acquired CT-scans. Inter-correlated features were removed (Spearman correlation > 0.85) and remaining features underwent predictive analysis (recursive feature elimination or Boruta algorithm). An area under the curve of the receiver operating characteristic curve was implemented to evaluate radiomic features for their capacity to predict defined outcomes. Firstly, we identified a subset of radiomic features which distinguish the tumour-implanted hemisphere and non- tumour-implanted hemisphere (i.e, tumour presence from normal tissue). Secondly, we successfully translate preclinical CT-radiomic pipelines to GBM patient CT scans (n = 10), identifying similar trends in tumour-specific feature intensities (E.g. 'glszm Zone Entropy'), thereby suggesting a mouse-to-human species conservation (a conservation of radiomic features across species). Thirdly, comparison of features across timepoints identify features which support preclinical tumour detection earlier than is possible by visual assessment of CT scans. This work establishes robust, preclinical CT-radiomic pipelines and describes the application of CE-CT for in-depth orthotopic brain tumour monitoring. Overall we provide evidence for the role of pre-clinical 'discovery' radiomics in the neuro-oncology space.
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- Kate Connor
- Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, York Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
- National Pre-Clinical Imaging Centre (NPIC), Dublin, Ireland
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- National Pre-Clinical Imaging Centre (NPIC), Dublin, Ireland
- UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, York Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
- National Pre-Clinical Imaging Centre (NPIC), Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, York Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
- National Pre-Clinical Imaging Centre (NPIC), Dublin, Ireland
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- The D-Lab: Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The D-Lab: Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- National Pre-Clinical Imaging Centre (NPIC), Dublin, Ireland
- UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, York Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
- Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Neuropathology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- The D-Lab: Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The D-Lab: Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, York Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.
- National Pre-Clinical Imaging Centre (NPIC), Dublin, Ireland.
- UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland.
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Pierik AS, Poell JB, Brink A, Stigter-van Walsum M, de Roest RH, Poli T, Yaromin A, Lambin P, Leemans CR, Brakenhoff RH. Intratumor genetic heterogeneity and head and neck cancer relapse. Radiother Oncol 2024; 191:110087. [PMID: 38185257 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2024.110087] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 01/09/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas are treated by surgery, radiotherapy (RT), chemoradiotherapy (CRT) or combinations thereof, but locoregional recurrences (LRs) occur in 30-40% of treated patients. We have previously shown that in approximately half of the LRs after CRT, cancer driver mutations are not shared with the index tumor. AIM To investigate two possible explanations for these genetically unrelated relapses, treatment-induced genetic changes and intratumor genetic heterogeneity. METHODS To investigate treatment-induced clonal DNA changes, we compared copy number alterations (CNAs) and mutations between primary and recurrent xenografted tumors after treatment with (C)RT. Intratumor genetic heterogeneity was studied by multi-region sequencing on DNA from 31 biopsies of 11 surgically treated tumors. RESULTS Induction of clonal DNA changes by (C)RT was not observed in the xenograft models. Multi-region sequencing demonstrated variations in CNA profiles between paired biopsies of individual tumors, with copy number heterogeneity scores varying from 0.027 to 0.333. In total, 32 cancer driver mutations could be identified and were shared in all biopsies of each tumor. Remarkably, multi-clonal mutations in these same cancer driver genes were observed in 6 of 11 tumors. Genetically distinct heterogeneous cell cultures could also be established from single tumors, with different biomarker profiles and drug sensitivities. CONCLUSION Intratumor genetic heterogeneity at the level of the cancer driver mutations might explain the discordant mutational profiles in LRs after CRT, while there are no indications in xenograft models that these changes are induced by CRT.
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- A S Pierik
- Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Head and Neck Cancer Biology and Immunology laboratory, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Center Amsterdam, Cancer Biology and Immunology, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Head and Neck Cancer Biology and Immunology laboratory, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Center Amsterdam, Cancer Biology and Immunology, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Head and Neck Cancer Biology and Immunology laboratory, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Center Amsterdam, Cancer Biology and Immunology, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Head and Neck Cancer Biology and Immunology laboratory, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Center Amsterdam, Cancer Biology and Immunology, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Head and Neck Cancer Biology and Immunology laboratory, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Center Amsterdam, Cancer Biology and Immunology, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery - University of Parma, University Hospital of Parma, Via Gramsci 14, Parma, Italy
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- Maastricht University, Department of Precision Medicine-UM & Radiology-MUMC, Universiteitssingel 40, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Maastricht University, Department of Precision Medicine-UM & Radiology-MUMC, Universiteitssingel 40, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Head and Neck Cancer Biology and Immunology laboratory, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Head and Neck Cancer Biology and Immunology laboratory, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Center Amsterdam, Cancer Biology and Immunology, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Cong Y, Devoogdt N, Lambin P, Dubois LJ, Yaromina A. Promising Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches Based on VHHs for Cancer Management. Cancers (Basel) 2024; 16:371. [PMID: 38254860 PMCID: PMC10814765 DOI: 10.3390/cancers16020371] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2023] [Revised: 01/04/2024] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
Abstract
The discovery of the distinctive structure of heavy chain-only antibodies in species belonging to the Camelidae family has elicited significant interest in their variable antigen binding domain (VHH) and gained attention for various applications, such as cancer diagnosis and treatment. This article presents an overview of the characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages of VHHs as compared to conventional antibodies, and their usage in diverse applications. The singular properties of VHHs are explained, and several strategies that can augment their utility are outlined. The preclinical studies illustrating the diagnostic and therapeutic efficacy of distinct VHHs in diverse formats against solid cancers are summarized, and an overview of the clinical trials assessing VHH-based agents in oncology is provided. These investigations demonstrate the enormous potential of VHHs for medical research and healthcare.
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- Ying Cong
- The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW—School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6211 LK Maastricht, The Netherlands; (Y.C.); (P.L.)
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- Molecular Imaging and Therapy Research Group (MITH), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1090 Brussels, Belgium;
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- The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW—School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6211 LK Maastricht, The Netherlands; (Y.C.); (P.L.)
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW—School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6211 LK Maastricht, The Netherlands; (Y.C.); (P.L.)
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- The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW—School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6211 LK Maastricht, The Netherlands; (Y.C.); (P.L.)
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Zhang Y, Kubiak AM, Bailey TS, Claessen L, Hittmeyer P, Dubois L, Theys J, Lambin P. Development of a CRISPR-Cas12a system for efficient genome engineering in clostridia. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0245923. [PMID: 37947521 PMCID: PMC10715149 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02459-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023] Open
Abstract
IMPORTANCE Continued efforts in developing the CRISPR-Cas systems will further enhance our understanding and utilization of Clostridium species. This study demonstrates the development and application of a genome-engineering tool in two Clostridium strains, Clostridium butyricum and Clostridium sporogenes, which have promising potential as probiotics and oncolytic agents. Particular attention was given to the folding of precursor crRNA and the role of this process in off-target DNA cleavage by Cas12a. The results provide the guidelines necessary for efficient genome engineering using this system in clostridia. Our findings not only expand our fundamental understanding of genome-engineering tools in clostridia but also improve this technology to allow use of its full potential in a plethora of biotechnological applications.
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- Yanchao Zhang
- M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School of Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School of Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Exomnis Biotech BV, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School of Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School of Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- LivingMed Biotech SRL, Liège, Belgium
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- M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School of Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- LivingMed Biotech SRL, Liège, Belgium
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- M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School of Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School of Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School of Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Castenetto P, Lambin P, Vancsó P. Edge Magnetism in MoS 2 Nanoribbons: Insights from a Simple One-Dimensional Model. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2023; 13:3086. [PMID: 38132984 PMCID: PMC10745438 DOI: 10.3390/nano13243086] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Revised: 11/18/2023] [Accepted: 12/02/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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Edge magnetism in zigzag nanoribbons of monolayer MoS2 has been investigated with both density functional theory and a tight-binding plus Hubbard (TB+U) Hamiltonian. Both methods revealed that one band crossing the Fermi level is more strongly influenced by spin polarization than any other bands. This band originates from states localized on the sulfur edge of the nanoribbon. Its dispersion closely resembles that of the energy branch obtained in a linear chain of atoms with first-neighbor interaction. By exploiting this resemblance, a toy model has been designed to study the energetics of different spin configurations of the nanoribbon edge.
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- Department of Physics, University of Namur, 5000 Namur, Belgium;
- Institut Supérieur Pédagogique, Bukavu P.O. Box 854, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science, Center for Energy Research, 1121 Budapest, Hungary;
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Zhong X, Salahuddin Z, Chen Y, Woodruff HC, Long H, Peng J, Xie X, Lin M, Lambin P. An Interpretable Radiomics Model Based on Two-Dimensional Shear Wave Elastography for Predicting Symptomatic Post-Hepatectomy Liver Failure in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:5303. [PMID: 37958476 PMCID: PMC10647503 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15215303] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2023] [Revised: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to develop and validate an interpretable radiomics model based on two-dimensional shear wave elastography (2D-SWE) for symptomatic post-hepatectomy liver failure (PHLF) prediction in patients undergoing liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS A total of 345 consecutive patients were enrolled. A five-fold cross-validation was performed during training, and the models were evaluated in the independent test cohort. A multi-patch radiomics model was established based on the 2D-SWE images for predicting symptomatic PHLF. Clinical features were incorporated into the models to train the clinical-radiomics model. The radiomics model and the clinical-radiomics model were compared with the clinical model comprising clinical variables and other clinical predictive indices, including the model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score and albumin-bilirubin (ALBI) score. Shapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) was used for post hoc interpretability of the radiomics model. RESULTS The clinical-radiomics model achieved an AUC of 0.867 (95% CI 0.787-0.947) in the five-fold cross-validation, and this score was higher than that of the clinical model (AUC: 0.809; 95% CI: 0.715-0.902) and the radiomics model (AUC: 0.746; 95% CI: 0.681-0.811). The clinical-radiomics model showed an AUC of 0.822 in the test cohort, higher than that of the clinical model (AUC: 0.684, p = 0.007), radiomics model (AUC: 0.784, p = 0.415), MELD score (AUC: 0.529, p < 0.001), and ALBI score (AUC: 0.644, p = 0.016). The SHAP analysis showed that the first-order radiomics features, including first-order maximum 64 × 64, first-order 90th percentile 64 × 64, and first-order 10th percentile 32 × 32, were the most important features for PHLF prediction. CONCLUSION An interpretable clinical-radiomics model based on 2D-SWE and clinical variables can help in predicting symptomatic PHLF in HCC.
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- Xian Zhong
- Department of Medical Ultrasonics, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China; (X.Z.); (H.L.); (J.P.); (X.X.)
- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW—School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6220 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands; (Z.S.); (Y.C.); (H.C.W.); (P.L.)
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW—School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6220 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands; (Z.S.); (Y.C.); (H.C.W.); (P.L.)
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW—School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6220 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands; (Z.S.); (Y.C.); (H.C.W.); (P.L.)
- Key Laboratory of Intelligent Medical Image Analysis and Precise Diagnosis, College of Computer Science and Technology, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW—School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6220 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands; (Z.S.); (Y.C.); (H.C.W.); (P.L.)
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW—School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Center+, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Ultrasonics, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China; (X.Z.); (H.L.); (J.P.); (X.X.)
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- Department of Medical Ultrasonics, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China; (X.Z.); (H.L.); (J.P.); (X.X.)
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- Department of Medical Ultrasonics, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China; (X.Z.); (H.L.); (J.P.); (X.X.)
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- Department of Medical Ultrasonics, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China; (X.Z.); (H.L.); (J.P.); (X.X.)
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW—School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6220 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands; (Z.S.); (Y.C.); (H.C.W.); (P.L.)
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW—School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Center+, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Yaromina A, Koi L, Schuitmaker L, van der Wiel AMMA, Dubois LJ, Krause M, Lambin P. Overcoming radioresistance with the hypoxia-activated prodrug CP-506: A pre-clinical study of local tumour control probability. Radiother Oncol 2023; 186:109738. [PMID: 37315579 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2023.109738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Revised: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Tumour hypoxia is an established radioresistance factor. A novel hypoxia-activated prodrug CP-506 has been proven to selectively target hypoxic tumour cells and to cause anti-tumour activity. The current study investigates whether CP-506 improves outcome of radiotherapy in vivo. MATERIALS AND METHODS Mice bearing FaDu and UT-SCC-5 xenografts were randomized to receive 5 daily injections of CP-506/vehicle followed by single dose (SD) irradiation. In addition, CP-506 was combined once per week with fractionated irradiation (30 fractions/6 weeks). Animals were followed-up to score all recurrences. In parallel, tumours were harvested to evaluate pimonidazole hypoxia, DNA damage (γH2AX), expression of oxidoreductases. RESULTS CP-506 treatment significantly increased local control rate after SD in FaDu, 62% vs. 27% (p = 0.024). In UT-SCC-5, this effect was not curative and only marginally significant. CP-506 induced significant DNA damage in FaDu (p = 0.009) but not in UT- SCC-5. Hypoxic volume (HV) was significantly smaller (p = 0.038) after pretreatment with CP-506 as compared to vehicle in FaDu but not in less responsive UT-SCC-5. Adding CP-506 to fractionated radiotherapy in FaDu did not result in significant benefit. CONCLUSION The results support the use of CP-506 in combination with radiation in particular using hypofractionation schedules in hypoxic tumours. The magnitude of effect depends on the tumour model, therefore it is expected that applying appropriate patient stratification strategy will further enhance the benefit of CP-506 treatment for cancer patients. A phase I-IIA clinical trial of CP-506 in monotherapy or in combination with carboplatin or a checkpoint inhibitor has been approved (NCT04954599).
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- Ala Yaromina
- The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
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- OncoRay - National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, and Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany; Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität, Dresden, Germany; Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Institute of Radiooncology-OncoRay, Dresden, Germany
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- The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- OncoRay - National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, and Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany; Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität, Dresden, Germany; Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Institute of Radiooncology-OncoRay, Dresden, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), partner site Dresden, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, National Center for Tumour Diseases (NCT), partner site Dresden, German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), core center Heidelberg, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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Kuang S, Woodruff HC, Granzier R, van Nijnatten TJA, Lobbes MBI, Smidt ML, Lambin P, Mehrkanoon S. MSCDA: Multi-level semantic-guided contrast improves unsupervised domain adaptation for breast MRI segmentation in small datasets. Neural Netw 2023; 165:119-134. [PMID: 37285729 DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2023.05.014] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Revised: 04/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
Deep learning (DL) applied to breast tissue segmentation in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has received increased attention in the last decade, however, the domain shift which arises from different vendors, acquisition protocols, and biological heterogeneity, remains an important but challenging obstacle on the path towards clinical implementation. In this paper, we propose a novel Multi-level Semantic-guided Contrastive Domain Adaptation (MSCDA) framework to address this issue in an unsupervised manner. Our approach incorporates self-training with contrastive learning to align feature representations between domains. In particular, we extend the contrastive loss by incorporating pixel-to-pixel, pixel-to-centroid, and centroid-to-centroid contrasts to better exploit the underlying semantic information of the image at different levels. To resolve the data imbalance problem, we utilize a category-wise cross-domain sampling strategy to sample anchors from target images and build a hybrid memory bank to store samples from source images. We have validated MSCDA with a challenging task of cross-domain breast MRI segmentation between datasets of healthy volunteers and invasive breast cancer patients. Extensive experiments show that MSCDA effectively improves the model's feature alignment capabilities between domains, outperforming state-of-the-art methods. Furthermore, the framework is shown to be label-efficient, achieving good performance with a smaller source dataset. The code is publicly available at https://github.com/ShengKuangCN/MSCDA.
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- Sheng Kuang
- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School or Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School or Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands; GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands; GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands; Department of Medical Imaging, Zuyderland Medical Center, Sittard-Geleen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands; GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School or Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Hami R, Apeke S, Redou P, Gaubert L, Dubois LJ, Lambin P, Visvikis D, Boussion N. Predicting the Tumour Response to Radiation by Modelling the Five Rs of Radiotherapy Using PET Images. J Imaging 2023; 9:124. [PMID: 37367472 DOI: 10.3390/jimaging9060124] [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: 05/23/2023] [Revised: 06/10/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023] Open
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Despite the intensive use of radiotherapy in clinical practice, its effectiveness depends on several factors. Several studies showed that the tumour response to radiation differs from one patient to another. The non-uniform response of the tumour is mainly caused by multiple interactions between the tumour microenvironment and healthy cells. To understand these interactions, five major biologic concepts called the "5 Rs" have emerged. These concepts include reoxygenation, DNA damage repair, cell cycle redistribution, cellular radiosensitivity and cellular repopulation. In this study, we used a multi-scale model, which included the five Rs of radiotherapy, to predict the effects of radiation on tumour growth. In this model, the oxygen level was varied in both time and space. When radiotherapy was given, the sensitivity of cells depending on their location in the cell cycle was taken in account. This model also considered the repair of cells by giving a different probability of survival after radiation for tumour and normal cells. Here, we developed four fractionation protocol schemes. We used simulated and positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with the hypoxia tracer 18F-flortanidazole (18F-HX4) images as input data of our model. In addition, tumour control probability curves were simulated. The result showed the evolution of tumours and normal cells. The increase in the cell number after radiation was seen in both normal and malignant cells, which proves that repopulation was included in this model. The proposed model predicts the tumour response to radiation and forms the basis for a more patient-specific clinical tool where related biological data will be included.
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- Rihab Hami
- INSERM UMR 1101 "LaTIM", CEDEX 3, 29238 Brest, France
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- INSERM UMR 1101 "LaTIM", CEDEX 3, 29238 Brest, France
- CERV, European Center for Virtual Reality, ENIB, CEDEX 3, 29238 Brest, France
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- INSERM UMR 1101 "LaTIM", CEDEX 3, 29238 Brest, France
- CERV, European Center for Virtual Reality, ENIB, CEDEX 3, 29238 Brest, France
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- INSERM UMR 1101 "LaTIM", CEDEX 3, 29238 Brest, France
- CERV, European Center for Virtual Reality, ENIB, CEDEX 3, 29238 Brest, France
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University, 6211 LK Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University, 6211 LK Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- INSERM UMR 1101 "LaTIM", CEDEX 3, 29238 Brest, France
- CHRU BREST, 29200 Brest, France
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- INSERM UMR 1101 "LaTIM", CEDEX 3, 29238 Brest, France
- CHRU BREST, 29200 Brest, France
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Beuque MPL, Lobbes MBI, van Wijk Y, Widaatalla Y, Primakov S, Majer M, Balleyguier C, Woodruff HC, Lambin P. Combining Deep Learning and Handcrafted Radiomics for Classification of Suspicious Lesions on Contrast-enhanced Mammograms. Radiology 2023; 307:e221843. [PMID: 37338353 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.221843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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Background Handcrafted radiomics and deep learning (DL) models individually achieve good performance in lesion classification (benign vs malignant) on contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) images. Purpose To develop a comprehensive machine learning tool able to fully automatically identify, segment, and classify breast lesions on the basis of CEM images in recall patients. Materials and Methods CEM images and clinical data were retrospectively collected between 2013 and 2018 for 1601 recall patients at Maastricht UMC+ and 283 patients at Gustave Roussy Institute for external validation. Lesions with a known status (malignant or benign) were delineated by a research assistant overseen by an expert breast radiologist. Preprocessed low-energy and recombined images were used to train a DL model for automatic lesion identification, segmentation, and classification. A handcrafted radiomics model was also trained to classify both human- and DL-segmented lesions. Sensitivity for identification and the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) for classification were compared between individual and combined models at the image and patient levels. Results After the exclusion of patients without suspicious lesions, the total number of patients included in the training, test, and validation data sets were 850 (mean age, 63 years ± 8 [SD]), 212 (62 years ± 8), and 279 (55 years ± 12), respectively. In the external data set, lesion identification sensitivity was 90% and 99% at the image and patient level, respectively, and the mean Dice coefficient was 0.71 and 0.80 at the image and patient level, respectively. Using manual segmentations, the combined DL and handcrafted radiomics classification model achieved the highest AUC (0.88 [95% CI: 0.86, 0.91]) (P < .05 except compared with DL, handcrafted radiomics, and clinical features model, where P = .90). Using DL-generated segmentations, the combined DL and handcrafted radiomics model showed the highest AUC (0.95 [95% CI: 0.94, 0.96]) (P < .05). Conclusion The DL model accurately identified and delineated suspicious lesions on CEM images, and the combined output of the DL and handcrafted radiomics models achieved good diagnostic performance. © RSNA, 2023 Supplemental material is available for this article. See also the editorial by Bahl and Do in this issue.
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- Manon P L Beuque
- From the Department of Precision Medicine (M.P.L.B., Y.v.W., Y.W., S.P., H.C.W., P.L.) and Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (M.B.I.L.), GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 40, 6229 ER Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands (M.B.I.L., H.C.W., P.L.); Department of Medical Imaging, Zuyderland Medical Center, Sittard-Geleen, the Netherlands (M.B.I.L.); Department of Imaging, Institut Gustave Roussy, Université Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France (M.M., C.B.); and Biomaps, UMR1281 INSERM, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France (C.B.)
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- From the Department of Precision Medicine (M.P.L.B., Y.v.W., Y.W., S.P., H.C.W., P.L.) and Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (M.B.I.L.), GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 40, 6229 ER Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands (M.B.I.L., H.C.W., P.L.); Department of Medical Imaging, Zuyderland Medical Center, Sittard-Geleen, the Netherlands (M.B.I.L.); Department of Imaging, Institut Gustave Roussy, Université Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France (M.M., C.B.); and Biomaps, UMR1281 INSERM, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France (C.B.)
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- From the Department of Precision Medicine (M.P.L.B., Y.v.W., Y.W., S.P., H.C.W., P.L.) and Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (M.B.I.L.), GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 40, 6229 ER Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands (M.B.I.L., H.C.W., P.L.); Department of Medical Imaging, Zuyderland Medical Center, Sittard-Geleen, the Netherlands (M.B.I.L.); Department of Imaging, Institut Gustave Roussy, Université Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France (M.M., C.B.); and Biomaps, UMR1281 INSERM, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France (C.B.)
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- From the Department of Precision Medicine (M.P.L.B., Y.v.W., Y.W., S.P., H.C.W., P.L.) and Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (M.B.I.L.), GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 40, 6229 ER Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands (M.B.I.L., H.C.W., P.L.); Department of Medical Imaging, Zuyderland Medical Center, Sittard-Geleen, the Netherlands (M.B.I.L.); Department of Imaging, Institut Gustave Roussy, Université Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France (M.M., C.B.); and Biomaps, UMR1281 INSERM, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France (C.B.)
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- From the Department of Precision Medicine (M.P.L.B., Y.v.W., Y.W., S.P., H.C.W., P.L.) and Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (M.B.I.L.), GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 40, 6229 ER Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands (M.B.I.L., H.C.W., P.L.); Department of Medical Imaging, Zuyderland Medical Center, Sittard-Geleen, the Netherlands (M.B.I.L.); Department of Imaging, Institut Gustave Roussy, Université Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France (M.M., C.B.); and Biomaps, UMR1281 INSERM, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France (C.B.)
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- From the Department of Precision Medicine (M.P.L.B., Y.v.W., Y.W., S.P., H.C.W., P.L.) and Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (M.B.I.L.), GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 40, 6229 ER Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands (M.B.I.L., H.C.W., P.L.); Department of Medical Imaging, Zuyderland Medical Center, Sittard-Geleen, the Netherlands (M.B.I.L.); Department of Imaging, Institut Gustave Roussy, Université Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France (M.M., C.B.); and Biomaps, UMR1281 INSERM, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France (C.B.)
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- From the Department of Precision Medicine (M.P.L.B., Y.v.W., Y.W., S.P., H.C.W., P.L.) and Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (M.B.I.L.), GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 40, 6229 ER Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands (M.B.I.L., H.C.W., P.L.); Department of Medical Imaging, Zuyderland Medical Center, Sittard-Geleen, the Netherlands (M.B.I.L.); Department of Imaging, Institut Gustave Roussy, Université Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France (M.M., C.B.); and Biomaps, UMR1281 INSERM, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France (C.B.)
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- From the Department of Precision Medicine (M.P.L.B., Y.v.W., Y.W., S.P., H.C.W., P.L.) and Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (M.B.I.L.), GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 40, 6229 ER Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands (M.B.I.L., H.C.W., P.L.); Department of Medical Imaging, Zuyderland Medical Center, Sittard-Geleen, the Netherlands (M.B.I.L.); Department of Imaging, Institut Gustave Roussy, Université Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France (M.M., C.B.); and Biomaps, UMR1281 INSERM, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France (C.B.)
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- From the Department of Precision Medicine (M.P.L.B., Y.v.W., Y.W., S.P., H.C.W., P.L.) and Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (M.B.I.L.), GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 40, 6229 ER Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands (M.B.I.L., H.C.W., P.L.); Department of Medical Imaging, Zuyderland Medical Center, Sittard-Geleen, the Netherlands (M.B.I.L.); Department of Imaging, Institut Gustave Roussy, Université Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France (M.M., C.B.); and Biomaps, UMR1281 INSERM, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France (C.B.)
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Valkema MJ, Beukinga RJ, Chatterjee A, Woodruff HC, van Klaveren D, Noordzij W, Valkema R, Bennink RJ, Roef MJ, Schreurs W, Doukas M, Lagarde SM, Wijnhoven BPL, Lambin P, Plukker JTM, van Lanschot JJB. External validation of 18F-FDG PET-based radiomic models on identification of residual oesophageal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. Nucl Med Commun 2023:00006231-990000000-00152. [PMID: 37132272 DOI: 10.1097/mnm.0000000000001707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Detection of residual oesophageal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) is important to guide treatment decisions regarding standard oesophagectomy or active surveillance. The aim was to validate previously developed 18F-FDG PET-based radiomic models to detect residual local tumour and to repeat model development (i.e. 'model extension') in case of poor generalisability. METHODS This was a retrospective cohort study in patients collected from a prospective multicentre study in four Dutch institutes. Patients underwent nCRT followed by oesophagectomy between 2013 and 2019. Outcome was tumour regression grade (TRG) 1 (0% tumour) versus TRG 2-3-4 (≥1% tumour). Scans were acquired according to standardised protocols. Discrimination and calibration were assessed for the published models with optimism-corrected AUCs >0.77. For model extension, the development and external validation cohorts were combined. RESULTS Baseline characteristics of the 189 patients included [median age 66 years (interquartile range 60-71), 158/189 male (84%), 40/189 TRG 1 (21%) and 149/189 (79%) TRG 2-3-4] were comparable to the development cohort. The model including cT stage plus the feature 'sum entropy' had best discriminative performance in external validation (AUC 0.64, 95% confidence interval 0.55-0.73), with a calibration slope and intercept of 0.16 and 0.48 respectively. An extended bootstrapped LASSO model yielded an AUC of 0.65 for TRG 2-3-4 detection. CONCLUSION The high predictive performance of the published radiomic models could not be replicated. The extended model had moderate discriminative ability. The investigated radiomic models appeared inaccurate to detect local residual oesophageal tumour and cannot be used as an adjunct tool for clinical decision-making in patients.
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- Maria J Valkema
- Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam
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- Medical Imaging Centre, Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen
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- Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology, Maastricht University
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- Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology, Maastricht University
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Imaging, GROW - School for Oncology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht
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- Medical Imaging Centre, Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Catharina Hospital Eindhoven, Eindhoven
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Zuyderland Medical Centre, Heerlen
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- Department of Pathology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam and
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- Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology, Maastricht University
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Imaging, GROW - School for Oncology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Leijenaar RTH, Walsh S, Aliboni L, Sanchez VL, Leech M, Joyce R, Gillham C, Kridelka F, Hustinx R, Danthine D, Occhipinti M, Vos W, Guiot J, Lambin P, Lovinfosse P. External validation of a radiomic signature to predict p16 (HPV) status from standard CT images of anal cancer patients. Sci Rep 2023; 13:7198. [PMID: 37137947 PMCID: PMC10156720 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-34162-3] [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] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023] Open
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The paper deals with the evaluation of the performance of an existing and previously validated CT based radiomic signature, developed in oropharyngeal cancer to predict human papillomavirus (HPV) status, in the context of anal cancer. For the validation in anal cancer, a dataset of 59 patients coming from two different centers was collected. The primary endpoint was HPV status according to p16 immunohistochemistry. Predefined statistical tests were performed to evaluate the performance of the model. The AUC obtained here in anal cancer is 0.68 [95% CI (0.32-1.00)] with F1 score of 0.78. This signature is TRIPOD level 4 (57%) with an RQS of 61%. This study provides proof of concept that this radiomic signature has the potential to identify a clinically relevant molecular phenotype (i.e., the HPV-ness) across multiple cancers and demonstrates potential for this radiomic signature as a CT imaging biomarker of p16 status.
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- Radiomics (Oncoradiomics SA), Liège, Belgium
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- Applied Radiation Therapy, Discipline of Radiation Therapy, Trinity St. James's Cancer Institute, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, St. Luke's Radiation Oncology Network and St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, St. Luke's Radiation Oncology Network and St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Oncological Imaging, University Hospital of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Oncological Imaging, University Hospital of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Radiomics (Oncoradiomics SA), Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Pneumology, University Hospital of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Oncological Imaging, University Hospital of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
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Rogers W, Keek SA, Beuque M, Lavrova E, Primakov S, Wu G, Yan C, Sanduleanu S, Gietema HA, Casale R, Occhipinti M, Woodruff HC, Jochems A, Lambin P. Towards texture accurate slice interpolation of medical images using PixelMiner. Comput Biol Med 2023; 161:106701. [PMID: 37244145 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2023.106701] [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: 11/29/2021] [Revised: 08/06/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Quantitative image analysis models are used for medical imaging tasks such as registration, classification, object detection, and segmentation. For these models to be capable of making accurate predictions, they need valid and precise information. We propose PixelMiner, a convolution-based deep-learning model for interpolating computed tomography (CT) imaging slices. PixelMiner was designed to produce texture-accurate slice interpolations by trading off pixel accuracy for texture accuracy. PixelMiner was trained on a dataset of 7829 CT scans and validated using an external dataset. We demonstrated the model's effectiveness by using the structural similarity index (SSIM), peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR), and the root mean squared error (RMSE) of extracted texture features. Additionally, we developed and used a new metric, the mean squared mapped feature error (MSMFE). The performance of PixelMiner was compared to four other interpolation methods: (tri-)linear, (tri-)cubic, windowed sinc (WS), and nearest neighbor (NN). PixelMiner produced texture with a significantly lowest average texture error compared to all other methods with a normalized root mean squared error (NRMSE) of 0.11 (p < .01), and the significantly highest reproducibility with a concordance correlation coefficient (CCC) ≥ 0.85 (p < .01). PixelMiner was not only shown to better preserve features but was also validated using an ablation study by removing auto-regression from the model and was shown to improve segmentations on interpolated slices.
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- W Rogers
- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; GIGA Cyclotron Research Centre in Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Radiology, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Radiomics, Clos Chanmurly 13, 4000, Liege, Belgium
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
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Salahuddin Z, Chen Y, Zhong X, Woodruff HC, Rad NM, Mali SA, Lambin P. From Head and Neck Tumour and Lymph Node Segmentation to Survival Prediction on PET/CT: An End-to-End Framework Featuring Uncertainty, Fairness, and Multi-Region Multi-Modal Radiomics. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:cancers15071932. [PMID: 37046593 PMCID: PMC10093277 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15071932] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Revised: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023] Open
Abstract
Automatic delineation and detection of the primary tumour (GTVp) and lymph nodes (GTVn) using PET and CT in head and neck cancer and recurrence-free survival prediction can be useful for diagnosis and patient risk stratification. We used data from nine different centres, with 524 and 359 cases used for training and testing, respectively. We utilised posterior sampling of the weight space in the proposed segmentation model to estimate the uncertainty for false positive reduction. We explored the prognostic potential of radiomics features extracted from the predicted GTVp and GTVn in PET and CT for recurrence-free survival prediction and used SHAP analysis for explainability. We evaluated the bias of models with respect to age, gender, chemotherapy, HPV status, and lesion size. We achieved an aggregate Dice score of 0.774 and 0.760 on the test set for GTVp and GTVn, respectively. We observed a per image false positive reduction of 19.5% and 7.14% using the uncertainty threshold for GTVp and GTVn, respectively. Radiomics features extracted from GTVn in PET and from both GTVp and GTVn in CT are the most prognostic, and our model achieves a C-index of 0.672 on the test set. Our framework incorporates uncertainty estimation, fairness, and explainability, demonstrating the potential for accurate detection and risk stratification.
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- Zohaib Salahuddin
- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Key Laboratory of Intelligent Medical Image Analysis and Precise Diagnosis, College of Computer Science and Technology, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Medical Ultrasonics, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Center+, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Center+, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Widaatalla Y, Wolswijk T, Adan F, Hillen LM, Woodruff HC, Halilaj I, Ibrahim A, Lambin P, Mosterd K. The application of artificial intelligence in the detection of basal cell carcinoma: A systematic review. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2023; 37:1160-1167. [PMID: 36785993 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.18963] [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] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
Abstract
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is one of the most common types of cancer. The growing incidence worldwide and the need for fast, reliable and less invasive diagnostic techniques make a strong case for the application of different artificial intelligence techniques for detecting and classifying BCC and its subtypes. We report on the current evidence regarding the application of handcrafted and deep radiomics models used for the detection and classification of BCC in dermoscopy, optical coherence tomography and reflectance confocal microscopy. We reviewed all the articles that were published in the last 10 years in PubMed, Web of Science and EMBASE, and we found 15 articles that met the inclusion criteria. We included articles that are original, written in English, focussing on automated BCC detection in our target modalities and published within the last 10 years in the field of dermatology. The outcomes from the selected publications are presented in three categories depending on the imaging modality and to allow for comparison. The majority of articles (n = 12) presented different AI solutions for the detection and/or classification of BCC in dermoscopy images. The rest of the publications presented AI solutions in OCT images (n = 2) and RCM (n = 1). In addition, we provide future directions for the application of these techniques for the detection of BCC. In conclusion, the reviewed publications demonstrate the potential benefit of AI in the detection of BCC in dermoscopy, OCT and RCM.
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- Y Widaatalla
- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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van den Ende T, Kuijper SC, Widaatalla Y, Noortman WA, van Velden FH, Woodruff HC, van der Pol Y, Moldovan N, Pegtel DM, Derks S, Bijlsma MF, Moulière F, de Geus-Oei LF, Lambin P, Van Laarhoven HW. Outcome prediction in resectable esophageal adenocarcinoma based on clinical variables, radiomics, and ctDNA. J Clin Oncol 2023. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2023.41.4_suppl.423] [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: 01/25/2023] Open
Abstract
423 Background: Despite the advent of precision medicine, prediction of survival outcome of esophageal cancer patients remains a challenge. Here we aim to investigate the value of prediction models integrating multi-signal data including radiomics and circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) data in addition to clinical data for the prediction of resectable esophageal adenocarcinoma (rEAC) related outcomes. Methods: In total n=111 rEAC patients treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT; n=71) +/- anti-PD-L1 (n=40) were included. Baseline clinical variables (n=9) were based on the SOURCE survival prediction model (van den Boorn et al. JNCCN. 2021). The baseline ctDNA data from plasma was derived from fragmentomic and copy number aberrations (ichorCNA) from shallow whole genome sequencing (<5-fold coverage) and a custom next-generation sequencing panel (n=23 genes). Baseline radiomic original features were extracted by the pyradiomics package from CT-image delineated tumor volumes. An initial redundancy filtering was performed to remove correlating variables (r>0.6). We evaluated the predictive performance of baseline ctDNA and radiomics features on overall survival (OS), progression free survival (PFS), and time to progression (TTP), through fitting Cox-regression models. Four ctDNA features were included in the models: P20-150, ichorCNA, fragment end score and mutation detection. For the radiomics features we performed an additional back- and forward variable selection based on Akaike’s Information Criterion. Using the likelihood ratio test we tested if the model fit changed after adding ctDNA and radiomics features to a model with clinical variables. Results: The addition of radiomics to clinical variables improved model fit for OS (p=0.017). Baseline prediction of OS resulted in a C-index of 0.65 using clinical variables only, 0.65 with ctDNA, 0.68 with radiomics and 0.68 with ctDNA and radiomics combined. For PFS model fit improved after adding radiomics (p=0.020) and ctDNA and radiomics combined (p=0.017). Baseline prediction of PFS resulted in a C-index of 0.64 using clinical variables, 0.65 with ctDNA, 0.67 with radiomics, and 0.68 with ctDNA and radiomics combined. For TTP model fit improved after adding radiomics (p=0.008) and radiomics and ctDNA combined (p=0.002). Baseline prediction of TTP resulted in a C-index of 0.64 with clinical variables, 0.65 with ctDNA, 0.71 with radiomics, and 0.72 with ctDNA and radiomics combined. Based on the cox-regression models using clinical variables and radiomics, risk stratification by splitting the cohort in a high and low risk group was possible for OS, PFS and TTP (p<0.001). Conclusions: Combining clinical variables from SOURCE with radiomics data improved predictions of OS, PFS, and TTP among patients with rEAC. Multi-signal integration of clinical and radiomics variables could potentially be used to identify risk groups.
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- Tom van den Ende
- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Imaging and Biomarkers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Section of Nuclear Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Section of Nuclear Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Pathology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Imaging and Biomarkers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Pathology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Imaging and Biomarkers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Pathology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Imaging and Biomarkers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Oncology, Oncode Institute, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Cancer Biology and Immunology, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Laboratory for Experimental Oncology and Radiobiology, Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Oncode Institute, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Imaging and Biomarkers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Pathology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Imaging and Biomarkers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Section of Nuclear Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Imaging and Biomarkers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Ibrahim A, Vaidyanathan A, Primakov S, Belmans F, Bottari F, Refaee T, Lovinfosse P, Jadoul A, Derwael C, Hertel F, Woodruff HC, Zacho HD, Walsh S, Vos W, Occhipinti M, Hanin FX, Lambin P, Mottaghy FM, Hustinx R. Deep learning based identification of bone scintigraphies containing metastatic bone disease foci. Cancer Imaging 2023; 23:12. [PMID: 36698217 PMCID: PMC9875407 DOI: 10.1186/s40644-023-00524-3] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
Abstract
PURPOSE Metastatic bone disease (MBD) is the most common form of metastases, most frequently deriving from prostate cancer. MBD is screened with bone scintigraphy (BS), which have high sensitivity but low specificity for the diagnosis of MBD, often requiring further investigations. Deep learning (DL) - a machine learning technique designed to mimic human neuronal interactions- has shown promise in the field of medical imaging analysis for different purposes, including segmentation and classification of lesions. In this study, we aim to develop a DL algorithm that can classify areas of increased uptake on bone scintigraphy scans. METHODS We collected 2365 BS from three European medical centres. The model was trained and validated on 1203 and 164 BS scans respectively. Furthermore we evaluated its performance on an external testing set composed of 998 BS scans. We further aimed to enhance the explainability of our developed algorithm, using activation maps. We compared the performance of our algorithm to that of 6 nuclear medicine physicians. RESULTS The developed DL based algorithm is able to detect MBD on BSs, with high specificity and sensitivity (0.80 and 0.82 respectively on the external test set), in a shorter time compared to the nuclear medicine physicians (2.5 min for AI and 30 min for nuclear medicine physicians to classify 134 BSs). Further prospective validation is required before the algorithm can be used in the clinic.
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- Abdalla Ibrahim
- grid.5012.60000 0001 0481 6099The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands ,grid.239585.00000 0001 2285 2675Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, United States ,grid.411374.40000 0000 8607 6858Division of Nuclear Medicine and Oncological Imaging, Department of Medical Physics, University Hospital of Liege, Liege, Belgium ,grid.412301.50000 0000 8653 1507Department of Nuclear Medicine and Comprehensive diagnostic centre Aachen (CDCA), University Hospital RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- grid.5012.60000 0001 0481 6099The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands ,Radiomics (Oncoradiomics SA), Liege, Belgium
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- grid.5012.60000 0001 0481 6099The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands ,grid.239585.00000 0001 2285 2675Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, United States
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- grid.5012.60000 0001 0481 6099The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands ,grid.411831.e0000 0004 0398 1027Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
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- grid.411374.40000 0000 8607 6858Division of Nuclear Medicine and Oncological Imaging, Department of Medical Physics, University Hospital of Liege, Liege, Belgium
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- grid.411374.40000 0000 8607 6858Division of Nuclear Medicine and Oncological Imaging, Department of Medical Physics, University Hospital of Liege, Liege, Belgium
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- grid.411374.40000 0000 8607 6858Division of Nuclear Medicine and Oncological Imaging, Department of Medical Physics, University Hospital of Liege, Liege, Belgium
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- grid.412301.50000 0000 8653 1507Department of Nuclear Medicine and Comprehensive diagnostic centre Aachen (CDCA), University Hospital RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- grid.5012.60000 0001 0481 6099The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands ,grid.239585.00000 0001 2285 2675Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, United States
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- grid.27530.330000 0004 0646 7349Department of Nuclear Medicine, Clinical Cancer Research Centre, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark ,grid.5117.20000 0001 0742 471XDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Radiomics (Oncoradiomics SA), Liege, Belgium
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- Radiomics (Oncoradiomics SA), Liege, Belgium
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- grid.7942.80000 0001 2294 713XDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Universite´CatholiqueUniversite´Catholique de Louvain, CHU-UCL-Namur, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- grid.5012.60000 0001 0481 6099The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands ,grid.239585.00000 0001 2285 2675Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, United States
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- grid.239585.00000 0001 2285 2675Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, United States ,grid.412301.50000 0000 8653 1507Department of Nuclear Medicine and Comprehensive diagnostic centre Aachen (CDCA), University Hospital RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- grid.411374.40000 0000 8607 6858Division of Nuclear Medicine and Oncological Imaging, Department of Medical Physics, University Hospital of Liege, Liege, Belgium
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Beuque M, Magee DR, Chatterjee A, Woodruff HC, Langley RE, Allum W, Nankivell MG, Cunningham D, Lambin P, Grabsch HI. Automated detection and delineation of lymph nodes in haematoxylin & eosin stained digitised slides. J Pathol Inform 2023; 14:100192. [PMID: 36818020 PMCID: PMC9932489 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpi.2023.100192] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Treatment of patients with oesophageal and gastric cancer (OeGC) is guided by disease stage, patient performance status and preferences. Lymph node (LN) status is one of the strongest prognostic factors for OeGC patients. However, survival varies between patients with the same disease stage and LN status. We recently showed that LN size from patients with OeGC might also have prognostic value, thus making delineations of LNs essential for size estimation and the extraction of other imaging biomarkers. We hypothesized that a machine learning workflow is able to: (1) find digital H&E stained slides containing LNs, (2) create a scoring system providing degrees of certainty for the results, and (3) delineate LNs in those images. To train and validate the pipeline, we used 1695 H&E slides from the OE02 trial. The dataset was divided into training (80%) and validation (20%). The model was tested on an external dataset of 826 H&E slides from the OE05 trial. U-Net architecture was used to generate prediction maps from which predefined features were extracted. These features were subsequently used to train an XGBoost model to determine if a region truly contained a LN. With our innovative method, the balanced accuracies of the LN detection were 0.93 on the validation dataset (0.83 on the test dataset) compared to 0.81 (0.81) on the validation (test) datasets when using the standard method of thresholding U-Net predictions to arrive at a binary mask. Our method allowed for the creation of an "uncertain" category, and partly limited false-positive predictions on the external dataset. The mean Dice score was 0.73 (0.60) per-image and 0.66 (0.48) per-LN for the validation (test) datasets. Our pipeline detects images with LNs more accurately than conventional methods, and high-throughput delineation of LNs can facilitate future LN content analyses of large datasets.
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- Manon Beuque
- Department of Precision Medicine, GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 40, 6229 ER Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- School of Computing, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT Leeds, United Kingdom
- HeteroGenius Limited, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Department of Precision Medicine, GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 40, 6229 ER Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Precision Medicine, GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 40, 6229 ER Maastricht, the Netherlands
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Center+, P. Debyelaan, 25 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at University College London, 90 High Holborn, WC1V 6LJ London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Surgery, Royal Marsden Hospital, The Royal Marsden Fulham Road, SW3 6JJ London, United Kingdom
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at University College London, 90 High Holborn, WC1V 6LJ London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medicine, The Royal Marsden NHS Trust, The Royal Marsden Fulham Road, SW3 6JJ London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Precision Medicine, GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 40, 6229 ER Maastricht, the Netherlands
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Center+, P. Debyelaan, 25 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Center+, P. Debyelaan, 25 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Pathology & Data Analytics, Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St. James’s, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT Leeds, United Kingdom
- Corresponding author at: Department of Pathology, GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Zhang Y, Bailey TS, Kubiak AM, Lambin P, Theys J. Heterologous Gene Regulation in Clostridia: Rationally Designed Gene Regulation for Industrial and Medical Applications. ACS Synth Biol 2022; 11:3817-3828. [PMID: 36265075 PMCID: PMC9680021 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.2c00401] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Abstract
Several species from the Clostridium genus show promise as industrial solvent producers and cancer therapeutic delivery vehicles. Previous development of shuttle plasmids and genome editing tools has aided the study of these species and enabled their exploitation in industrial and medical applications. Nevertheless, the precise control of gene expression is still hindered by the limited range of characterized promoters. To address this, libraries of promoters (native and synthetic), 5' UTRs, and alternative start codons were constructed. These constructs were tested in Escherichia coli K-12, Clostridium sporogenes NCIMB 10696, and Clostridium butyricum DSM 10702, using β-glucuronidase (gusA) as a gene reporter. Promoter activity was corroborated using a second gene reporter, nitroreductase (nmeNTR) from Neisseria meningitides. A strong correlation was observed between the two reporters. In C. sporogenes and C. butyricum, respectively, changes in GusA activity between the weakest and strongest expressing levels were 129-fold and 78-fold. Similar results were obtained with the nmeNTR. Using the GusA reporter, translation initiation from six alternative (non-AUG) start codons was measured in E. coli, C. sporogenes, and C. butyricum. Clearly, species-specific differences between clostridia and E. coli in translation initiation were observed, and the performance of the start codons was influenced by the upstream 5' UTR sequence. These results highlight a new opportunity for gene control in recombinant clostridia. To demonstrate the value of these results, expression of the sacB gene from Bacillus subtilis was optimized for use as a novel negative selection marker in C. butyricum. In summary, these results indicate improvements in the understanding of heterologous gene regulation in Clostridium species and E. coli cloning strains. This new knowledge can be utilized for rationally designed gene regulation in Clostridium-mediated industrial and medical applications, as well as fundamental research into the biology of Clostridium species.
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- Yanchao Zhang
- The
M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School of Oncology
and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands,
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- The
M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School of Oncology
and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The
M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School of Oncology
and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands,Exomnis
Biotech BV, Oxfordlaan
55, 6229 EV Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The
M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School of Oncology
and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The
M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School of Oncology
and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Connor K, Conroy E, White K, Shiels L, Keek S, Ibrahim A, Gallagher W, Clerkin J, Sweeney K, O'Brien D, Cryan J, Heffernan J, Brett F, Lambin P, Woodruff H, Byrne A. MODL-24. ESTABLISHING A CLINICALLY RELEVANT CT AND ASSOCIATED RADIOMICS PIPELINE FOR INTRACRANIAL RODENT TUMOUR MODELS. Neuro Oncol 2022. [PMCID: PMC9661278 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noac209.1151] [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: 11/16/2022] Open
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While magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the predominant imaging modality for glioblastoma (GBM), pre-clinical MRI scanner availability is limited. As pre-clinical CT is more widely available and cost-effective, this study aimed to 1) establish preclinical-GBM CT and CT-radiomic workflows, 2) identify whether CE-CT could detect murine orthotopic GBM tumours on two CT instruments [TRIUMPHX-O-CT; IVISSPECTRUM-CT], 3) assess whether CT-radiomic features could distinguish tumour from normal tissue, and support earlier detection of tumours, 4) verify translation of pre-clinical CT-radiomic pipelines to, and assess pre-clinical CT-features in, clinical CE-CT scans.U87R-Luc2(n=25) and NFpp10a-Luc2(n=10) orthotopic GBM models were established and tumours monitored via bioluminescence imaging (BLI). Concurrently, mice underwent CE-CT (IV-iodine/300mg/mL/50kV-scan). Extracted radiomic features (PyRadiomics) underwent dimensionality reduction (Spearman correlation; >0.85). Remaining features were analysed (Recursive feature elimination (RFE)/RepeatedCV/randomforest) in normal and tumour tissue and across timepoints (TRIUMPHX-O-CT-Wk3vsWk6,Wk6vsWk9/12; IVISSPECTRUM-CT-Wk6vsWk9/12).CE-CT and radiomic pipelines were successfully established for orthotopic GBM models, using both CT-systems. On visual assessment of images, BLI was significantly more sensitive, with tumours detectable at Wk1 (BLI) vs Wk9 (CE-CT). However, RFE analysis identified CT-radiomic features (first_order&glcm) which differentiated tumour from normal tissue (TRIUMPHX-O-CT). A subsequent feature set (first_order,glcm,gldm&glzm) were identified (TRIUMPHX-O-CT/IVISSPECTRUM-CT), detecting tumours earlier (Wk3&Wk6) than possible by visual assessment of CTs. Preclinical radiomic methods were successfully applied to exploratory clinical CE-CT scans(n=10). Here, several preclinical CT-features (e.g. Zone_Entropy) showed increased intensity in tumour regions. Overall experimental BLI is the most sensitive method for pre-clinical intracranial tumour detection. However, analysis of clinically relevant CT-radiomic features may facilitate tumour identification and earlier tumour detection (Wk3/Wk6-TRIUMPHX-O-CT/Wk6-IVISSPECTRUM-CT) than possible by visual assessment of CT (Wk9). Clinically relevant CT-derived radiomic features may therefore support intracranial rodent tumour assessment. Importantly, preclinical radiomic methods successfully translate to clinical CT-radiomic analysis. Parallel trends in tumour-specific feature intensities across pre-clinical and clinical scans suggest species conservation of features.
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- Kate Connor
- Dept Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland , Dublin , Ireland
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- UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, , Dublin , Ireland
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- Dept Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland , Dublin , Ireland
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- Dept Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland , Dublin , Ireland
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- The D-Lab: Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology, Maastricht University, Maastricht , Maastricht , Netherlands
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- The D-Lab: Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology, Maastricht University, Maastricht , Maastricht , Netherlands
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- UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin , Dublin , Ireland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beaumont hospital, Dublin Ireland , Dublin , Ireland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beaumont hospital , Dublin , Ireland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beaumont hospital, Dublin , Dublin , Ireland
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- Department of Neuropathology, Beaumont Hospital , Dublin , Ireland
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- Department of Neuropathology, Beaumont Hospital , Dublin , Ireland
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- The D-Lab: Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology, Maastricht University , Maastricht , Netherlands
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- The D-Lab: Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology, Maastricht University, Maastricht , Maastricht , Netherlands
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- Dept Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland , Dublin , Ireland
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Keek SA, Kayan E, Chatterjee A, Belderbos JSA, Bootsma G, van den Borne B, Dingemans AMC, Gietema HA, Groen HJM, Herder J, Pitz C, Praag J, De Ruysscher D, Schoenmaekers J, Smit HJM, Stigt J, Westenend M, Zeng H, Woodruff HC, Lambin P, Hendriks L. Investigation of the added value of CT-based radiomics in predicting the development of brain metastases in patients with radically treated stage III NSCLC. Ther Adv Med Oncol 2022; 14:17588359221116605. [PMID: 36032350 PMCID: PMC9403451 DOI: 10.1177/17588359221116605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 03/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Abstract
Introduction: Despite radical intent therapy for patients with stage III non-small-cell
lung cancer (NSCLC), cumulative incidence of brain metastases (BM) reaches
30%. Current risk stratification methods fail to accurately identify these
patients. As radiomics features have been shown to have predictive value,
this study aims to develop a model combining clinical risk factors with
radiomics features for BM development in patients with radically treated
stage III NSCLC. Methods: Retrospective analysis of two prospective multicentre studies. Inclusion
criteria: adequately staged [18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron
emission tomography-computed tomography (18-FDG-PET-CT), contrast-enhanced
chest CT, contrast-enhanced brain magnetic resonance imaging/CT] and
radically treated stage III NSCLC, exclusion criteria: second primary within
2 years of NSCLC diagnosis and prior prophylactic cranial irradiation.
Primary endpoint was BM development any time during follow-up (FU). CT-based
radiomics features (N = 530) were extracted from the
primary lung tumour on 18-FDG-PET-CT images, and a list of clinical features
(N = 8) was collected. Univariate feature selection
based on the area under the curve (AUC) of the receiver operating
characteristic was performed to identify relevant features. Generalized
linear models were trained using the selected features, and multivariate
predictive performance was assessed through the AUC. Results: In total, 219 patients were eligible for analysis. Median FU was 59.4 months
for the training cohort and 67.3 months for the validation cohort; 21 (15%)
and 17 (22%) patients developed BM in the training and validation cohort,
respectively. Two relevant clinical features (age and adenocarcinoma
histology) and four relevant radiomics features were identified as
predictive. The clinical model yielded the highest AUC value of 0.71 (95%
CI: 0.58–0.84), better than radiomics or a combination of clinical
parameters and radiomics (both an AUC of 0.62, 95% CIs of 0.47–076 and
0.48–0.76, respectively). Conclusion: CT-based radiomics features of primary NSCLC in the current setup could not
improve on a model based on clinical predictors (age and adenocarcinoma
histology) of BM development in radically treated stage III NSCLC
patients.
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- Simon A Keek
- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Zuyderland Hospital, Heerlen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Laurentius Hospital, Roermond, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology (Maastro), GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Rijnstate, Arnhem, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Isala Hospital, Zwolle, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, VieCuri, Venlo, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology (Maastro), GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, P.O. Box 5800, 6202 AZ, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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van der Wiel AMA, Schuitmaker L, Cong Y, Theys J, Van Hoeck A, Vens C, Lambin P, Yaromina A, Dubois LJ. Homologous Recombination Deficiency Scar: Mutations and Beyond-Implications for Precision Oncology. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14174157. [PMID: 36077694 PMCID: PMC9454578 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14174157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) is a prevalent in approximately 17% of tumors and is associated with enhanced sensitivity to anticancer therapies inducing double-strand DNA breaks. Accurate detection of HRD would therefore allow improved patient selection and outcome of conventional and targeted anticancer therapies. However, current clinical assessment of HRD mainly relies on determining germline BRCA1/2 mutational status and is insufficient for adequate patient stratification as mechanisms of HRD occurrence extend beyond functional BRCA1/2 loss. HRD, regardless of BRCA1/2 status, is associated with specific forms of genomic and mutational signatures termed HRD scar. Detection of this HRD scar might therefore be a more reliable biomarker for HRD. This review discusses and compares different methods of assessing HRD and HRD scar, their advances into the clinic, and their potential implications for precision oncology.
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- Alexander M. A. van der Wiel
- The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW—School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW—School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW—School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW—School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Center for Molecular Medicine and Oncode Institute, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Cancer Science, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G61 1BD, Scotland, UK
- Department of Radiation Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW—School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW—School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW—School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Correspondence:
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van der Lubbe MFJA, Vaidyanathan A, de Wit M, van den Burg EL, Postma AA, Bruintjes TD, Bilderbeek-Beckers MAL, Dammeijer PFM, Bossche SV, Van Rompaey V, Lambin P, van Hoof M, van de Berg R. Response to the letter to the editor on the article: a non-invasive, automated diagnosis of Menière’s disease using radiomics and machine learning on conventional magnetic resonance imaging—a multicentric, case-controlled feasibility study. Radiol Med 2022; 127:1059-1061. [DOI: 10.1007/s11547-022-01492-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Keek SA, Beuque M, Primakov S, Woodruff HC, Chatterjee A, van Timmeren JE, Vallières M, Hendriks LEL, Kraft J, Andratschke N, Braunstein SE, Morin O, Lambin P. Predicting Adverse Radiation Effects in Brain Tumors After Stereotactic Radiotherapy With Deep Learning and Handcrafted Radiomics. Front Oncol 2022; 12:920393. [PMID: 35912214 PMCID: PMC9326101 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.920393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
IntroductionThere is a cumulative risk of 20–40% of developing brain metastases (BM) in solid cancers. Stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) enables the application of high focal doses of radiation to a volume and is often used for BM treatment. However, SRT can cause adverse radiation effects (ARE), such as radiation necrosis, which sometimes cause irreversible damage to the brain. It is therefore of clinical interest to identify patients at a high risk of developing ARE. We hypothesized that models trained with radiomics features, deep learning (DL) features, and patient characteristics or their combination can predict ARE risk in patients with BM before SRT.MethodsGadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted MRIs and characteristics from patients treated with SRT for BM were collected for a training and testing cohort (N = 1,404) and a validation cohort (N = 237) from a separate institute. From each lesion in the training set, radiomics features were extracted and used to train an extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) model. A DL model was trained on the same cohort to make a separate prediction and to extract the last layer of features. Different models using XGBoost were built using only radiomics features, DL features, and patient characteristics or a combination of them. Evaluation was performed using the area under the curve (AUC) of the receiver operating characteristic curve on the external dataset. Predictions for individual lesions and per patient developing ARE were investigated.ResultsThe best-performing XGBoost model on a lesion level was trained on a combination of radiomics features and DL features (AUC of 0.71 and recall of 0.80). On a patient level, a combination of radiomics features, DL features, and patient characteristics obtained the best performance (AUC of 0.72 and recall of 0.84). The DL model achieved an AUC of 0.64 and recall of 0.85 per lesion and an AUC of 0.70 and recall of 0.60 per patient.ConclusionMachine learning models built on radiomics features and DL features extracted from BM combined with patient characteristics show potential to predict ARE at the patient and lesion levels. These models could be used in clinical decision making, informing patients on their risk of ARE and allowing physicians to opt for different therapies.
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- Simon A. Keek
- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW – School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Medical Physics Unit, Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Department of Computer Science, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, GROW – School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW – School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, Netherlands
- *Correspondence: Philippe Lambin,
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Visvikis D, Lambin P, Beuschau Mauridsen K, Hustinx R, Lassmann M, Rischpler C, Shi K, Pruim J. Application of artificial intelligence in nuclear medicine and molecular imaging: a review of current status and future perspectives for clinical translation. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2022; 49:4452-4463. [PMID: 35809090 PMCID: PMC9606092 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-022-05891-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/25/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Artificial intelligence (AI) will change the face of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging as it will in everyday life. In this review, we focus on the potential applications of AI in the field, both from a physical (radiomics, underlying statistics, image reconstruction and data analysis) and a clinical (neurology, cardiology, oncology) perspective. Challenges for transferability from research to clinical practice are being discussed as is the concept of explainable AI. Finally, we focus on the fields where challenges should be set out to introduce AI in the field of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging in a reliable manner.
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC +), Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC +), Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience and MindLab, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.,Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- GIGA-CRC in Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, GIGA, Avenue de l'Hôpital 11, 4000, Liege, Belgium
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- Klinik Und Poliklinik Für Nuklearmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Department of Informatics, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Medical Imaging Center, Dept. of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Refaee T, Salahuddin Z, Frix AN, Yan C, Wu G, Woodruff HC, Gietema H, Meunier P, Louis R, Guiot J, Lambin P. Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in High-Resolution Computed Tomography Scans Using a Combination of Handcrafted Radiomics and Deep Learning. Front Med (Lausanne) 2022; 9:915243. [PMID: 35814761 PMCID: PMC9259876 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.915243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Purpose To develop handcrafted radiomics (HCR) and deep learning (DL) based automated diagnostic tools that can differentiate between idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and non-IPF interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) in patients using high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) scans. Material and Methods In this retrospective study, 474 HRCT scans were included (mean age, 64.10 years ± 9.57 [SD]). Five-fold cross-validation was performed on 365 HRCT scans. Furthermore, an external dataset comprising 109 patients was used as a test set. An HCR model, a DL model, and an ensemble of HCR and DL model were developed. A virtual in-silico trial was conducted with two radiologists and one pulmonologist on the same external test set for performance comparison. The performance was compared using DeLong method and McNemar test. Shapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) plots and Grad-CAM heatmaps were used for the post-hoc interpretability of HCR and DL models, respectively. Results In five-fold cross-validation, the HCR model, DL model, and the ensemble of HCR and DL models achieved accuracies of 76.2 ± 6.8, 77.9 ± 4.6, and 85.2 ± 2.7%, respectively. For the diagnosis of IPF and non-IPF ILDs on the external test set, the HCR, DL, and the ensemble of HCR and DL models achieved accuracies of 76.1, 77.9, and 85.3%, respectively. The ensemble model outperformed the diagnostic performance of clinicians who achieved a mean accuracy of 66.3 ± 6.7% (p < 0.05) during the in-silico trial. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) for the ensemble model on the test set was 0.917 which was significantly higher than the HCR model (0.817, p = 0.02) and the DL model (0.823, p = 0.005). The agreement between HCR and DL models was 61.4%, and the accuracy and specificity for the predictions when both the models agree were 93 and 97%, respectively. SHAP analysis showed the texture features as the most important features for IPF diagnosis and Grad-CAM showed that the model focused on the clinically relevant part of the image. Conclusion Deep learning and HCR models can complement each other and serve as useful clinical aids for the diagnosis of IPF and non-IPF ILDs.
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- Turkey Refaee
- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
- *Correspondence: Turkey Refaee,
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
- Department of Medical Imaging Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
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Primakov SP, Ibrahim A, van Timmeren JE, Wu G, Keek SA, Beuque M, Granzier RWY, Lavrova E, Scrivener M, Sanduleanu S, Kayan E, Halilaj I, Lenaers A, Wu J, Monshouwer R, Geets X, Gietema HA, Hendriks LEL, Morin O, Jochems A, Woodruff HC, Lambin P. Automated detection and segmentation of non-small cell lung cancer computed tomography images. Nat Commun 2022; 13:3423. [PMID: 35701415 PMCID: PMC9198097 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30841-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [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: 03/11/2021] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Detection and segmentation of abnormalities on medical images is highly important for patient management including diagnosis, radiotherapy, response evaluation, as well as for quantitative image research. We present a fully automated pipeline for the detection and volumetric segmentation of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) developed and validated on 1328 thoracic CT scans from 8 institutions. Along with quantitative performance detailed by image slice thickness, tumor size, image interpretation difficulty, and tumor location, we report an in-silico prospective clinical trial, where we show that the proposed method is faster and more reproducible compared to the experts. Moreover, we demonstrate that on average, radiologists & radiation oncologists preferred automatic segmentations in 56% of the cases. Additionally, we evaluate the prognostic power of the automatic contours by applying RECIST criteria and measuring the tumor volumes. Segmentations by our method stratified patients into low and high survival groups with higher significance compared to those methods based on manual contours. Correct interpretation of computer tomography (CT) scans is important for the correct assessment of a patient’s disease but can be subjective and timely. Here, the authors develop a system that can automatically segment the non-small cell lung cancer on CT images of patients and show in an in silico trial that the method was faster and more reproducible than clinicians.
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- Sergey P Primakov
- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Division of Nuclear Medicine and Oncological Imaging, Department of Medical Physics, Hospital Center Universitaire De Liege, Liege, Belgium.,Department of Nuclear Medicine and Comprehensive diagnostic center Aachen (CDCA), University Hospital RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.,Department of Radiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, USA
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zürich and University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,GIGA Cyclotron Research Centre In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cliniques universitaires St-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Surgery, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, Dalian, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cliniques universitaires St-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, CA, USA
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW- School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands. .,Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Trimpl MJ, Primakov S, Lambin P, Stride EPJ, Vallis KA, Gooding MJ. Beyond automatic medical image segmentation-the spectrum between fully manual and fully automatic delineation. Phys Med Biol 2022; 67. [PMID: 35523158 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ac6d9c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Semi-automatic and fully automatic contouring tools have emerged as an alternative to fully manual segmentation to reduce time spent contouring and to increase contour quality and consistency. Particularly, fully automatic segmentation has seen exceptional improvements through the use of deep learning in recent years. These fully automatic methods may not require user interactions, but the resulting contours are often not suitable to be used in clinical practice without a review by the clinician. Furthermore, they need large amounts of labelled data to be available for training. This review presents alternatives to manual or fully automatic segmentation methods along the spectrum of variable user interactivity and data availability. The challenge lies to determine how much user interaction is necessary and how this user interaction can be used most effectively. While deep learning is already widely used for fully automatic tools, interactive methods are just at the starting point to be transformed by it. Interaction between clinician and machine, via artificial intelligence, can go both ways and this review will present the avenues that are being pursued to improve medical image segmentation.
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- Michael J Trimpl
- Mirada Medical Ltd, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, NL, The Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, NL, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Nan Y, Ser JD, Walsh S, Schönlieb C, Roberts M, Selby I, Howard K, Owen J, Neville J, Guiot J, Ernst B, Pastor A, Alberich-Bayarri A, Menzel MI, Walsh S, Vos W, Flerin N, Charbonnier JP, van Rikxoort E, Chatterjee A, Woodruff H, Lambin P, Cerdá-Alberich L, Martí-Bonmatí L, Herrera F, Yang G. Data harmonisation for information fusion in digital healthcare: A state-of-the-art systematic review, meta-analysis and future research directions. Inf Fusion 2022; 82:99-122. [PMID: 35664012 PMCID: PMC8878813 DOI: 10.1016/j.inffus.2022.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2021] [Revised: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Removing the bias and variance of multicentre data has always been a challenge in large scale digital healthcare studies, which requires the ability to integrate clinical features extracted from data acquired by different scanners and protocols to improve stability and robustness. Previous studies have described various computational approaches to fuse single modality multicentre datasets. However, these surveys rarely focused on evaluation metrics and lacked a checklist for computational data harmonisation studies. In this systematic review, we summarise the computational data harmonisation approaches for multi-modality data in the digital healthcare field, including harmonisation strategies and evaluation metrics based on different theories. In addition, a comprehensive checklist that summarises common practices for data harmonisation studies is proposed to guide researchers to report their research findings more effectively. Last but not least, flowcharts presenting possible ways for methodology and metric selection are proposed and the limitations of different methods have been surveyed for future research.
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- Yang Nan
- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, Northern Ireland UK
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- Department of Communications Engineering, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bilbao 48013, Spain
- TECNALIA, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Derio 48160, Spain
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, Northern Ireland UK
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- Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Northern Ireland UK
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- Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Northern Ireland UK
- Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, Northern Ireland UK
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- Department of Radiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Northern Ireland UK
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- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium, Austin, TX, United States of America
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- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium, Austin, TX, United States of America
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- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium, Austin, TX, United States of America
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- University Hospital of Liège (CHU Liège), Respiratory medicine department, Liège, Belgium
- University of Liege, Department of clinical sciences, Pneumology-Allergology, Liège, Belgium
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- University Hospital of Liège (CHU Liège), Respiratory medicine department, Liège, Belgium
- University of Liege, Department of clinical sciences, Pneumology-Allergology, Liège, Belgium
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- Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, Ingolstadt, Germany
- GE Healthcare GmbH, Munich, Germany
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- Radiomics (Oncoradiomics SA), Liège, Belgium
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- Radiomics (Oncoradiomics SA), Liège, Belgium
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- Radiomics (Oncoradiomics SA), Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Precision Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Precision Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Precision Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Medical Imaging Department, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Medical Imaging Department, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Computer Sciences and Artificial Intelligence, Andalusian Research Institute in Data Science and Computational Intelligence (DaSCI) University of Granada, Granada, Spain
- Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, Northern Ireland UK
- Cardiovascular Research Centre, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, Northern Ireland UK
- School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, Northern Ireland UK
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Prades-Sagarra È, Biemans R, Lieuwes N, Lambin P, Yaromina A, Dubois L. PD-0488 Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester, a natural radiosensitizer for lung adenocarcinomas. Radiother Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(22)02859-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Yan C, Hao P, Wu G, Lin J, Xu J, Zhang T, Li X, Li H, Wang S, Xu Y, Woodruff HC, Lambin P. Machine learning-based combined nomogram for predicting the risk of pulmonary invasive fungal infection in severely immunocompromised patients. Ann Transl Med 2022; 10:514. [PMID: 35928747 PMCID: PMC9347049 DOI: 10.21037/atm-21-4980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Background Early and accurate diagnosis of invasive fungal infection (IFI) is pivotal for the initiation of effective antifungal therapy for patients with hematologic malignancies. Methods This retrospective study involved 235 patients with hematologic malignancies and pulmonary infections diagnosed as IFIs (n=118) or bacterial pneumonia (n=117). Patients were randomly divided into training (n=188) and validation (n=47) datasets. Four feature selection methods with nine classifiers were implemented to select the optimal machine learning (ML) model using five-fold cross-validation. A radiomic signature was constructed using a linear ML algorithm, and a radiomic score (Radscore) was calculated. The combined model was developed with the Radscore, the significant clinical and radiologic factors were selected using multivariable logistic regression, and the results were presented as a clinical radiomic nomogram. A prospective pilot study was also conducted to compare the classification performance of the combined nomogram with practicing radiologists. Results Significant differences were found in the Radscore between IFI and bacterial pneumonia patients in the training (0.683 vs. −0.724, P<0.001) and validation set (0.353 vs. −0.717, P=0.002). The combined model showed good discrimination performance in the validation cohort [area under the curve (AUC) =0.844] and outperformed the clinical (AUC =0.696) and radiomics (AUC =0.767) model alone (both P<0.05). Conclusions The clinical radiomic nomogram can serve as a promising predictive tool for IFI in patients with hematologic malignancies.
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- Chenggong Yan
- Department of Medical Imaging Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Imaging Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Hematology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Clinical and Technical Solution, Philips Healthcare, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Haikou Hospital of Xiangya Medical College, Central South University, Haikou, China
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- Clinical and Technical Solution, Philips Healthcare, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Imaging, GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Imaging, GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Hendriks L, Keek S, Chatterjee A, Belderbos J, Bootsma G, van den Borne B, Dingemans AM, Gietema H, Groen H, Herder G, Pitz C, Praag J, De Ruysscher D, Schoenmaekers J, Smit H, Stigt J, Westenend M, Zeng H, Woodruff H, Lambin P. 127P Does radiomics have added value in predicting the development of brain metastases in patients with radically treated stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)? Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.02.156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Vaidyanathan A, Guiot J, Zerka F, Belmans F, Van Peufflik I, Deprez L, Danthine D, Canivet G, Lambin P, Walsh S, Occchipinti M, Meunier P, Vos W, Lovinfosse P, Leijenaar RT. An externally validated fully automated deep learning algorithm to classify COVID-19 and other pneumonias on chest CT. ERJ Open Res 2022; 8:00579-2021. [PMID: 35509437 PMCID: PMC8958945 DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00579-2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Purpose In this study, we propose an artificial intelligence (AI) framework based on three-dimensional convolutional neural networks to classify computed tomography (CT) scans of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), influenza/community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), and no infection, after automatic segmentation of the lungs and lung abnormalities. Methods The AI classification model is based on inflated three-dimensional Inception architecture and was trained and validated on retrospective data of CT images of 667 adult patients (no infection n=188, COVID-19 n=230, influenza/CAP n=249) and 210 adult patients (no infection n=70, COVID-19 n=70, influenza/CAP n=70), respectively. The model's performance was independently evaluated on an internal test set of 273 adult patients (no infection n=55, COVID-19 n= 94, influenza/CAP n=124) and an external validation set from a different centre (305 adult patients: COVID-19 n=169, no infection n=76, influenza/CAP n=60). Results The model showed excellent performance in the external validation set with area under the curve of 0.90, 0.92 and 0.92 for COVID-19, influenza/CAP and no infection, respectively. The selection of the input slices based on automatic segmentation of the abnormalities in the lung reduces analysis time (56 s per scan) and computational burden of the model. The Transparent Reporting of a Multivariable Prediction Model for Individual Prognosis or Diagnosis (TRIPOD) score of the proposed model is 47% (15 out of 32 TRIPOD items). Conclusion This AI solution provides rapid and accurate diagnosis in patients suspected of COVID-19 infection and influenza. A fully automated artificial intelligence-based network is proposed to classify CT volumes of patients affected with COVID-19 or influenza/CAP, and in the uninfectedhttps://bit.ly/3MJrVRi
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Ibrahim A, Barufaldi B, Refaee T, Silva Filho TM, Acciavatti RJ, Salahuddin Z, Hustinx R, Mottaghy FM, Maidment ADA, Lambin P. MaasPenn Radiomics Reproducibility Score: A Novel Quantitative Measure for Evaluating the Reproducibility of CT-Based Handcrafted Radiomic Features. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14071599. [PMID: 35406372 PMCID: PMC8997100 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14071599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 01/24/2022] [Revised: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 03/18/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Simple Summary The reproducibility of handcrafted radiomic features (HRFs) has been reported to be affected by variations in imaging acquisition and reconstruction parameters. However, to date, these effects have not been understood or quantified. In this study, we analyzed a significantly large number of scenarios in an effort to quantify the effects of variations on the reproducibility of HRFs. In addition, we assessed the performance of ComBat harmonization in each of the 31,375 investigated scenarios. We developed a novel score that can be considered the first attempt to objectively assess the number of reproducible HRFs in different scenario. Following further validation, the score could be used to decide on the inclusion of data acquired differently, as well as the assessment of the generalizability of developed radiomic signatures. Abstract The reproducibility of handcrafted radiomic features (HRFs) has been reported to be affected by variations in imaging parameters, which significantly affect the generalizability of developed signatures and translation to clinical practice. However, the collective effect of the variations in imaging parameters on the reproducibility of HRFs remains unclear, with no objective measure to assess it in the absence of reproducibility analysis. We assessed these effects of variations in a large number of scenarios and developed the first quantitative score to assess the reproducibility of CT-based HRFs without the need for phantom or reproducibility studies. We further assessed the potential of image resampling and ComBat harmonization for removing these effects. Our findings suggest a need for radiomics-specific harmonization methods. Our developed score should be considered as a first attempt to introduce comprehensive metrics to quantify the reproducibility of CT-based handcrafted radiomic features. More research is warranted to demonstrate its validity in clinical contexts and to further improve it, possibly by the incorporation of more realistic situations, which better reflect real patients’ situations.
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- Abdalla Ibrahim
- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands; (T.R.); (Z.S.); (P.L.)
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center+, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands;
- Division of Nuclear Medicine and Oncological Imaging, Department of Medical Physics, CHU de Liege, CRC In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, 4000 Liege, Belgium;
- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Comprehensive Diagnostic Center Aachen (CDCA), University Hospital RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; (B.B.); (R.J.A.); (A.D.A.M.)
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands; (T.R.); (Z.S.); (P.L.)
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Statistics, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa 58051-900, Brazil;
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- Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; (B.B.); (R.J.A.); (A.D.A.M.)
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands; (T.R.); (Z.S.); (P.L.)
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- Division of Nuclear Medicine and Oncological Imaging, Department of Medical Physics, CHU de Liege, CRC In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, 4000 Liege, Belgium;
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center+, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands;
- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Comprehensive Diagnostic Center Aachen (CDCA), University Hospital RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; (B.B.); (R.J.A.); (A.D.A.M.)
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands; (T.R.); (Z.S.); (P.L.)
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center+, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands;
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Sforazzini F, Salome P, Moustafa M, Zhou C, Schwager C, Rein K, Bougatf N, Kudak A, Woodruff H, Dubois L, Lambin P, Debus J, Abdollahi A, Knoll M. Deep Learning-based Automatic Lung Segmentation on Multiresolution CT Scans from Healthy and Fibrotic Lungs in Mice. Radiol Artif Intell 2022; 4:e210095. [PMID: 35391764 PMCID: PMC8980878 DOI: 10.1148/ryai.210095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Revised: 11/23/2021] [Accepted: 11/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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PURPOSE To develop a model to accurately segment mouse lungs with varying levels of fibrosis and investigate its applicability to mouse images with different resolutions. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this experimental retrospective study, a U-Net was trained to automatically segment lungs on mouse CT images. The model was trained (n = 1200), validated (n = 300), and tested (n = 154) on longitudinally acquired and semiautomatically segmented CT images, which included both healthy and irradiated mice (group A). A second independent group of 237 mice (group B) was used for external testing. The Dice score coefficient (DSC) and Hausdorff distance (HD) were used as metrics to quantify segmentation accuracy. Transfer learning was applied to adapt the model to high-spatial-resolution mouse micro-CT segmentation (n = 20; group C [n = 16 for training and n = 4 for testing]). RESULTS The trained model yielded a high median DSC in both test datasets: 0.984 (interquartile range [IQR], 0.977-0.988) in group A and 0.966 (IQR, 0.955-0.972) in group B. The median HD in both test datasets was 0.47 mm (IQR, 0-0.51 mm [group A]) and 0.31 mm (IQR, 0.30-0.32 mm [group B]). Spatially resolved quantification of differences toward reference masks revealed two hot spots close to the air-tissue interfaces, which are particularly prone to deviation. Finally, for the higher-resolution mouse CT images, the median DSC was 0.905 (IQR, 0.902-0.929) and the median 95th percentile of the HD was 0.33 mm (IQR, 2.61-2.78 mm). CONCLUSION The developed deep learning-based method for mouse lung segmentation performed well independently of disease state (healthy, fibrotic, emphysematous lungs) and CT resolution.Keywords: Deep Learning, Lung Fibrosis, Radiation Therapy, Segmentation, Animal Studies, CT, Thorax, Lung Supplemental material is available for this article. Published under a CC BY 4.0 license.
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Refaee T, Bondue B, Van Simaeys G, Wu G, Yan C, Woodruff HC, Goldman S, Lambin P. A Handcrafted Radiomics-Based Model for the Diagnosis of Usual Interstitial Pneumonia in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. J Pers Med 2022; 12:jpm12030373. [PMID: 35330373 PMCID: PMC8948773 DOI: 10.3390/jpm12030373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Revised: 02/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/26/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The most common idiopathic interstitial lung disease (ILD) is idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). It can be identified by the presence of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) via high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) or with the use of a lung biopsy. We hypothesized that a CT-based approach using handcrafted radiomics might be able to identify IPF patients with a radiological or histological UIP pattern from those with an ILD or normal lungs. A total of 328 patients from one center and two databases participated in this study. Each participant had their lungs automatically contoured and sectorized. The best radiomic features were selected for the random forest classifier and performance was assessed using the area under the receiver operator characteristics curve (AUC). A significant difference in the volume of the trachea was seen between a normal state, IPF, and non-IPF ILD. Between normal and fibrotic lungs, the AUC of the classification model was 1.0 in validation. When classifying between IPF with a typical HRCT UIP pattern and non-IPF ILD the AUC was 0.96 in validation. When classifying between IPF with UIP (radiological or biopsy-proved) and non-IPF ILD, an AUC of 0.66 was achieved in the testing dataset. Classification between normal, IPF/UIP, and other ILDs using radiomics could help discriminate between different types of ILDs via HRCT, which are hardly recognizable with visual assessments. Radiomic features could become a valuable tool for computer-aided decision-making in imaging, and reduce the need for unnecessary biopsies.
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- Turkey Refaee
- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands; (T.R.); (C.Y.); (H.C.W.)
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pneumology, Erasme University Hospital, Université libre de Bruxelles, 1070 Brussels, Belgium;
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Erasme University Hospital, Université libre de Bruxelles, 1070 Brussels, Belgium; (G.V.S.); (S.G.)
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China;
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands; (T.R.); (C.Y.); (H.C.W.)
- Department of Medical Imaging Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands; (T.R.); (C.Y.); (H.C.W.)
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Erasme University Hospital, Université libre de Bruxelles, 1070 Brussels, Belgium; (G.V.S.); (S.G.)
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW-School for Oncology, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands; (T.R.); (C.Y.); (H.C.W.)
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Salahuddin Z, Woodruff HC, Chatterjee A, Lambin P. Transparency of deep neural networks for medical image analysis: A review of interpretability methods. Comput Biol Med 2022; 140:105111. [PMID: 34891095 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.105111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.5] [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: 10/31/2021] [Revised: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/02/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a useful aid in numerous clinical applications for diagnosis and treatment decisions. Deep neural networks have shown the same or better performance than clinicians in many tasks owing to the rapid increase in the available data and computational power. In order to conform to the principles of trustworthy AI, it is essential that the AI system be transparent, robust, fair, and ensure accountability. Current deep neural solutions are referred to as black-boxes due to a lack of understanding of the specifics concerning the decision-making process. Therefore, there is a need to ensure the interpretability of deep neural networks before they can be incorporated into the routine clinical workflow. In this narrative review, we utilized systematic keyword searches and domain expertise to identify nine different types of interpretability methods that have been used for understanding deep learning models for medical image analysis applications based on the type of generated explanations and technical similarities. Furthermore, we report the progress made towards evaluating the explanations produced by various interpretability methods. Finally, we discuss limitations, provide guidelines for using interpretability methods and future directions concerning the interpretability of deep neural networks for medical imaging analysis.
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- Zohaib Salahuddin
- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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Granzier RWY, Ibrahim A, Primakov S, Keek SA, Halilaj I, Zwanenburg A, Engelen SME, Lobbes MBI, Lambin P, Woodruff HC, Smidt ML. Test-Retest Data for the Assessment of Breast MRI Radiomic Feature Repeatability. J Magn Reson Imaging 2021; 56:592-604. [PMID: 34936160 PMCID: PMC9544420 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.28027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [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] [Received: 08/27/2021] [Revised: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background Radiomic features extracted from breast MRI have potential for diagnostic, prognostic, and predictive purposes. However, before they can be used as biomarkers in clinical decision support systems, features need to be repeatable and reproducible. Objective Identify repeatable radiomics features within breast tissue on prospectively collected MRI exams through multiple test–retest measurements. Study Type Prospective. Population 11 healthy female volunteers. Field Strength/Sequence 1.5 T; MRI exams, comprising T2‐weighted turbo spin‐echo (T2W) sequence, native T1‐weighted turbo gradient‐echo (T1W) sequence, diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI) sequence using b‐values 0/150/800, and corresponding derived ADC maps. Assessment 18 MRI exams (three test–retest settings, repeated on 2 days) per healthy volunteer were examined on an identical scanner using a fixed clinical breast protocol. For each scan, 91 features were extracted from the 3D manually segmented right breast using Pyradiomics, before and after image preprocessing. Image preprocessing consisted of 1) bias field correction (BFC); 2) z‐score normalization with and without BFC; 3) grayscale discretization using 32 and 64 bins with and without BFC; and 4) z‐score normalization + grayscale discretization using 32 and 64 bins with and without BFC. Statistical Tests Features' repeatability was assessed using concordance correlation coefficient(CCC) for each pair, i.e. each MRI was compared to each of the remaining 17 MRI with a cut‐off value of CCC > 0.90. Results Images without preprocessing produced the highest number of repeatable features for both T1W sequence and ADC maps with 15 of 91 (16.5%) and 8 of 91 (8.8%) repeatable features, respectively. Preprocessed images produced between 4 of 91 (4.4%) and 14 of 91 (15.4%), and 6 of 91 (6.6%) and 7 of 91 (7.7%) repeatable features, respectively for T1W and ADC maps. Z‐score normalization produced highest number of repeatable features, 26 of 91 (28.6%) in T2W sequences, in these images, no preprocessing produced 11 of 91 (12.1%) repeatable features. Data Conclusion Radiomic features extracted from T1W, T2W sequences and ADC maps from breast MRI exams showed a varying number of repeatable features, depending on the sequence. Effects of different preprocessing procedures on repeatability of features were different for each sequence. Level of Evidence 2 Technical Efficacy Stage 1
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- R W Y Granzier
- Department of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Division of Nuclear Medicine and Oncological Imaging, Department of Medical Physics, Hospital Center Universitaire De Liege, Liege, Belgium.,Department of Nuclear Medicine and Comprehensive diagnostic center Aachen (CDCA), University Hospital RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Health Innovation Ventures, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- OncoRay - National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden, Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany.,National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Partner Site Dresden, Germany: German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.,Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.,Helmholtz Association/Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf (HZDR), Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Medical Imaging, Zuyderland Medical Center, Sittard-Geleen, the Netherlands
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- GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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van der Wiel AM, Jackson-Patel V, Niemans R, Yaromina A, Liu E, Marcus D, Mowday AM, Lieuwes NG, Biemans R, Lin X, Fu Z, Kumara S, Jochems A, Ashoorzadeh A, Anderson RF, Hicks KO, Bull MR, Abbattista MR, Guise CP, Deschoemaeker S, Thiolloy S, Heyerick A, Solivio MJ, Balbo S, Smaill JB, Theys J, Dubois LJ, Patterson AV, Lambin P. Selectively Targeting Tumor Hypoxia With the Hypoxia-Activated Prodrug CP-506. Mol Cancer Ther 2021; 20:2372-2383. [PMID: 34625504 PMCID: PMC9398139 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-21-0406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [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] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Hypoxia-activated prodrugs (HAP) are a promising class of antineoplastic agents that can selectively eliminate hypoxic tumor cells. This study evaluates the hypoxia-selectivity and antitumor activity of CP-506, a DNA alkylating HAP with favorable pharmacologic properties. Stoichiometry of reduction, one-electron affinity, and back-oxidation rate of CP-506 were characterized by fast-reaction radiolytic methods with observed parameters fulfilling requirements for oxygen-sensitive bioactivation. Net reduction, metabolism, and cytotoxicity of CP-506 were maximally inhibited at oxygen concentrations above 1 μmol/L (0.1% O2). CP-506 demonstrated cytotoxicity selectively in hypoxic 2D and 3D cell cultures with normoxic/anoxic IC50 ratios up to 203. Complete resistance to aerobic (two-electron) metabolism by aldo-keto reductase 1C3 was confirmed through gain-of-function studies while retention of hypoxic (one-electron) bioactivation by various diflavin oxidoreductases was also demonstrated. In vivo, the antitumor effects of CP-506 were selective for hypoxic tumor cells and causally related to tumor oxygenation. CP-506 effectively decreased the hypoxic fraction and inhibited growth of a wide range of hypoxic xenografts. A multivariate regression analysis revealed baseline tumor hypoxia and in vitro sensitivity to CP-506 were significantly correlated with treatment response. Our results demonstrate that CP-506 selectively targets hypoxic tumor cells and has broad antitumor activity. Our data indicate that tumor hypoxia and cellular sensitivity to CP-506 are strong determinants of the antitumor effects of CP-506.
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- Alexander M.A. van der Wiel
- The D-Lab and The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW – School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- The D-Lab and The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW – School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- The D-Lab and The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW – School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- The D-Lab and The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW – School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- The D-Lab and The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW – School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.,Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- The D-Lab and The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW – School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- The D-Lab and The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW – School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- The D-Lab and The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW – School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- The D-Lab and The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW – School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- The D-Lab and The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW – School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,Corresponding Author: Adam V. Patterson, Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, University of Auckland, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. E-mail:
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- The D-Lab and The M-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW – School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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van der Lubbe MFJA, Vaidyanathan A, de Wit M, van den Burg EL, Postma AA, Bruintjes TD, Bilderbeek-Beckers MAL, Dammeijer PFM, Bossche SV, Van Rompaey V, Lambin P, van Hoof M, van de Berg R. A non-invasive, automated diagnosis of Menière's disease using radiomics and machine learning on conventional magnetic resonance imaging: A multicentric, case-controlled feasibility study. Radiol Med 2021; 127:72-82. [PMID: 34822101 PMCID: PMC8795017 DOI: 10.1007/s11547-021-01425-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [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] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Purpose This study investigated the feasibility of a new image analysis technique (radiomics) on conventional MRI for the computer-aided diagnosis of Menière’s disease. Materials and methods A retrospective, multicentric diagnostic case–control study was performed. This study included 120 patients with unilateral or bilateral Menière’s disease and 140 controls from four centers in the Netherlands and Belgium. Multiple radiomic features were extracted from conventional MRI scans and used to train a machine learning-based, multi-layer perceptron classification model to distinguish patients with Menière’s disease from controls. The primary outcomes were accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of the classification model. Results The classification accuracy of the machine learning model on the test set was 82%, with a sensitivity of 83%, and a specificity of 82%. The positive and negative predictive values were 71%, and 90%, respectively. Conclusion The multi-layer perceptron classification model yielded a precise, high-diagnostic performance in identifying patients with Menière’s disease based on radiomic features extracted from conventional T2-weighted MRI scans. In the future, radiomics might serve as a fast and noninvasive decision support system, next to clinical evaluation in the diagnosis of Menière’s disease. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11547-021-01425-w.
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- Marly F J A van der Lubbe
- Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center +, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW Research Institute for Oncology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Research and Development, Oncoradiomics SA, Liege, Belgium
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- Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center +, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center +, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,School for Mental Health and Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Gelre Hospital, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands.,Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.,Department of Radiology, AZ St-Jan Brugge-Oostende, Bruges, Belgium
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- The D-Lab, Department of Precision Medicine, GROW Research Institute for Oncology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center +, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center +, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Hartgerink D, Bruynzeel A, Eekers D, Swinnen A, Hurkmans C, Wiggenraad R, Swaak-Kragten A, Dieleman E, van der Toorn PP, van Veelen L, Verhoeff JJC, Lagerwaard F, de Ruysscher D, Lambin P, Zindler J. Quality of life among patients with 4 to 10 brain metastases after treatment with whole-brain radiotherapy vs. stereotactic radiotherapy: a phase III, randomized, Dutch multicenter trial. Ann Palliat Med 2021; 11:1197-1209. [PMID: 34806396 DOI: 10.21037/apm-21-1545] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) is an attractive treatment option for patients with brain metastases (BM), sparing healthy brain tissue and likely controlling local tumors. Most previous studies have focused on radiological response or survival. Our randomized trial (NCT02353000) investigated whether quality of life (QoL) is better preserved using SRT than whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) for patients with multiple BM. Recently, we published our trial's primary endpoints. The current report discusses the study's secondary endpoints. METHODS Patients with 4 to 10 BM were randomly assigned to a standard-arm WBRT (20 Gy in 5 fractions) or SRT group (1 fraction of 15-24 Gy or 3 fractions of 8 Gy). QoL endpoints-such as EQ5D domains post-treatment, the Barthel index, the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) questionnaires, and the neurocognitive Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-were evaluated. RESULTS Due to poor accrual resulting from patients' and referrers' preference for SRT, this study closed prematurely. The other endpoints' results were published recently. Twenty patients were available for analysis (n=10 vs. n=10 for the two groups, respectively). Significant differences were observed 3 months posttreatment for the mobility (P=0.041), self-care (P=0.028), and alopecia (P=0.014) EQ5D domains, favoring SRT. This self-care score also persisted compared to the baseline (P=0.025). Multiple EORTC categories reflected significant differences, favoring SRT-particularly physical functioning and social functioning. CONCLUSIONS For patients with multiple BM, SRT alone led to persistently higher QoL than treatment with WBRT. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02353000.
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- Dianne Hartgerink
- Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO), GROW School for Oncology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO), GROW School for Oncology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO), GROW School for Oncology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Haaglanden Medical Center, The Hague, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Zuid-West Radiotherapy Institute, Vlissingen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO), GROW School for Oncology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Precision Medicine, The M-Lab, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Haaglanden Medical Center, The Hague, The Netherlands; Department of Radiotherapy, Holland Proton Therapy Center, Delft, The Netherlands
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Beuque M, Martin-Lorenzo M, Balluff B, Woodruff HC, Lucas M, de Bruin DM, van Timmeren JE, Boer OJD, Heeren RM, Meijer SL, Lambin P. Machine learning for grading and prognosis of esophageal dysplasia using mass spectrometry and histological imaging. Comput Biol Med 2021; 138:104918. [PMID: 34638018 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [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: 07/23/2021] [Revised: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Barrett's esophagus (BE) is a precursor lesion of esophageal adenocarcinoma and may progress from non-dysplastic through low-grade dysplasia (LGD) to high-grade dysplasia (HGD) and cancer. Grading BE is of crucial prognostic value and is currently based on the subjective evaluation of biopsies. This study aims to investigate the potential of machine learning (ML) using spatially resolved molecular data from mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) and histological data from microscopic hematoxylin and eosin (H&E)-stained imaging for computer-aided diagnosis and prognosis of BE. METHODS Biopsies from 57 patients were considered, divided into non-dysplastic (n = 15), LGD non-progressive (n = 14), LGD progressive (n = 14), and HGD (n = 14). MSI experiments were conducted at 50 × 50 μm spatial resolution per pixel corresponding to a tile size of 96x96 pixels in the co-registered H&E images, making a total of 144,823 tiles for the whole dataset. RESULTS ML models were trained to distinguish epithelial tissue from stroma with area-under-the-curve (AUC) values of 0.89 (MSI) and 0.95 (H&E)) and dysplastic grade (AUC of 0.97 (MSI) and 0.85 (H&E)) on a tile level, and low-grade progressors from non-progressors on a patient level (accuracies of 0.72 (MSI) and 0.48 (H&E)). CONCLUSIONS In summary, while the H&E-based classifier was best at distinguishing tissue types, the MSI-based model was more accurate at distinguishing dysplastic grades and patients at progression risk, which demonstrates the complementarity of both approaches. Data are available via ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD028949.
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- Manon Beuque
- Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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- Maastricht MultiModal Molecular Imaging Institute (M4I), Universiteitssingel 50, 6229 ER, Maastricht, Maastricht University, the Netherlands; Department of Immunology, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, UAM, Avda. Reyes Católicos, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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- Maastricht MultiModal Molecular Imaging Institute (M4I), Universiteitssingel 50, 6229 ER, Maastricht, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
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- Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6202 AZ, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering & Physics, Amsterdam UMC, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering & Physics, Amsterdam UMC, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands; Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 100, 8006, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Pathology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Maastricht MultiModal Molecular Imaging Institute (M4I), Universiteitssingel 50, 6229 ER, Maastricht, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6202 AZ, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Peeken JC, Asadpour R, Specht K, Chen EY, Klymenko O, Akinkuoroye V, Hippe DS, Spraker MB, Schaub SK, Dapper H, Knebel C, Mayr NA, Gersing AS, Woodruff HC, Lambin P, Nyflot MJ, Combs SE. MRI-based delta-radiomics predicts pathologic complete response in high-grade soft-tissue sarcoma patients treated with neoadjuvant therapy. Radiother Oncol 2021; 164:73-82. [PMID: 34506832 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2021.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [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: 04/26/2021] [Revised: 08/15/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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PURPOSE In high-grade soft-tissue sarcomas (STS) the standard of care encompasses multimodal therapy regimens. While there is a growing body of evidence for prognostic pretreatment radiomic models, we hypothesized that temporal changes in radiomic features following neoadjuvant treatment ("delta-radiomics") may be able to predict the pathological complete response (pCR). METHODS MRI scans (T1-weighted with fat-saturation and contrast-enhancement (T1FSGd) and T2-weighted with fat-saturation (T2FS)) of patients with STS of the extremities and trunk treated with neoadjuvant therapy were gathered from two independent institutions (training: 103, external testing: 53 patients). pCR was defined as <5% viable cells. After segmentation and preprocessing, 105 radiomic features were extracted. Delta-radiomic features were calculated by subtraction of features derived from MRI scans obtained before and after neoadjuvant therapy. After feature reduction, machine learning modeling was performed in 100 iterations of 3-fold nested cross-validation. Delta-radiomic models were compared with single timepoint models in the testing cohort. RESULTS The combined delta-radiomic models achieved the best area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of 0.75. Pre-therapeutic tumor volume was the best conventional predictor (AUC 0.70). The T2FS-based delta-radiomic model had the most balanced classification performance with a balanced accuracy of 0.69. Delta-radiomic models achieved better reproducibility than single timepoint radiomic models, RECIST or the peri-therapeutic volume change. Delta-radiomic models were significantly associated with survival in multivariate Cox regression. CONCLUSION This exploratory analysis demonstrated that MRI-based delta-radiomics improves prediction of pCR over tumor volume and RECIST. Delta-radiomics may one day function as a biomarker for personalized treatment adaptations.
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- Jan C Peeken
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany; Institute of Radiation Medicine (IRM), Department of Radiation Sciences (DRS), Helmholtz Zentrum, München, Germany; Deutsches Konsortium für Translationale Krebsforschung (DKTK), Partner Site Munich, Germany; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States; Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Technical University of Munich, Germany
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
| | - Olena Klymenko
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany
| | - Victor Akinkuoroye
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University in St. Louis, United States
| | - Stephanie K Schaub
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
| | - Hendrik Dapper
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany
| | - Carolin Knebel
- Department of Orthopedics and Sports Orthopedics, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany
| | - Nina A Mayr
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
| | - Alexandra S Gersing
- Department of Radiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany
| | - Henry C Woodruff
- Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Imaging, GROW- School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, The Netherlands
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- Department of Precision Medicine, GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Imaging, GROW- School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, The Netherlands
| | - Matthew J Nyflot
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States; Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
| | - Stephanie E Combs
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany; Institute of Radiation Medicine (IRM), Department of Radiation Sciences (DRS), Helmholtz Zentrum, München, Germany; Deutsches Konsortium für Translationale Krebsforschung (DKTK), Partner Site Munich, Germany
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