Journal
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
Volume 36, Issue 10, Pages 611-621Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-018-0760-1
Keywords
DCE-MRI; Rectal cancer; Functional assessment; Neoadjuvant therapy; Tumor response
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PurposeTo investigate the potential of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) to discriminate responder from non-responder patients after preoperative chemoradiotherapy (pCRT) in locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC).Materials and methodsOne hundred and fifty-eight consecutive patients were enrolled in this prospective study. We compared morphological MRI (mMRI) using T2-weighted images about tumor presence and invasiveness, and functional DCE-MRI using time-intensity curve (TIC) visual inspection (qMRI), classifying TIC shape into three types: type 1, persistent enhancement; type 2, high enhancement with plateau; type 3, high enhancement with wash-out. Clinical TNM was obtained before and after CRT by radiological consensus of two expert radiologists. Pathological tumor-nodes-metastasis classification and tumor regression grade (TRG) were confirmed as the golden standard. Non-parametric test, sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values were calculated.ResultsNinety-eight patients (62%) were classified as responders (TRG2), while 60 (38%) were classified as non-responders. Sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy were 52, 78, and 62% for mMRI, and 81, 85, and 82% for qMRI, respectively.ConclusionsTIC visual inspection may be one of the potential biomarkers over morphological analysis using DCE-MRI data to assess pathological response after pCRT in LARC.
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