Journal
EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY
Volume 32, Issue 8, Pages 5730-5741Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-022-08668-9
Keywords
FDG PET; CT; Primary gastrointestinal diffuse large B cell lymphoma; Prognosis; Radiomics
Funding
- Medical School of Nanjing University [2021-LCYJ-MS-04]
- Key Project of Medical Science and Technology of Nanjing [ZKX21011]
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This study investigates the prognostic value of PET radiomics feature in the prognosis of primary gastrointestinal diffuse large B cell lymphoma (PGI-DLBCL) patients treated with R-CHOP-like regimen. The results show that the newly developed radiomics signatures are independent predictors of progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) for PGI-DLBCL patients. Additionally, the combined model incorporating clinical and metabolic factors can predict patient prognosis and may aid in personalized treatment decision-making.
Objectives To investigate the prognostic value of PET radiomics feature in the prognosis of patients with primary gastrointestinal diffuse large B cell lymphoma (PGI-DLBCL) treated with R-CHOP-like regimen. Methods A total of 140 PGI-DLBCL patients who underwent pre-therapy [F-18] FDG PET/CT were enrolled in this retrospective analysis. PET radiomics features obtained from patients in the training cohort were subjected to three machine learning methods and Pearson's correlation test for feature selection. Support vector machine (SVM) was used to build a radiomics signature classifier associated with progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). A multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression model was established to predict survival outcomes. Results A total of 1421 PET radiomics features were extracted and reduced to 5 features to build a radiomics signature which was significantly associated with PFS and OS (p < 0.05). The combined model incorporating radiomics signatures, metabolic metrics, and clinical risk factors showed high C-indices in both the training (PFS: 0.825, OS: 0.834) and validation sets (PFS: 0.831, OS: 0.877). Decision curve analysis (DCA) demonstrated that the combined models achieved the most net benefit across a wider reasonable range of threshold probabilities for predicting PFS and OS. Conclusion The newly developed radiomics signatures obtained by the ensemble strategy were independent predictors of PFS and OS for PGI-DLBCL patients. Moreover, the combined model with clinical and metabolic factors was able to predict patient prognosis and may enable personalized treatment decision-making.
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