Oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma: histogram-derived ADC parameters are not predictive of tumour response to chemoradiotherapy.
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ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To evaluate correlations between tumour response to definitive chemoradiotherapy (CRT) in oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and histogram-derived apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) parameters on diffusion-weighted MR images. METHODS:Forty patients with clinical T3-4 oesophageal SCC underwent concurrent CRT. MR examination at 3 T was performed 1-3 days prior to CRT. Readout-segmented echo-planar diffusion imaging was used to acquire ADC maps. Pre- and post-treatment CT examinations were performed. Histogram parameters (mean, 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 90th percentiles, skewness and kurtosis) of the ADC values were compared with post-treatment disease status based on RECIST and the tumour regression ratio. RESULTS:None of the ADC parameters showed significant correlation with post-treatment status (range of Spearman's ? values - 0.19 to 0.14, range of p values 0.22-0.47) or tumour regression ratio (range of Spearman's ? values - 0.045 to 0.18, range of p values 0.26-0.96). Neither progression-free survival (PFS) (p = 0.17) nor overall survival (OS) (p = 0.15) was significantly different between the two groups corresponding to the lower (< median) and upper arms (? median) of the mean ADC values. CONCLUSIONS:Histogram-derived pretreatment ADC parameters were not predictive imaging biomarkers for tumour response to CRT in patients with oesophageal SCC. KEY POINTS:• Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values are derived from diffusion-weighted MR imaging. • High-resolution diffusion-weighted images are generated by readout-segmented echo-planar diffusion imaging. • Readout-segmented echo-planar diffusion-weighted imaging enabled evaluation of ADC parameters. • Pretreatment ADC parameters do not predict chemoradiotherapy response in patients with oesophageal carcinoma.
SUBMITTER: Kozumi M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6132721 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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