胰腺癌
组织学
无线电技术
医学
癌症
核医学
病理
放射科
内科学
作者
E. Smeets,Marija Trajkovic-Arsic,Daan Geijs,Sinan Karakaya,Monica van Zanten,Lodewijk A.A. Brosens,Benedikt Feuerecker,Martin Gotthardt,Jens T. Siveke,Rickmer Braren,Francesco Ciompi,Erik H.J.G. Aarntzen
出处
期刊:Journal of nuclear medicine
[Society of Nuclear Medicine]
日期:2024-05-23
卷期号:65 (7): 1151-1159
被引量:8
标识
DOI:10.2967/jnumed.123.266262
摘要
Radiomics features can reveal hidden patterns in a tumor but usually lack an underlying biologic rationale. In this work, we aimed to investigate whether there is a correlation between radiomics features extracted from [18F]FDG PET images and histologic expression patterns of a glycolytic marker, monocarboxylate transporter-4 (MCT4), in pancreatic cancer. Methods: A cohort of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma patients (n = 29) for whom both tumor cross sections and [18F]FDG PET/CT scans were available was used to develop an [18F]FDG PET radiomics signature. By using immunohistochemistry for MCT4, we computed density maps of MCT4 expression and extracted pathomics features. Cluster analysis identified 2 subgroups with distinct MCT4 expression patterns. From corresponding [18F]FDG PET scans, radiomics features that associate with the predefined MCT4 subgroups were identified. Results: Complex heat map visualization showed that the MCT4-high/heterogeneous subgroup was correlating with a higher MCT4 expression level and local variation. This pattern linked to a specific [18F]FDG PET signature, characterized by a higher SUVmean and SUVmax and second-order radiomics features, correlating with local variation. This MCT4-based [18F]FDG PET signature of 7 radiomics features demonstrated prognostic value in an independent cohort of pancreatic cancer patients (n = 71) and identified patients with worse survival. Conclusion: Our cross-modal pipeline allows the development of PET scan signatures based on immunohistochemical analysis of markers of a particular biologic feature, here demonstrated on pancreatic cancer using intratumoral MCT4 expression levels to select [18F]FDG PET radiomics features. This study demonstrated the potential of radiomics scores to noninvasively capture intratumoral marker heterogeneity and identify a subset of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma patients with a poor prognosis.
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