scholarly journals Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced and Intravoxel Incoherent Motion MRI Biomarkers Are Correlated to Survival Outcome in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Diagnostics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1340
Author(s):  
Bang-Bin Chen ◽  
Yu-Yun Shao ◽  
Zhong-Zhe Lin ◽  
Chih-Hung Hsu ◽  
Ann-Lii Cheng ◽  
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Objective: This study assessed dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE)-MRI and intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion-weighted imaging (IVIM DWI) parameters to prospectively predict survival outcomes in participants with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who received lenalidomide, a dual antiangiogenic and immunomodulatory agent, as second-line therapy in a Phase II clinical trial. Materials and methods: Forty-four participants with advanced HCC who had progression after sorafenib as first-line treatment were prospectively enrolled. Pretreatment MRI parameters—obtained from DCE-MRI (peak, slope, AUC, Ktrans, Kep, and Ve), apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), and IVIM DWI (pure diffusion coefficient (D), pseudodiffusion coefficient (D*), and perfusion fraction (f))—were derived from the largest hepatic tumor. The Cox model was used to investigate the associations of the parameters with progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Results: Median PFS and OS were 2.3 and 8.0 months, respectively. Univariate analysis showed that participants with a high slope (p = 0.024), Kep (p < 0.001), and ADC (p = 0.018) values had longer PFS than those with low values; participants with a small tumor size (p = 0.006), high slope (p = 0.01), ADC (p = 0.015), and f (p = 0.012) values had longer OS than those with low values did. Cox multivariable analysis revealed that Kep (p < 0.001) and ADC (p = 0.009) remained independent predictors of PFS; slope (p = 0.003) and ADC (p = 0.009) remained independent predictors of OS. Moreover, Kep and slope were still significant after Bonferroni correction was performed (p < 0.005). Conclusion: Both pretreatment DCE-MRI and IVIM DWI parameters, especially slope and ADC, may predict PFS and OS in participants with HCC receiving lenalidomide as second-line therapy.

2020 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica S. Tsang ◽  
Janine M. Davies ◽  
Jonathan M. Loree ◽  
Howard J. Lim ◽  
Daniel J. Renouf ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 49 (16) ◽  
pp. 3412-3419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordi Bruix ◽  
Won-Young Tak ◽  
Antonio Gasbarrini ◽  
Armando Santoro ◽  
Massimo Colombo ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 280-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Bitzer ◽  
Marius Horger ◽  
Edoardo G. Giannini ◽  
Tom M. Ganten ◽  
Marcus A. Wörns ◽  
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