Abstract
Objective
To identify which patient with prostate cancer (PCa) could safely avoid extended pelvic lymph node dissection (ePLND) by predicting lymph node invasion (LNI), via a radiomics-based machine learning approach.
Methods
An integrative radiomics model (IRM) was proposed to predict LNI, confirmed by the histopathologic examination, integrating radiomics features, extracted from prostatic index lesion regions on MRI images, and clinical features via SVM. The study cohort comprised 244 PCa patients with MRI and followed by radical prostatectomy (RP) and ePLND within 6 months between 2010 and 2019. The proposed IRM was trained in training/validation set and evaluated in an internal independent testing set. The model’s performance was measured by area under the curve (AUC), sensitivity, specificity, negative predictive value (NPV), and positive predictive value (PPV). AUCs were compared via Delong test with 95% confidence interval (CI), and the rest measurements were compared via chi-squared test or Fisher’s exact test.
Results
Overall, 17 (10.6%) and 14 (16.7%) patients with LNI were included in training/validation set and testing set, respectively. Shape and first-order radiomics features showed usefulness in building the IRM. The proposed IRM achieved an AUC of 0.915 (95% CI: 0.846–0.984) in the testing set, superior to pre-existing nomograms whose AUCs were from 0.698 to 0.724 (p < 0.05).
Conclusion
The proposed IRM could be potentially feasible to predict the risk of having LNI for patients with PCa. With the improved predictability, it could be utilized to assess which patients with PCa could safely avoid ePLND, thus reduce the number of unnecessary ePLND.
Key Points
• The combination of MRI-based radiomics features with clinical information improved the prediction of lymph node invasion, compared with the model using only radiomics features or clinical features.
• With improved prediction performance on predicting lymph node invasion, the number of extended pelvic lymph node dissection (ePLND) could be reduced by the proposed integrative radiomics model (IRM), compared with the existing nomograms.
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Abbreviations
- ADC:
-
Apparent diffusion coefficient maps
- AUC:
-
Area under the curve
- csPCa:
-
Clinically significant prostate cancer
- DRE:
-
Digital rectum exam results
- ePLND:
-
Extended pelvic lymph node dissection
- GLCM:
-
Gray-Level Cooccurrence Matrix
- GLDM:
-
Gray Level Dependence Matrix
- GLRLM:
-
Gray-Level Run Length Matrix
- GLSZM:
-
Gray-level Size Zone Matrix
- IRM:
-
Integrative radiomics model
- LNI:
-
Lymph node invasion
- mpMRI:
-
Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging
- NGTDM:
-
Neighboring Gray Tone Difference Matrix
- NPV:
-
Negative predictive value
- PCa:
-
Prostate cancer
- PI-RADS:
-
Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System
- PPV:
-
Positive predictive value
- PSA:
-
Prostate specific antigen
- PSAD:
-
Prostate specific antigen density
- ROC:
-
Receiver operating characteristic
- SFFS:
-
Sequential Floating Forwarding Selection
- T2WI:
-
T2-weighted images
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This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01-CA248506 and funds from the Integrated Diagnostics Program, Department of Radiological Sciences &; Pathology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
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Zheng, H., Miao, Q., Liu, Y. et al. Multiparametric MRI-based radiomics model to predict pelvic lymph node invasion for patients with prostate cancer. Eur Radiol 32, 5688–5699 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-022-08625-6
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