| Autor: |
Johannes, Budjan, Elke A, Sauter, John N, Morelli, Marco, Nolden, Andreas, Fetzer, Lothar, Pilz, Miriam, Reichert, Theresa, Brandt, Jan, Hansmann, Stefan, Haneder, Nils, Rathmann, Steffen J, Diehl, Hans-Peter, Meinzer, Stefan O, Schoenberg, Ulrike I, Attenberger |
| Rok vydání: |
2016 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Anticancer research. 36(8) |
| ISSN: |
1791-7530 |
| Popis: |
To perform a quantitative, volumetric analysis of therapeutic effects of trans-arterial chemoembolization (TACE) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients.Entire tumor volume and a subset of hypervascular tumor portions were analyzed pre- and post-TACE in magnetic resonance imaging datasets of 22 HCC patients using a semi-automated segmentation and evaluation tool from the Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit. Results were compared to mRECIST measurements and inter-reader variability was assessed.Mean total tumor volume increased statistical significantly after TACE (84.6 ml pre- vs. 97.1 ml post-TACE, p=0.03) while hypervascular tumor volume decreased from 9.1 ml pre- to 3.7 ml post-TACE (p=0.0001). Likewise, mRECIST diameters decreased significantly after therapy (44.2 vs. 15.4 mm). In the inter-reader assessment, overlap errors were 12.3-17.7% for entire and 36.3-64.2% for the enhancing tumor volume.Quantification of therapeutic changes after TACE therapy is feasible using a semi-automated segmentation and evaluation tool. Following TACE, hypervascular tumor volume decreases significantly. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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