Multimodality radiomics for tumor prognosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prognosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is challenging due to late-stage identification and frequently undetectable Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA. Incorporating radiomic features, which quantify tumor characteristics from imaging, may enhance prognosis assessment.

Purpose

To investigate the predictive power of radiomic features on overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), and distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS) in NPC.

Materials and methods

A retrospective analysis of 183 NPC patients treated with chemoradiotherapy from 2010 to 2019 was conducted. All patients were followed for at least three years. The pretreatment CT images with contrast medium, MR images (T1W and T2W), as well as gross tumor volume (GTV) contours, were used to ex

SUBMITTER: Khongwirotphan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10861073 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature