Clinical Meaningfulness of an Algorithm-Based Service for Analyzing Treatment Response in Patients with Metastatic Cancer Using FDG PET/CT.

ABSTRACT: Background/Objectives: Determining how a patient with metastatic cancer is responding to therapy can be difficult for medical oncologists, especially with text-only radiology reports. In this investigation, we assess the clinical usefulness of a new algorithm-based analysis that provides spatial location and quantification for each detected lesion region of interest (ROI) and compare it to information included in radiology reports in the United States. Methods: Treatment response radiology reports for FDG PET/CT scans were retrospectively gathered from 228 patients with metastatic cancers. Each radiology report was assessed for the presence of both qualitative and quantitative information. A subset of patients (N = 103) was further analyzed using an algorithm-based ser

SUBMITTER: Bupathi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11508516 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature