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01.08.2013 | Gastrointestinal
Apparent diffusion coefficient modifications in assessing gastro-oesophageal cancer response to neoadjuvant treatment: comparison with tumour regression grade at histology
verfasst von:
Francesco De Cobelli, Francesco Giganti, Elena Orsenigo, Michaela Cellina, Antonio Esposito, Giulia Agostini, Luca Albarello, Elena Mazza, Alessandro Ambrosi, Carlo Socci, Carlo Staudacher, Alessandro Del Maschio
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European Radiology
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Ausgabe 8/2013
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Abstract
Objectives
To assess changes in apparent diffusion coefficient (ΔADC) and volume (ΔV) after neoadjuvant treatment (NT), and tumour regression grade (TRG) in gastro-oesophageal cancers (GEC), and to discriminate responders from non-responders.
Methods
Thirty-two patients with biopsy-proven locally-advanced GEC underwent diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) pre- and post-NT. Lesion ADC, volume, ΔADC and ΔV were calculated. TRG 1-2-3 patients were classified as R; TRG 4-5 as non-responders. ΔADC-TRG and ΔV-TRG correlations, pre-NT and post-NT ADC, ΔADC and ΔV cut-off values for responders and non-responders were calculated. Two readers measured mean tumour ADCs and interobserver variability was calculated. (Spearman’s and intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC]).
Results
The interobserver reproducibility was very good both for pre-NT (Spearman’s rho = 0.8160; ICC = 0.8993) and post-NT (Spearman’s rho = 0.8357; ICC = 0.8663). Responders showed lower pre-NT ADC (1.32 versus 1.63 × 10−3 mm2/s; P = 0.002) and higher post-NT ADC (2.22 versus 1.51 × 10−3 mm2/s; P = 0.001) than non-responders and ADC increased in responders (ΔADC, 85.45 versus −8.21 %; P = 0.00005). ΔADC inversely correlated with TRG (r = −0.71, P = 0.000004); no difference in ΔV between responders and non-responders (−50.92 % versus −14.12 %; P = 0.068) and no correlation ΔV-TRG (r = 0.02 P = 0.883) were observed.
Conclusions
The ADC can be used to assess gastro-oesophageal tumour response to neoadjuvant treatment as a reliable expression of tumour regression.
Key Points
• DWI is now being used to assess many cancers.
• Change in ADC measurements offer new information about oesophageal tumours.
• ADC changes are more reliable than dimensional criteria in assessing neoadjuvant treatment.
• Such ADC assessment could optimise management of locally advanced gastro-oesophageal cancers.