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One-month apparent diffusion coefficient correlates with response to radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular
Maxime Barat1, Audrey Fohlen2,3,4,5,6, Christophe Cassinotto7,8
1Department of Body and Interventional Imaging, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France.
Purpose:
To assess whether apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values at 1 and 3 months after radiofrequency ablation (RFA) may be associated with a favorable response to therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and liver metastases.
Materials And Methods:
Fifty-nine patients with HCC (n = 35) or liver metastases (n = 24) who underwent 1.5T diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWMRI) at 1 and 3 months post-RFA were included. ADC values of patients with local tumor recurrence were compared to those without local recurrence. A subgroup analysis was performed for HCC and metastases.
Results:
Thirty-eight HCC and 27 metastases were evaluated. The ADC value of HCC at 1 month after RFA was lower in recurrent tumors (0.957 ± 0.229 [SD] × 10-3 mm2 ) compared to tumors with complete response (1.414 ± 0.322 [SD] × 10-3 mm2 /s, P = 0.006). At multivariate analysis, ADC at 1 month was the single independent variable associated with recurrence for HCC (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve = 0.860). No significant association was observed for liver metastases (P = 0.089).
Conclusion:
A low ADC value at 1 month after RFA is associated with an early local recurrence of HCC. This study does not confirm that such association exists for hepatic metastases.
Level Of Evidence:
3 Technical Efficacy: Stage 2 J. MAGN. RESON. IMAGING 2017;45:1648-1658.
