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Combined dynamic DCE-MRI and diffusion-weighted imaging to evaluate the effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in
Yusen Feng1, Hui Liu1, Yingying Ding2
1Department of Radiology, Key Laboratory of Tumor Immunological Prevention and Treatment of Yunnan Province, Kunming Yan'an Hospital, Kunming, China.
Purpose:
To prospectively investigate changes in quantitative parameters of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) and the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in patients with cervical cancer before and after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT).
Methods:
Thirty-eight patients with cervical cancer underwent DCE-MRI and DWI 1 week before and 4 weeks after NACT. The patients were classified into 2 groups: significant reaction (sCR) group and the non-sCR group. DCE-MRI parameters and ADC values were measured and compared between the 2 groups.
Results:
Before NACT, the mean Ktrans value was higher, but the mean Ve was lower, in the sCR group compared with the non-sCR group; these differences were statistically significant (p<0.05). After NACT, the mean Ktrans value and the delta (i.e., changed) value of Ktrans were significantly lower in the sCR group compared with the non-sCR group (p<0.05). However, the mean ADC and the delta value of the mean ADC between the 2 groups were slightly higher in the sCR group compared with the non-sCR group (p<0.05). The area under the curve of pre-mean Ktrans, DKtrans, and pre-mean Ktrans combined with post-mean ADC values were 0.801, 0.955, and 0.878, respectively (p<0.05). The optimal cutoff values for distinguishing sCR from non-sCR were pretreatment Ktrans (0.7020 min-1) and DKtrans (0.0437 min-1).
Conclusions:
Quantitative parameters (pre-mean Ktrans, DKtrans, and pre-mean Ktrans) combined with post-mean ADC could predict treatment efficacy more precisely. However, quantitative DCE-MRI combined with DWI could not significantly improve prognostic efficacy.
