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Radiomics nomogram in aiding preoperatively dilatation and curettage in differentiating type II and type I
1Department of Radiology, Jinshan Hospital, Fudan University, 201508, Shanghai, China.
Aim:
To established a radiomics nomogram for improving the dilatation and curettage (D&C) result in differentiating type II from type I endometrial cancer (EC) preoperatively.
Material And Methods:
EC patients (n=875) were enrolled retrospectively and divided randomly into a training cohort (n=437) and a test cohort (n=438), according to the ratio of 1:1. Radiomics signatures were extracted and selected from apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps. A multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to identify the independent clinical risk factors. An ADC based-radiomics nomogram was built by integrating the selected radiomics signatures and the independent clinical risk factors. Decision curve analysis (DCA) was conducted to determine the clinical usefulness of the radiomics nomogram. The net reclassification index (NRI) and total integrated discrimination index (IDI) were calculated to compare the discrimination performances between the radiomics nomogram and the D&C result.
Results:
Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves showed that the clinical risk factors, the D&C, and the ADC based-radiomics nomogram yielded areas under the ROC curves (AUCs) of 0.70 (95% CI: 0.64-0.76), 0.85 (95% CI: 0.80-0.89), and 0.93 (95% CI: 0.90-0.96) in the training cohort and 0.64 (95% CI: 0.57-0.71), 0.82 (95% CI: 0.77-0.87) and 0.91 (95% CI: 0.87-0.95) in the test cohort, respectively. The DCA, NRI, and IDI demonstrated the clinically usefulness of the ADC based-radiomics nomogram.
Conclusion:
The ADC-based radiomics nomogram could be used to improve the D&C result in differentiating type II from type I EC preoperatively.
