基于MRI的MIBC无监督聚类揭示了瘤内异质性表型和新辅助化疗疗效率
Yuheng Zhang1, Lingkai Cai1,2, Yuhan Chen1
1Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
概括
一个新的基于MRI的瘤内部异质性 (IITH) 框架准确地预测了肌肉侵入性膀癌 (MIBC) 患者的结果. 高IITH与更差的生存率和侵略性瘤生物学有关,有助于风险分层.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 放射学 放射学是一门学科.
- 基因组学就是基因组学.
背景情况:
- 肌肉侵入性膀癌 (MIBC) 需要准确的风险分层来进行有效的治疗.
- 瘤内部异质性 (IITH) 是影响癌症进展和治疗反应的关键因素.
- 需要使用非侵入性成像方法来评估IITH.
研究的目的:
- 开发和验证一种基于MRI的非侵入性IITH框架,用于MIBC的风险分层.
- 评估IITH框架与生存结果的关联.
- 为了研究IITH和MIBC中的分子亚型之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 在发现,验证和新辅助化疗 (NAC) 队列中对437名MIBC患者进行了回顾性分析.
- 从预处理MRI扫描中提取42个放射性特征.
- 无监督的共识聚类以确定稳定的IITH亚型.
- 对总生存 (OS),癌症特定生存 (CSS),无复发生存 (RFS) 和无进展生存 (PFS) 的预后意义进行了评估.
- 使用免疫组织化学和癌症基因组图谱 (TCGA) 转录组数据评估的分子相关性.
主要成果:
- IITH框架在OS,CSS,RFS和PFS的发现和验证队伍中显著分层生存.
- 高IITH瘤表现出更大的组织多样性和丰富的混合亚型.
- 在NAC队列中,高IITH与较差的CSS,RFS和PFS密切相关.
- 转录组分析显示,在高IITH组中,炎症活性升高和增强的增殖/迁移潜力.
结论:
- 基于MRI的IITH框架有效地分层MIBC患者的预后,并预测治疗反应.
- 在MIBC中,高的内异质性与不良结果和侵略性的分子瘤生物学有关.
- 这种基于成像的方法为MIBC的个性化风险评估提供了有价值的工具.
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