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The Role of Patient- and Treatment-Related Factors and Early Functional Imaging in Late Radiation-Induced Xerostomia in Oropharyngeal Cancer Patients
SIMPLE SUMMARY: In the present prospective study, we assessed the role of various Magnetic Resonance Imaging biomarkers combined with self-assessed xerostomia questionnaires and patient- and treatment-related factors, in predicting xerostomia at 12 months after chemoradiotherapy for oropharyngeal sq...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8699504/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34944916 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers13246296 |
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author | Marzi, Simona Farneti, Alessia Marucci, Laura D’Urso, Pasqualina Vidiri, Antonello Gangemi, Emma Sanguineti, Giuseppe |
author_facet | Marzi, Simona Farneti, Alessia Marucci, Laura D’Urso, Pasqualina Vidiri, Antonello Gangemi, Emma Sanguineti, Giuseppe |
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description | SIMPLE SUMMARY: In the present prospective study, we assessed the role of various Magnetic Resonance Imaging biomarkers combined with self-assessed xerostomia questionnaires and patient- and treatment-related factors, in predicting xerostomia at 12 months after chemoradiotherapy for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. We hypothesized that the integration of pre-treatment imaging biomarkers, which addresses the tissue heterogeneity and individual variations among patients, could improve the accuracy of conventional prediction models that are based only on dose information, ultimately providing a better understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying radiation induced salivary dysfunction. The implementation of multifactorial models, driven by machine learning algorithms, may improve prediction accuracy of radiation-induced toxicity and tailor individual treatment options for patients. ABSTRACT: The advent of quantitative imaging in personalized radiotherapy (RT) has offered the opportunity for a better understanding of individual variations in intrinsic radiosensitivity. We aimed to assess the role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) biomarkers, patient-related factors, and treatment-related factors in predicting xerostomia 12 months after RT (XER(12)) in patients affected by oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Patients with locally advanced OSCC underwent diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and dynamic-contrast enhanced MRI at baseline; DWI was repeated at the 10th fraction of RT. The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) toxicity scale was used to evaluate salivary gland toxicity. Xerostomia-related questionnaires (XQs) were administered weekly during and after RT. RTOG toxicity ≥ grade 2 at XER(12) was considered as endpoint to build prediction models. A Decision Tree classification learner was applied to build the prediction models following a five-fold cross-validation. Of the 89 patients enrolled, 63 were eligible for analysis. Thirty-six (57.1%) and 21 (33.3%) patients developed grade 1 and grade 2 XER(12), respectively. Including only baseline variables, the model based on DCE-MRI and V65 (%) (volume of both glands receiving doses ≥ 65 Gy) had a fair accuracy (77%, 95% CI: 66.5–85.4%). The model based on V65 (%) and XQ-Int(mid) (integral of acute XQ scores from the start to the middle of RT) reached the best accuracy (81%, 95% CI: 71–88.7%). In conclusion, non-invasive biomarkers from DCE-MRI, in combination with dosimetric variables and self-assessed acute XQ scores during treatment may help predict grade 2 XER(12) with a fair to good accuracy. |
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spelling | pubmed-86995042021-12-24 The Role of Patient- and Treatment-Related Factors and Early Functional Imaging in Late Radiation-Induced Xerostomia in Oropharyngeal Cancer Patients Marzi, Simona Farneti, Alessia Marucci, Laura D’Urso, Pasqualina Vidiri, Antonello Gangemi, Emma Sanguineti, Giuseppe Cancers (Basel) Article SIMPLE SUMMARY: In the present prospective study, we assessed the role of various Magnetic Resonance Imaging biomarkers combined with self-assessed xerostomia questionnaires and patient- and treatment-related factors, in predicting xerostomia at 12 months after chemoradiotherapy for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. We hypothesized that the integration of pre-treatment imaging biomarkers, which addresses the tissue heterogeneity and individual variations among patients, could improve the accuracy of conventional prediction models that are based only on dose information, ultimately providing a better understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying radiation induced salivary dysfunction. The implementation of multifactorial models, driven by machine learning algorithms, may improve prediction accuracy of radiation-induced toxicity and tailor individual treatment options for patients. ABSTRACT: The advent of quantitative imaging in personalized radiotherapy (RT) has offered the opportunity for a better understanding of individual variations in intrinsic radiosensitivity. We aimed to assess the role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) biomarkers, patient-related factors, and treatment-related factors in predicting xerostomia 12 months after RT (XER(12)) in patients affected by oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Patients with locally advanced OSCC underwent diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and dynamic-contrast enhanced MRI at baseline; DWI was repeated at the 10th fraction of RT. The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) toxicity scale was used to evaluate salivary gland toxicity. Xerostomia-related questionnaires (XQs) were administered weekly during and after RT. RTOG toxicity ≥ grade 2 at XER(12) was considered as endpoint to build prediction models. A Decision Tree classification learner was applied to build the prediction models following a five-fold cross-validation. Of the 89 patients enrolled, 63 were eligible for analysis. Thirty-six (57.1%) and 21 (33.3%) patients developed grade 1 and grade 2 XER(12), respectively. Including only baseline variables, the model based on DCE-MRI and V65 (%) (volume of both glands receiving doses ≥ 65 Gy) had a fair accuracy (77%, 95% CI: 66.5–85.4%). The model based on V65 (%) and XQ-Int(mid) (integral of acute XQ scores from the start to the middle of RT) reached the best accuracy (81%, 95% CI: 71–88.7%). In conclusion, non-invasive biomarkers from DCE-MRI, in combination with dosimetric variables and self-assessed acute XQ scores during treatment may help predict grade 2 XER(12) with a fair to good accuracy. MDPI 2021-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8699504/ /pubmed/34944916 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers13246296 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Marzi, Simona Farneti, Alessia Marucci, Laura D’Urso, Pasqualina Vidiri, Antonello Gangemi, Emma Sanguineti, Giuseppe The Role of Patient- and Treatment-Related Factors and Early Functional Imaging in Late Radiation-Induced Xerostomia in Oropharyngeal Cancer Patients |
title | The Role of Patient- and Treatment-Related Factors and Early Functional Imaging in Late Radiation-Induced Xerostomia in Oropharyngeal Cancer Patients |
title_full | The Role of Patient- and Treatment-Related Factors and Early Functional Imaging in Late Radiation-Induced Xerostomia in Oropharyngeal Cancer Patients |
title_fullStr | The Role of Patient- and Treatment-Related Factors and Early Functional Imaging in Late Radiation-Induced Xerostomia in Oropharyngeal Cancer Patients |
title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Patient- and Treatment-Related Factors and Early Functional Imaging in Late Radiation-Induced Xerostomia in Oropharyngeal Cancer Patients |
title_short | The Role of Patient- and Treatment-Related Factors and Early Functional Imaging in Late Radiation-Induced Xerostomia in Oropharyngeal Cancer Patients |
title_sort | role of patient- and treatment-related factors and early functional imaging in late radiation-induced xerostomia in oropharyngeal cancer patients |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8699504/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34944916 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers13246296 |
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