CT Combined with Multiparameter MRI in Differentiating Pathological Subtypes of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer before Surgery

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the diagnostic value of computed tomography (CT) combined with multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) for preoperative differentiation of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS: CT and MRI imaging data were collected from all patients with squamous lung cancer and adenocarcinoma admitted to our hospital from June 2019 to December 2020 (286 cases). ROC curves were plotted to evaluate the performance of CT, mpMRI, and CT combined with mpMRI to differentiate pathological subtypes of NSCLC. Univariate and multivariate regression were used to be independent predictors of pathological subtypes of NSCLC. RESULTS: ROC curves showed that CT combined with mpMRI had the largest area under the curve, followed by mpMRI and CT successively. Univariate regression analysis showed that gender, smoking, tumor size, morphology, marginal lobulation, marginal burr, bronchial truncation sign, and vascular convergence sign were factors influencing the pathological subtype of NSCLC. Multivariate regression analysis suggested the fact that gender, tumor size, morphology, marginal lobulation, bronchial truncation, and vascular convergence sign are likely the independent predictors of NSCLC pathological subtypes. CONCLUSIONS: CT combined with mpMRI can effectively distinguish NSCLC pathological subtypes, which is worthy of clinical application.