Three-dimensional (3D) magnetic resonance volume assessment and loco-regional failure in anal cancer: early evaluation case-control study

Hema Sekhar, Rohit Kochhar, Bernadette Carrington, Thomas Kaye, Damian Tolan, Mark P Saunders, Matthew Sperrin, David Sebag-Montefiore, Marcel van Herk, Andrew G Renehan

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The primary aim was to test the hypothesis that deriving pre-treatment 3D magnetic resonance tumour volume (mrTV) quantification improves performance characteristics for the prediction of loco-regional failure compared with standard maximal tumour diameter (1D) assessment in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the anus undergoing chemoradiotherapy.

METHODS: We performed an early evaluation case-control study at two UK centres (2007-2014) in 39 patients with loco-regional failure (cases), and 41 patients disease-free at 3 years (controls). mrTV was determined using the summation of areas method (Volsum). Reproducibility was assessed using intraclass concordance correlation (ICC) and Bland-Altman limits of agreements. We derived receiver operating curves using logistic regression models and expressed accuracy as area under the curve (ROCAUC).

RESULTS: The median time per patient for Volsum quantification was 7.00 (inter-quartile range, IQR: 0.57-12.48) minutes. Intra and inter-observer reproducibilities were generally good (ICCs from 0.79 to 0.89) but with wide limits of agreement (intra-observer: - 28 to 31%; inter-observer: - 28 to 46%). Median mrTVs were greater for cases (32.6 IQR: 21.5-53.1 cm3) than controls (9.9 IQR: 5.7-18.1 cm3, p < 0.0001). The ROCAUC for mrT-size predicting loco-regional failure was 0.74 (95% CI: 0.63-0.85) improving to 0.82 (95% CI: 0.72-0.92) when replaced with mrTV (test for ROC differences, p = 0.024).

CONCLUSION: Preliminary results suggest that the replacement of mrTV for mrT-size improves prediction of loco-regional failure after chemoradiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the anus. However, mrTV calculation is time consuming and variation in its reproducibility are drawbacks with the current technology.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1165
JournalBMC Cancer
Volume20
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Nov 2020

Keywords

  • Anus Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional/methods
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods
  • Male

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