2021
Lipiodol as an intra-procedural imaging biomarker for liver tumor response to transarterial chemoembolization: Post-hoc analysis of a prospective clinical trial
Letzen BS, Malpani R, Miszczuk M, de Ruiter QMB, Petty CW, Rexha I, Nezami N, Laage-Gaupp F, Lin M, Schlachter TR, Chapiro J. Lipiodol as an intra-procedural imaging biomarker for liver tumor response to transarterial chemoembolization: Post-hoc analysis of a prospective clinical trial. Clinical Imaging 2021, 78: 194-200. PMID: 34022765, PMCID: PMC8364875, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2021.05.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConventional trans-arterial chemoembolizationMedian overall survivalProspective clinical trialsLipiodol depositionTumor responsePredictive biomarkersClinical trialsModified Response Evaluation CriteriaPost-TACE CTResponse Evaluation CriteriaMetastatic liver cancerKaplan-Meier analysisTrans-arterial chemoembolizationTumor response criteriaLiver tumor responsePrediction of survivalSelective drug targetingArterial embolizationLiver metastasesOverall survivalBland-Altman plotsTransarterial chemoembolizationPortal veinTumor respondersHepatocellular carcinoma
2020
Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios as predictors of tumor response in hepatocellular carcinoma after DEB-TACE
Schobert IT, Savic LJ, Chapiro J, Bousabarah K, Chen E, Laage-Gaupp F, Tefera J, Nezami N, Lin M, Pollak J, Schlachter T. Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios as predictors of tumor response in hepatocellular carcinoma after DEB-TACE. European Radiology 2020, 30: 5663-5673. PMID: 32424595, PMCID: PMC7483919, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-020-06931-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedBlood PlateletsCarcinoma, HepatocellularChemoembolization, TherapeuticFemaleHumansInflammationKaplan-Meier EstimateLiver NeoplasmsLymphocytesMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisNeutrophilsPrognosisProgression-Free SurvivalProportional Hazards ModelsRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeConceptsProgression-free survivalTreatment-naïve hepatocellular carcinomaShorter progression-free survivalPoor tumor responseDEB-TACELymphocyte ratioTumor responseHepatocellular carcinomaMagnetic resonance imagingTumor growthInflammatory biomarkersDrug-eluting bead transarterial chemoembolizationContrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imagingHigher baseline NLRHigher baseline plateletsRadiomic featuresVolumetric tumor responseLoco-regional therapyAlpha-fetoprotein levelsBead transarterial chemoembolizationKaplan-Meier analysisMethodsThis retrospective studyDifferential blood countQuantitative European AssociationNodular tumor growthLipiodol as an Imaging Biomarker of Tumor Response After Conventional Transarterial Chemoembolization: Prospective Clinical Validation in Patients with Primary and Secondary Liver Cancer
Miszczuk MA, Chapiro J, Geschwind JH, Thakur V, Nezami N, Laage-Gaupp F, Kulon M, van Breugel JMM, Fereydooni A, Lin M, Savic LJ, Tegel B, Wahlin T, Funai E, Schlachter T. Lipiodol as an Imaging Biomarker of Tumor Response After Conventional Transarterial Chemoembolization: Prospective Clinical Validation in Patients with Primary and Secondary Liver Cancer. Translational Oncology 2020, 13: 100742. PMID: 32092672, PMCID: PMC7036424, DOI: 10.1016/j.tranon.2020.01.003.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Predicting Treatment Response to Intra-arterial Therapies for Hepatocellular Carcinoma with the Use of Supervised Machine Learning—An Artificial Intelligence Concept
Abajian A, Murali N, Savic LJ, Laage-Gaupp FM, Nezami N, Duncan JS, Schlachter T, Lin M, Geschwind JF, Chapiro J. Predicting Treatment Response to Intra-arterial Therapies for Hepatocellular Carcinoma with the Use of Supervised Machine Learning—An Artificial Intelligence Concept. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2018, 29: 850-857.e1. PMID: 29548875, PMCID: PMC5970021, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2018.01.769.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAntineoplastic AgentsCarcinoma, HepatocellularChemoembolization, TherapeuticContrast MediaDoxorubicinEthiodized OilFemaleHumansLiver NeoplasmsMachine LearningMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingPredictive Value of TestsRetrospective StudiesSensitivity and SpecificityTreatment OutcomeConceptsTransarterial chemoembolizationHepatocellular carcinomaTreatment responseLogistic regressionClinical patient dataPatient dataIntra-arterial therapyQuantitative European AssociationMagnetic resonance imagingLiver criteriaBaseline imagingClinical variablesTumor responseTherapeutic featuresTreatment respondersBaseline MRClinical informationImaging variablesChemoembolizationTherapeutic outcomesResonance imagingResponse criteriaEuropean AssociationPatientsMR imaging