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
Molecular Imaging of Extracellular Tumor pH to Reveal Effects of Locoregional Therapy on Liver Cancer Microenvironment
Savic LJ, Schobert I, Peters D, Walsh JJ, Laage-Gaupp F, Hamm CA, Tritz N, Doemel LA, Lin M, Sinusas A, Schlachter T, Duncan JS, Hyder F, Coman D, Chapiro J. Molecular Imaging of Extracellular Tumor pH to Reveal Effects of Locoregional Therapy on Liver Cancer Microenvironment. Clinical Cancer Research 2020, 26: 428-438. PMID: 31582517, PMCID: PMC7244230, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-19-1702.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMR spectroscopic imagingLocoregional therapyLiver cancer microenvironmentConventional transarterial chemoembolizationNew Zealand white rabbitsTumor pHMost liver tumorsZealand white rabbitsMolecular imaging paradigmsPositive therapeutic outcomesTumor residualsTransarterial chemoembolizationTumor devascularizationHistopathologic markersViable tumorSurrogate biomarkerLiver tumorsLiver cancerTumor enhancementLiver parenchymaMetabolic markersMultiparametric MRITherapeutic outcomesHIF-1αVX2 tumors
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