2020
Quantification of contrast-uptake as imaging biomarker for disease progression of renal cell carcinoma after tumor ablation
Tegel BR, Huber S, Savic LJ, Lin M, Gebauer B, Pollak J, Chapiro J. Quantification of contrast-uptake as imaging biomarker for disease progression of renal cell carcinoma after tumor ablation. Acta Radiologica 2020, 61: 1708-1716. PMID: 32216452, PMCID: PMC7529766, DOI: 10.1177/0284185120909964.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAblation TechniquesAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Renal CellContrast MediaDisease ProgressionFemaleHumansImaging, Three-DimensionalKidney NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingRadiography, InterventionalRetrospective StudiesSensitivity and SpecificityTumor BurdenUltrasonography, InterventionalConceptsProgression-free survivalTotal tumor volumeRenal cell carcinomaCell carcinomaOdds ratioTumor volumeImaging biomarkersImage-guided thermal ablationPrognosis of patientsRENAL nephrometry scoreCox regression modelLargest tumor diameterLog-rank testKaplan-Meier plotsCross-sectional imagingSensitive imaging biomarkerMetastatic diseaseSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeDistant metastasisNephrometry scoreTumor diameterOutcome parametersLesion vascularityTNM stage
2019
Quantitative MRI for Assessment of Treatment Outcomes in a Rabbit VX2 Hepatic Tumor Model
Keller S, Chapiro J, Brangsch J, Reimann C, Collettini F, Sack I, Savic LJ, Hamm B, Goldberg SN, Makowski M. Quantitative MRI for Assessment of Treatment Outcomes in a Rabbit VX2 Hepatic Tumor Model. Journal Of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2019, 52: 668-685. PMID: 31713973, DOI: 10.1002/jmri.26968.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMagnetic resonance imagingTranscatheter arterial embolizationHepatic tumor modelDiffusion-weighted imagingFunctional MRI sequencesRadiofrequency ablationTreatment outcomesHepatocellular carcinomaAnaplastic squamous cell carcinomaMRI sequencesTumor modelSecondary liver cancerSquamous cell carcinomaConventional magnetic resonance imagingHigh tumor vascularityDifferent treatment settingsCommon cancer typesFunctional magnetic resonance imagingQuantitative magnetic resonance imagingFuture MRI studiesLocoregional interventionsArterial embolizationLiver functionCell carcinomaInterventional treatment
2016
Renal Cell Carcinoma Metastatic to the Liver: Early Response Assessment after Intraarterial Therapy Using 3D Quantitative Tumor Enhancement Analysis
Fleckenstein FN, Schernthaner RE, Duran R, Sohn JH, Sahu S, Marshall K, Lin M, Gebauer B, Chapiro J, Salem R, Geschwind JF. Renal Cell Carcinoma Metastatic to the Liver: Early Response Assessment after Intraarterial Therapy Using 3D Quantitative Tumor Enhancement Analysis. Translational Oncology 2016, 9: 377-383. PMID: 27641641, PMCID: PMC5021812, DOI: 10.1016/j.tranon.2016.07.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRenal cell carcinomaOverall survivalIntraarterial therapyMagnetic resonance imagingTumor responseTumor volumeMetastatic renal cell carcinomaRenal cell carcinoma metastaticCox proportional hazards modelEarly response assessmentMedian overall survivalResponse Evaluation CriteriaKaplan-Meier curvesLog-rank testCourse of diseaseProportional hazards modelQuantitative European AssociationOnly significant predictorWorld Health OrganizationRCC metastaticCarcinoma metastaticLiver metastasesCell carcinomaSurrogate markerTreatment response