2021
Identifying enhancement-based staging markers on baseline MRI in patients with colorectal cancer liver metastases undergoing intra-arterial tumor therapy
Ghani MA, Fereydooni A, Chen E, Letzen B, Laage-Gaupp F, Nezami N, Deng Y, Gan G, Thakur V, Lin M, Papademetris X, Schernthaner RE, Huber S, Chapiro J, Hong K, Georgiades C. Identifying enhancement-based staging markers on baseline MRI in patients with colorectal cancer liver metastases undergoing intra-arterial tumor therapy. European Radiology 2021, 31: 8858-8867. PMID: 34061209, PMCID: PMC8848338, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-021-08058-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsColorectal cancer liver metastasesCancer liver metastasesTotal tumor volumeIntra-arterial therapyTotal liver volumeLiver metastasesTumor volumeTumor burdenTumor diameterPatient survivalBaseline MRILiver volumeMultivariable Cox proportional hazards modelsKaplan-Meier survival curvesWhole liverCox proportional hazards modelKaplan-Meier methodPrognostic staging systemSurvival of patientsColorectal cancer metastasisMethodsThis retrospective studyPre-treatment MRIProportional hazards modelAppropriate cutoff valueHR 1.7
2015
Early survival prediction after intra-arterial therapies: a 3D quantitative MRI assessment of tumour response after TACE or radioembolization of colorectal cancer metastases to the liver
Chapiro J, Duran R, Lin M, Schernthaner R, Lesage D, Wang Z, Savic LJ, Geschwind JF. Early survival prediction after intra-arterial therapies: a 3D quantitative MRI assessment of tumour response after TACE or radioembolization of colorectal cancer metastases to the liver. European Radiology 2015, 25: 1993-2003. PMID: 25636420, PMCID: PMC4458393, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-015-3595-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntra-arterial therapyColorectal liver metastasesTransarterial chemoembolizationPatient survivalHazard ratioLiver metastasesOverall survivalResponse assessmentVolumetric tumour response assessmentCox proportional hazard ratiosMethodsThis retrospective analysisProportional hazard ratiosKaplan-Meier analysisColorectal cancer metastasisTumor response assessmentTumor analysisEarly survival predictionQuantitative MRI assessmentMRI assessmentTumor responseLesion volumeRetrospective analysisMultivariate analysisPatientsPredictive role