2022
Analysis of Tumor Burden as a Biomarker for Patient Survival with Neuroendocrine Tumor Liver Metastases Undergoing Intra-Arterial Therapies: A Single-Center Retrospective Analysis
Miszczuk M, Chapiro J, Do Minh D, van Breugel JMM, Smolka S, Rexha I, Tegel B, Lin M, Savic LJ, Hong K, Georgiades C, Nezami N. Analysis of Tumor Burden as a Biomarker for Patient Survival with Neuroendocrine Tumor Liver Metastases Undergoing Intra-Arterial Therapies: A Single-Center Retrospective Analysis. CardioVascular And Interventional Radiology 2022, 45: 1494-1502. PMID: 35941241, PMCID: PMC9587516, DOI: 10.1007/s00270-022-03209-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuroendocrine tumor liver metastasesMedian overall survivalIntra-arterial therapyLow tumor burdenTumor burdenOverall survivalLiver metastasesPrognostic factorsTumor diameterTB groupLonger median overall survivalRetrospective single-center analysisSingle-center retrospective analysisHigh TB groupLow TB groupRespective hazard ratiosHigh tumor burdenSingle-center analysisIndependent prognostic factorStrong prognostic factorDrug-eluting beadsLargest liver lesionPrediction of survivalHazard ratioPatient survival
2020
Reliable prediction of survival in advanced-stage hepatocellular carcinoma treated with sorafenib: comparing 1D and 3D quantitative tumor response criteria on MRI
Doemel LA, Chapiro J, Laage Gaupp F, Savic LJ, Kucukkaya AS, Petukhova A, Tefera J, Zeevi T, Lin M, Schlachter T, Jaffe A, Strazzabosco M, Patel T, Stein SM. Reliable prediction of survival in advanced-stage hepatocellular carcinoma treated with sorafenib: comparing 1D and 3D quantitative tumor response criteria on MRI. European Radiology 2020, 31: 2737-2746. PMID: 33123796, PMCID: PMC8043967, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-020-07381-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTumor response criteriaOverall survivalAdvanced-stage HCCDisease progressionSorafenib therapyDisease controlResponse criteriaCox proportional hazards regression modelAdvanced-stage hepatocellular carcinomaProportional hazards regression modelsDCE-MRIInitiation of sorafenibTumor response analysisMultivariable Cox regressionIndependent risk factorMethodsThis retrospective analysisIndependent prognostic factorInitiation of treatmentKaplan-Meier analysisKaplan-Meier curvesHazards regression modelsLog-rank testStratification of patientsTotal tumor volumeArterial phase MRI